Alumni Network

Greetings Students, Alumni, Faculty, Staff, and Friends of BGU!

In 2018, Brad Smith had an epiphany. BGU (formerly NWGS) has been around since 1990 and we’ve graduated hundreds (getting close to thousands!) of students since then. Our students (and our graduates) have a heart for mission and ministry. However, with all those students and graduates, it dawned on us that BGU didn’t have an Alumni Association that could offer camaraderie and support to both graduates and the school itself.

With that epiphany behind us, wheels were put into motion. Conversations were had. Interest was measured. Surveys were taken. Ideas bounced around. And a vision emerged. In October 2018, a team of graduates, faculty, and staff got together and began to make plans to launch a BGU Alumni Association. There were lots of ideas and a good bit of excitement was generated. As a result of both prayer and conversation, the founding team created a tentative Purpose Statement to guide them through the process.

Alumni Council

The Alumni Council was formed in 2018 to create, manage, and promote the Bakke Graduate University's Alumni Network and Alumni Events. We regularly meet virtually to strategize whatever's coming up next. If you're an alum and would like to be a part of the council, please let us know. We're always looking for committed members to help us get the word out about BGU.

Alumni Council Members

Alumni Stories

Dr. Andreas Andersson, 2024 DTL Graduate

Carolina Meza de Elena Clark, 2024 EMBA Graduate

Dr. Pedro Rodrigez, 2024 DTL Graduate

Dr. Bekele Bedada Tutu, 2023 Ph.D. Graduate

Patrick Thompson, 2022 MATL Graduate

Dr. Christa Smith-Kingston, 2022 DTL Graduate

Stories of 2022 Graduates

Our 79 Year Old DTL Graduate in Guyana

Prof. Dr. Joel Aguliar is our Partner at CETI

Dr. Hawkins is Superintendent

Dr. Mbanga from Zimbabwe Won FAO Award

Making Headlines as Transformational Leaders

Alumni News

August 2024

February 2024

August 2023

June 2023

April 2023

August 2022

February 2022

October 2021

Alumni Events

Caribbean Prayer Conference - June 29, 2024

Alumni Annual General Meeting - May 10 and 11, 2024

Regional Alumni Meeting - March 23, 2023: ChatGPT and how we can use it for God's Kingdom.

Alumni Annual General Meeting - February 25, 2023: Jesus: the superglue in a fractured world.

Purpose of the Alumni Association

The BGU Alumni Association provides an ongoing connection with BGU graduates in order to:

  1. Seek avenues for BGU Alumni to help BGU accomplish its mission through recruiting, fundraising, marketing, teaching courses and/or certificates, student advising and mentoring, extending BGU’s influence, and story-gathering and dissemination of the global work of BGU graduates.

  2. Develop growing camaraderie, deepening relationships, social opportunities, and personal ownership in the identity and mission of the BGU network.

  3. Provide platforms for service and avenues for strategic partnerships for BGU Alumni within the BGU Network.

  4. Create life-long learning opportunities for BGU Alumni.

  5. Keep BGU’s academic program relevant and updated through providing avenues for BGU Alumni to have significant input into BGU’s degrees and non-degree programs.

Like all alumni associations, there are two key components to what we expect to accomplish. First, there is service to the school. Part of our task will be to support BGU’s mission by getting the word out about our programs and, of course, part of our task will be to help the school financially by raising both funds and awareness. The second key component is to provide both camaraderie and support for our alum. 

The Alumni section of the BGU website has been developed to be a clearinghouse for all things BGU Alum and we hope you'll take the time to peruse it and, if you're an alum, update your bio with our handy online form. In addition, we hope you'll join our BGU Alumni Group on Linked In. You can request an invitation to the group by Clicking Here.

Call for Volunteering

Join Us in Making the 2024 Annual Alumni Meeting a Success!

Join BGU's Alumni Regional Representatives and Responsibilities of Representatives

Join the Alumni Ambassador Team and Leave Your Legacy

Alumni Grants

https://bgu.edu/grants