Northwest Nazarene University
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| Established: | 1913 |
| Type: | Private |
| Religious affiliation: | Church of the Nazarene |
| Endowment: | $15,123,497 |
| President: | David Alexander |
| Faculty: | 90 |
| Undergraduates: | 1,200 |
| Postgraduates: | 600 |
| Location: | Nampa, ID, USA Coordinates: |
| Campus: | Suburban |
| Former names: | Idaho Holiness School, Northwest Nazarene College |
| Sports: | Baseball, Basketball, Cross-Country, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Track & Field, Volleyball |
| Colors: | Red and black |
| Nickname: | Crusaders |
| Athletics: | NCAA Great Northwest Athletic Conference |
| Affiliations: | Council for Christian Colleges and Universities |
| Website: | www.nnu.edu |
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Northwest Nazarene University (NNU) is a Christian liberal arts college in Nampa, Idaho.
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[edit] History
| H. Orton Wiley | 1917-1926 |
| J.G. Morrison | 1926-1927 |
| Russel V. DeLong | 1927-1932 |
| R.E. Gilmore | 1932-1935 |
| Russel V. DeLong | 1935-1942 |
| L.T. Corlett | 1942-1952 |
| J.E. Riley | 1952-1973 |
| Kenneth E. Pearsall | 1973-1983 |
| A. Gordon Wetmore | 1983-1992 |
| Leon Doane | 1992-1993 |
| Richard A. Hagood | 1993-2008 |
| David Alexander | 2008-present |
Eugene Emerson organized an elementary school in 1913 as Idaho Holiness School (a grade school and Bible school).[1][2]
Within two years, the curriculum incorporated high school and college courses, and it became a liberal arts college in 1917 with degree-granting authority from the Idaho state Board of Education. In 1930, Northwest Nazarene College received educational accreditation,[3] making it the first accredited college affiliated with the Church of the Nazarene.[4]
In the 1960s, Master's programs were added[5] and the institution was renamed to Northwest Nazarene University in 1999.
[edit] Affiliations
[edit] Religious
As one of eight U.S. liberal arts colleges affiliated with the Church of the Nazarene,[6] the college receives financial backing from the Nazarene churches on its region; part of each church budget is paid into a fund for its regional school. Each college is also bound by a gentlemen's agreement not to actively recruit outside its respective educational region.[7] NNU is the college for the Northwest Region of the United States,[8] which comprises the Alaska, Washington Pacific, Oregon Pacific, Northwest, Intermountain, Rocky Mountain, and Colorado districts, which include Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and parts of Nevada and Utah.
[edit] Academic
NNU is a member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU).[9]
[edit] Academics
Northwest Nazarene University has six schools: Academic Resources (Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences), Business & Economics, Education & Social Work, Health & Science, and Theology & Christian Ministries. The university offers baccalaureate programs in 29 areas and graduate programs in seven disciplines.[5] It is the home of the Wesley Center for Applied Theology.[10]
[edit] Accreditation
NNU has been accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) since 1930, making it the first Nazarene school to achieve an accredited status.[3]
[edit] Student life
NNU is a co-educational college.
[edit] Athletics
NNU participates in the NCAA's Great Northwest Athletic Conference at the NCAA Division II level in 8 sports: Basketball for men and women, men's Baseball, Cross Country for men and women, men's Golf, women's Softball, Soccer for men and women, Track & Field for men and women, and women's Volleyball.[11] NNU's mascot is the Crusader, with logo pictured at left.
Along with the Eastern Nazarene College, it is one of only two Nazarene colleges to compete in the NCAA; the other six compete in the NAIA.
[edit] Notable persons
Notable graduates include the Kent R. Hill, the current administrator for USAID's Bureau for Global Health and former president of the Eastern Nazarene College (1992-2001), and Michael Lodahl and Thomas Jay Oord, noted Nazarene theologians. Oord is current on faculty at his alma mater. A notable non-graduate alumna is Mildred Bangs Wynkoop, another noted Nazarene theologian. Notable former faculty members include Fred J. Shields, H. Orton Wiley, and Olive Winchester.
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Riley, John E. From Sagebrush to Ivy: The story of Northwest Nazarene College. Pacific Press, Nampa, Idaho, 1988.
- ^ Ingersol, Stan (PDF). Why These Schools? Historical Perspectives on Nazarene Higher Education. http://media.premierstudios.com/nazarene/docs/Why%20These%20Schools%20%20Historical%20Perspectives%20on%20Nazarene%20Higher%20Education.pdf. Retrieved on 2008-07-10.
- ^ a b NWCCU: Idaho schools
- ^ The next college to be accredited wasn't until 13 years later, when Eastern Nazarene was accredited by NEASC in 1943. Northwest had the authority to grant degrees from the State of Idaho before 1930, but ENC didn't have the authority to grant degrees in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts until 1930. Before 1930, ENC students actually received degrees from NNU. See James R. Cameron, Eastern Nazarene College—The First Fifty Years, 1900-1950, Nazarene Publishing House (1968), 163.
- ^ a b NNU History
- ^ J. Matthew, Price (PDF). "Liberal Arts and the Priorities of Nazarene Higher Education". http://media.premierstudios.com/nazarene/docs/didache_2_1_Price.pdf. Retrieved on 2008-07-10. Nazarene higher education is based on the liberal arts model. Eastern Nazarene is the only Nazarene institution to retain the "college" moniker, although no Nazarene school fits the standard national definition of a "research university".
- ^ "Nazarene Educational Regions" (PDF). http://media.premierstudios.com/nazarene/docs/educregions.pdf. Retrieved on 2008-07-10. See Church of the Nazarene: Organization for more information on regions.
- ^ "Northwest Educational Region" (PDF). http://media.premierstudios.com/nazarene/docs/NorthwestUSAregiondistricts.pdf. Retrieved on 2008-07-10. ENC and NNU are the only Nazarene schools to remain true to their regional names.
- ^ "CCCU Members". http://www.cccu.org/about/members.asp. Retrieved on 2008-07-10.
- ^ Wesley Center at Northwest Nazarene
- ^ NNU Sports
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