Christina Goodrich ’17 came to Wheaton with an undecided major. She wanted to work with marginalized people groups, to be a voice for the vulnerable and disenfranchised, but she hadn’t yet articulated how. By her sophomore year, Christina had not only settled upon a major, but she had also identified a guiding directive that would inform her studies over her remaining two years at Wheaton and direct her long-term vocational goals.

As an interdisciplinary studies major, Christina will apply courses in applied health science, chemistry, and Spanish toward a systematic analysis of the health conditions among Latin American populations that may result in vision impairment. After optometry school, Christina aspires to work as an optometrist with underserved populations in Latin America, reciprocating the “love and care and godly companionship” she received from the people of Mexico during several short-term mission trips.

Christina embodies so much of what makes Wheaton special: A servant’s heart. A passion for global service. A respect for the enriching diversity of Christ’s body. A commitment to integrating vocation with kingdom values. Faith in the lifeexpanding, synergistic rigor of the liberal arts. To continue to effectively prepare students like Christina to advance Christ’s kingdom, we need your partnership. To continue to holistically educate our students through excellence in liberal arts and graduate programs, we need your prayer. To continue to build the church and benefit society worldwide, we need your investment.

Wheaton College remains rooted in its historic mission and our fundamental commitments continue—to love Christ, to remain confident in God’s Word, to integrate faith with learning, and to develop students committed to Christ and his kingdom.

And yet we cannot stay satisfied with the present. We must plan for the future. We must remain relevant to the changing needs of the 21st century and fully prepare gifted, servant- hearted students like Christina Goodrich for the evolving challenges they will face in the years to come.

Through the From the Heart, For the Kingdom campaign, we pray that you will help Wheaton College reach new levels of excellence; new levels of being the Remarkable, Relevant, and Reachable center of Christian higher education that our students require.

• Remarkable: Together we will invest resources and build upon our commitment to the intellectual benefits of a Christian liberal arts education for our students, carried out in state-of-the-art facilities.
• Relevant: Together we will empower each student with a clear, biblical understanding of what it means to claim God’s calling in his or her life by providing the tools students need to succeed in the workplace, in the church, and at home. A diverse student body will help graduates address the complexities of a globally connected world.
• Reachable: Together we will enable all students to flourish at Wheaton. Being reachable is about more than keeping Wheaton affordable. It is about helping students to feel welcomed and providing a place at the table for all qualified Christian students so that every individual feels they are an integral part of the Wheaton family.

We hope that you will be encouraged by the strategic initiatives outlined in the pages to come. We pray that these worthy aspirations will capture your interest and imagination and compel your heart toward generous giving. 

Please give through Wheaton, not only to Wheaton, as you seek to impact the world for Christ.

“Building upon Wheaton College’s perennial commitment to know Jesus Christ and advance his kingdom, the goals of From the Heart, For the Kingdom are strategically designed to help 21st-century students thrive in their service to the church and the world. It is right to support Christ’s work in the world because people desperately need the mercy of the gospel. It is right because through the work of Christ’s disciples, people’s lives can be changed for eternity. But most of all it is right because of the extravagant grace that God offered us in Jesus Christ. The question we should ask is not ‘What percentage of my resources will I give to Christ’s kingdom?’ but rather ‘How much of my heart will I give over to God’s will?’” -President Philip G. Ryken '88

What Your Gift Will Accomplish

Remarkable

$9.3 MILLION: Liberal Arts Excellence: Christ at the Core Curriculum

$63 MILLION: Enhancing Music and the Performing Arts: A New Performing Arts Center

RELEVANT

$17 MILLION: Globalizing a Wheaton Education: Global and Experiential Learning

$4 MILLION: The Center for Vocation and Career

$7.3 MILLION: Deepening Ethnic Diversity

REACHABLE

$4 MILLION: A New Welcome Center

$30 MILLION: The Wheaton Fund

$32.8 MILLION: Planned Gifts

$7.6 MILLION: Need-Based Scholarships

FROM THE HEART, FOR THE KINGDOM TOTAL GOAL

$175 MILLION