Board of Trustees confirms Chancellor Tobias Koch for a further five years

At the autumn meeting of the Board of Trustees of Friedensau Adventist University (FAU), Tobias H. Koch, Ass. Jur., was confirmed as Chancellor of the FAU for a further five years at the beginning of September 2024. The Board of Trustees thanked Tobias Koch for his work over the past five years and re-elected him at the end of the current term of office.On the occasion of his re-election, he made the following statement: "In the past five years, we have faced unexpected challenges, from Corona, which slowed down our development for almost two years, to the energy crisis, which could only be overcome with financial help from the university sponsor, to the admission of refugee students and lecturers from Butscha. Friedensau has achieved great things during this time with teamwork and in close co-operation with the SDA Church. Special thanks are due in particular to Rector Prof Dr Roland Fischer and all the staff who have worked hard to achieve this."Over the next five years, the Chancellor's main priority will be the structural development of the campus. In addition to modernising the energy infrastructure, a new canteen and, thanks to funding from the "Young Living" programme, a new student hall of residence for the increasing number of students are also on the project list.Tobias H. Koch (48) is a lawyer and has been Chancellor of the university and Managing Director of Friedensau Institutions since 2014. From 2011 to 2014, he taught full-time at the FAU as a lecturer in the law of social work at the School of Social Sciences. He has worked and continues to work as a legal counsellor at various institutions of the SDA Church. Tobias Koch is involved in the church and the community in many different ways; he is a member of the local council and is head of the local volunteer fire brigade. Tobias Koch is married and lives in Friedensau with his wife Michelle and their daughters Yona and Nele