Dr. Craig Williford Named President of TIU

Dr. Craig Williford was named President of Trinity International University (TIU) by a vote at the Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA) Leadership Conference in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, on Thursday, June 25, 2009.

The TIU community welcomes President Williford and his wife Carolyn, as they help lead the university in fulfilling its mission to educate men and women for faithful participation in God’s redemptive work in the world. "After a prayerful and thorough search, we know that God has brought us his person in his timing to be the next President of Trinity International University," remarked Presidential Search Committee Chairman Chuck Thor.

Dr. Williford began serving as acting president of the university on April 1, 2009, after a unanimous recommendation from Trinity’s Board of Regents and approval by the EFCA Board of Directors. An ordained minister of the EFCA, Dr. and Mrs. Williford have been warmly welcomed on campus by students, faculty, and staff, and look with great anticipation to the future of Trinity International University.

Trinity International University is a private, Christian university comprising four schools and two centers: Trinity College, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Trinity Graduate School, Trinity Law School, The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity, and the Carl F.H. Henry Center for Theological Understanding. Trinity has more than 2,900 students from 45 countries and throughout the United States. TIU exists to educate men and women for faithful participation in God’s redemptive work in the world by cultivating academic excellence, Christian fidelity, and lifelong learning.