The topic of this article may not meet Misplaced Pages's notability guidelines for companies and organizations. Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted. Find sources: "Sonoma Adventist College" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
Motto | To know, To Love, To serve |
---|---|
Type | Private |
Established | 1968 |
Academic affiliation | Pacific Adventist University |
Principal | Dr Isako Esekia |
Dean | Pr Wellington Sanan (Men) Martha Banas(Women) Head Cleaner Mr Desmond Amua Assistant head of labourer-morris David Bogew |
Deputy principal | Malachi Param |
Academic staff | 56 |
Administrative staff | 45 |
Students | 700 |
Location | Kokopo, Papua New Guinea |
Affiliations | Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Website | www.sonoma.ac.pg |
Sonoma Adventist College is a co-educational tertiary institution situated in Kokopo in Papua New Guinea. It is operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church and is accredited by the Adventist Accrediting Association.
It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.
Academic divisions
The college is divided into the following divisions
- Agriculture
- Building construction
- Commerce
- Education
- Theology
History
During the 1993 eruption of the Rabaul volcanoes, Sonoma was a registered refugee camp with over 2,000 extra people on campus. It was founded by Pr Alex Currie
See also
- List of Seventh-day Adventist colleges and universities
- Seventh-day Adventist education
- Seventh-day Adventist Church
- Seventh-day Adventist theology
- History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
- Adventist Colleges and Universities
- List of Seventh-day Adventist medical schools
- List of Seventh-day Adventist secondary schools
- List of Seventh-day Adventist secondary and elementary schools
- List of Seventh-day Adventist hospitals
- Christian school
References
- Adventist Yearbook
- http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2010/1115/For-real-education-reform-take-a-cue-from-the-Adventists"the second largest Christian school system in the world has been steadily outperforming the national average – across all demographics."
- "Seventh-day Adventists - Christian Denomination | Religion Facts". Archived from the original on 2015-03-23. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
- "Department of Education, Seventh-day Adventist Church". Archived from the original on 2017-10-17. Retrieved 2010-06-18.
- Rogers, Wendi; Kellner, Mark A. (April 1, 2003). "World Church: A Closer Look at Higher Education". Adventist News Network. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
This Seventh-day Adventist-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |