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NNU ATHLETICS ANNOUNCES ADDITION OF STUNT AS 16TH SPORT
Northwest Nazarene Director of Athletics Paul Rush has announced the addition of STUNT as NNU's 16th intercollegiate varsity sport. The Nighthawks' STUNT program is set to begin competition in the 2025-26 academic year, with NNU's home competitions taking place in the...
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NNU ATHLETICS ANNOUNCES ADDITION OF STUNT AS 16TH SPORT
Northwest Nazarene Director of Athletics Paul Rush has announced the addition of STUNT as NNU's 16th intercollegiate varsity sport. The Nighthawks' STUNT program is set to begin competition in the 2025-26 academic year, with NNU's home competitions taking place in the...
THE REAL THING
By: Jay Richard Akkerman, Assistant to the President for Congregational Engagement, NNU Office of University Mission & Ministry The past few days have been bittersweet. By now, I suspect that most of you have learned that Joel Pearsall, NNU’s 13th president, has...
NNU PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT
In a letter to the Northwest Nazarene University Board of Trustees, President Joel K. Pearsall announced plans to retire in the summer of 2025. In a June 4 video call with the Board of Trustees, Chair Mike Zahare expressed gratitude to President Pearsall and his wife,...
NNU ANNOUNCES NEW DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS
Northwest Nazarene University has announced the appointment of Zach Marble as NNU’s new Director of Alumni Relations. Marble has been at NNU since 2019, most recently serving as NNU’s Associate Director of Alumni Relations for the past five years. “I have no doubt...
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Northwest Nazarene University admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs and athletic and other school-administered programs.