I just woke up to the news that they actually dropped the whole thing and I honestly can hardly wrap my head around it because it felt like they were never going to listen to us. It really goes to show that if enough people just keep talking and refusing …
With Indiana Wesleyan University's recent announcement to induct actor Kirk Cameron into their hall of "World Changers" on April 11, 2012, the university president and board of directors cheapen the legacy of the university and disappoint a not insignificant number of alumni and supporters.
Cameron is not representative of the university's goals in higher education, and inauspiciously casts a pall over IWU's hard-earned reputation as a serious liberal arts university.
Though other inductees have likewise been suspect, Cameron's inclusion without academic merit (and with questionable intellectual and ideological underpinnings) is by far the worst choice for this honor by the collective leadership of Indiana Wesleyan University.
This decision is not something that the alumni of IWU nor it's supporters wish to see come to pass. As a precursor to an even greater tide of disapproval, we, the alumni and supporters of Indiana Wesleyan University sign this petition in solidarity, respectfully pleading that the university president and board of directors reconsider, and ultimately rescind their conferring of this recognition upon Kirk Cameron.
I keep watching the counter tick up and I really think if everyone here just copied this link to their own feed right now we could break through that one hundred mark pretty easily. It feels crazy that we are even having this conversation about the university but if we get enough people looking at this they might actually have to acknowledge that we exist.
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Jessica Rahman
14 years ago
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really disappointed in the direction leadership is taking the school. this is just cringey.
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David Nkemelu
14 years ago
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this is a world changer? give me a break. way to lower the bar.
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Rachel Kim
14 years ago
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i donated money to help keep this school reputable and now they pull this stunt. unreal.
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Sarah Wilson
14 years ago
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what a joke. i studied so hard for my degree and this makes me embarrassed to put iwu on my resume now.
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Brian Dixon
14 years ago
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so embarrassing. my parents are gonna ask why i went here when they see the news.
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Mark Sutton
14 years ago
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SERIOUSLY? Growing pains guy? come on administration you can do better than this.
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Anonymous
10 years ago
This will put the IWU on par with a pre-school in standing.
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John Jacob
11 years ago
I find your comments as a disciple of Jesus Christ and a spiritual brother in Christ of Kirk to be highly offensive and highly judgmental. Not sure what you consider a world changer to be. If Kirk isn't, then I'm curious what constitutes a world changer. His labor of love in helping to equip the body of Christ to share the Gospel has been extremely valuable. Far more than many in the body of Christ I see today. As if a degree from a Christian University somehow qualifies someone to have academic merit. Keep in mind if that is your qualification, you would have not only discounted the biggest world changer ever, our Lord Jesus, whose only background before ministry was as a carpenter and all 11 disciples, most whom the world would look at today and despise (fishermen, tax collector, etc.). Yet those men turned the world upside down. You should be ashamed.
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I just woke up to the news that they actually dropped the whole thing and I honestly can hardly wrap my head around it because it felt like they were never going to listen to us. It really goes to show that if enough people just keep talking and refusing …
With Indiana Wesleyan University's recent announcement to induct actor Kirk Cameron into their hall of "World Changers" on April 11, 2012, the university president and board of directors cheapen the legacy of the university and disappoint a not insignificant number of alumni and supporters.
Cameron is not representative of the university's goals in higher education, and inauspiciously casts a pall over IWU's hard-earned reputation as a serious liberal arts university.
Though other inductees have likewise been suspect, Cameron's inclusion without academic merit (and with questionable intellectual and ideological underpinnings) is by far the worst choice for this honor by the collective leadership of Indiana Wesleyan University.
This decision is not something that the alumni of IWU nor it's supporters wish to see come to pass. As a precursor to an even greater tide of disapproval, we, the alumni and supporters of Indiana Wesleyan University sign this petition in solidarity, respectfully pleading that the university president and board of directors reconsider, and ultimately rescind their conferring of this recognition upon Kirk Cameron.
I keep watching the counter tick up and I really think if everyone here just copied this link to their own feed right now we could break through that one hundred mark pretty easily. It feels crazy that we are even having this conversation about the university but if we get enough people looking at this they might actually have to acknowledge that we exist.
8 Comments
J
Jessica Rahman
14 years ago
Featured
really disappointed in the direction leadership is taking the school. this is just cringey.
D
David Nkemelu
14 years ago
Featured
this is a world changer? give me a break. way to lower the bar.
R
Rachel Kim
14 years ago
Featured
i donated money to help keep this school reputable and now they pull this stunt. unreal.
S
Sarah Wilson
14 years ago
Featured
what a joke. i studied so hard for my degree and this makes me embarrassed to put iwu on my resume now.
B
Brian Dixon
14 years ago
Featured
so embarrassing. my parents are gonna ask why i went here when they see the news.
M
Mark Sutton
14 years ago
Featured
SERIOUSLY? Growing pains guy? come on administration you can do better than this.
A
Anonymous
10 years ago
This will put the IWU on par with a pre-school in standing.
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John Jacob
11 years ago
I find your comments as a disciple of Jesus Christ and a spiritual brother in Christ of Kirk to be highly offensive and highly judgmental. Not sure what you consider a world changer to be. If Kirk isn't, then I'm curious what constitutes a world changer. His labor of love in helping to equip the body of Christ to share the Gospel has been extremely valuable. Far more than many in the body of Christ I see today. As if a degree from a Christian University somehow qualifies someone to have academic merit. Keep in mind if that is your qualification, you would have not only discounted the biggest world changer ever, our Lord Jesus, whose only background before ministry was as a carpenter and all 11 disciples, most whom the world would look at today and despise (fishermen, tax collector, etc.). Yet those men turned the world upside down. You should be ashamed.
really disappointed in the direction leadership is taking the school. this is just cringey.