Northwest Nazarene University
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| Established: | 1913 |
| Type: | Private |
| Religious affiliation: | Church of the Nazarene |
| Endowment: | $15,123,497 |
| President: | Richard A. Hagood |
| Faculty: | 90 |
| Undergraduates: | 1,200 |
| Postgraduates: | 600 |
| Location: | Nampa, ID, USA (Coordinates: ) |
| Campus: | Rural/Suburban |
| Former names: | Idaho Holiness School |
| Sports: | Baseball, Basketball, Cross-Country, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Track & Field, Volleyball |
| Colors: | Black █ and Red █ |
| Nickname: | Crusaders |
| Athletics: | NCAA Great Northwest Athletic Conference |
| Affiliations: | Council for Christian Colleges and Universities |
| Website: | www.nnu.edu |
Northwest Nazarene University (NNU) is a Christian liberal arts college in Nampa, Idaho. It is the home of the Wesley Center for Applied Theology.
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[edit] History
The founders organized an elementary school in 1913 as Idaho Holiness School (a grade school and Bible school)[1] in order to educate their own children. Within two years, the curriculum incorporated high school and college courses. Northwest Nazarene College received accreditation in 1930,[2] making it the first accredited college affiliated with the Church of the Nazarene.[3] In the 1960s, Master's programs were added[4] and the institution was renamed to Northwest Nazarene University in 1999.
[edit] Presidents (1916-present)
- H. Orton Wiley (1916-1926)
- J. G. Morrison (1926-1927)
- R. V. DeLong (1927-1932)
- R. E. Gilmore (1932-1935)
- R. 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)
[edit] Affiliation
As one of eight U.S. liberal arts colleges[5] and universities affiliated with the Church of the Nazarene,[6] NNU is the college for the "Northwest Region"[7] of the United States.[8] In terms of the Church of the Nazarene, this 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. Each 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 or university is also bound by a gentlemen's agreement not to actively recruit outside its respective "educational region."[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.[10]
[edit] Accreditation
NNU has been accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) since 1930.[2]
[edit] Student life
NNU is a co-educational college.
[edit] Athletics
NNU participates in the NCAA's Great Northwest Athletic Conference at the 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.
[edit] Johnson Sports Center Fire
In March 2008 the NNU Sports Center was set ablaze by arsonists. The building was closed for all students and the Nampa Recreation Center allowed all students to use the center until the Johnson Sports Center was fixed. There was more than $1 million in damage and the investigation is still going on in the case.
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Riley, John E. From Sagebrush to Ivy: The story of Northwest Nazarene College. Pacific Press, Nampa, Idaho, 1988.
- ^ a b NWCCU: Idaho schools
- ^ The next colleged 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.
- ^ NNU History
- ^ Eastern Nazarene College is the only Nazarene institution to retain the "college" moniker. Different states hold different standards for university status, but none of the Nazarene "universities" are research universities. Rather, Nazarene higher education is based on the liberal arts model.
- ^ LIBERAL ARTS AND THE PRIORITIES OF NAZARENE HIGHER EDUCATION by J. Matthew Price, Ph.D.
- ^ Northwest Region
- ^ NNU and ENC are the only Nazarene schools to remain true to their regional names.
- ^ Nazarene Educational Regions
- ^ NNU History
- ^ NNU Sports
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