In the year 2020, I . . .

Posted by admin on Mar 23, 2006 in Issues & Ideas | 0 comments

In the year 2020, I would like to see less prejudice and more tolerance to those who have differences, be they differences of gender, colour, race, belief, area of study, or pizza toppings. The fact that this is a Christian university doesn’t automatically eliminate feelings of bigotry. But more than mere tolerance (an ugly word which connotes more condescension than anything else), I would like to see more genuine interest and desire in expanding the borders of our minds and friendships and an eradication of the “us and them” mentality.

- Yolanda Kornelson

In the year 2020, I would like to see TWU as a respected Christian academic institution that provides excellent intellectual dialogue and nurtures spiritual growth. I would like to see professors better compensated for their invaluable work. I would like to see the Liberal Arts remain and grow as an essential part of every students learning experience. I would like there to be more openness between administration and students. I would like it to still feel smaller even if it grows bigger. I would like it to continue to develop international awareness, cultural diversity, and concern for the “other”. I would like to see TWU as God honouring and academically outstanding.

- Hannah McKeeth

In the year 2020, I would like to see Trinity Western University become a place that is no longer complacent, and more involved in the community. Right now, TWU has become complacent; we take the Bible for granted, few people go to chapel regularly (myself included), and while walking through dorms you are more likely to hear secular music rather than anything uplifting. Better communication internally at TWU (granted, it’s been said before) must improve for this establishment to move forward into the future. As a biology major, of course I should be saying I want more money for labs, and better facilities, etc. but I think that there is a lot more to this university than just our field of study and the degree we leave with.

- Graeme Horton

In the year 2020, I see that much has changed on the TWU campus. The geese have taken over. The once Trinity Metropolis no longer reigns as strong as it did in the great year of 2006 when the bell tower would sound with each passing hour. What lingers now is a faint dry tap against a rusted piece of metal. Just kidding! The make-out couples in the fishbowls would never allow this to happen! Instead, Trinity has treaded through deep waters but has survived. But don’t fear, the spirit that ravished the campus in 2006 remains. Everyone still complains about rising tuition; while guys still participate in Fort Douglas and girls still hide in their rooms. Commuters will have hopefully immigrated into Trinity culture, as the school slowly becomes commuter based. The friendly ESL students continue to be the leaders of fashion. Finally, the Christ-centric dynamic of education continues to impress the lives and hearts of the future leaders in the “various marketplaces of life.”

- Beinta Hansen

In the year 2020, I think that Trinity Western University, in all of its departments and administrations, should be a recognized international centre for professional academic thought. In its short history, Trinity has established itself as a stalwart academic institution—one amongst very few evangelical universities to take seriously significant thought of Western Civilization.

There are factors that must occur, and in many ways have already begun to fall in place, for Trinity to reach new scholarly heights. Among others, our institution should positively align itself with the professors and seek their vision for the school. In addition, our institution should be open to expanding its horizons in innovative and reflective ways, and not fear new modes and programs.

If what Trinity has accomplished scholastically in the last 44 years is an indication of where we will be in 20 years, we are well on the way to becoming an original and well-established pillar of thought in North America and throughout the world.

- J.J. Hutcheson