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THE COLLEGE ROUTINE AND THE WORK OF GOD
By: Andrew Cornelius, Director of Campus Life Every year, Northwest Nazarene University has the great opportunity to welcome a new group of first-year students to campus. These first-year students have selected NNU to be their higher education home for the next few...
SHAPING A FUTURE: A THREAD OF GOD-HABITS WOVEN THROUGHOUT A LIFE OF OBEDIENCE
By Carly Bartlett, 2007, Podcaster, Adjunct Professor, Preacher As I prepared to step up on to the platform and preach to 10,000 students gathered at Nazarene Youth Conference 2023 in Tampa Bay, Florida, tears filled my eyes. I saw students worshiping with their hands...
NNU HOSTED 18TH ANNUAL HISPANIC YOUTH LEADERSHIP SUMMIT
Northwest Nazarene University welcomed over 700 students from 30 different schools to its campus for the 18th annual Idaho Hispanic Youth Leadership Summit. Young Hispanic students came from across the Boise Valley, some from as far away as Gooding, Buhl and Wendall....
OPENING THOUGHTS: HABITS
By: Joel Pearsall, NNU President Habit: “A settled or regular tendency or practice, especially one that is hard to give up…” Oxford Dictionary of English, Oxford Press 2010, 2017 I really love words! I am fascinated by words, their meaning(s), and their origins. Most...
PROFILES: LEON NIESSEN, GRADUATE STUDENT
Each issue of the Messenger, we provide a profile for one NNU faculty member, one staff member, one undergraduate student and one graduate student. Meet Leon Niessen, our graduate student profile for Summer 2023. MAJOR: MBA FUTURE PLANS: Working as an independent...
PROFILES: ZOE D’ORAZIO, UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
Each issue of the Messenger, we provide a profile for one NNU faculty member, one staff member, one undergraduate student and one graduate student. Meet Zoe D’Orazio, our undergraduate student profile for Summer 2023. MAJOR: Graphic Design FUTURE PLANS: My future...
PROFILES: DR. ROBIN GILBERT, FACULTY
Each issue of the Messenger, we provide a profile for one NNU faculty member, one staff member, one undergraduate student and one graduate student. Meet Dr. Robin Gilbert, our faculty profile for Summer 2023. NAME: Robin R. Gilbert PROFESSION: Educator HOMETOWN:...
PROFILES: JIM BUTKUS, STAFF
Each issue of the Messenger, we provide a profile for one NNU faculty member, one staff member, one undergraduate student and one graduate student. Meet Jim Butkus, our staff profile for Summer 2023. NAME: Jim Butkus PROFESSION: CRM System Manager HOMETOWN: Centralia,...
TOP 7 THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU’RE HOMESICK
Every fall, we see students show up to NNU with anticipation and excitement as they begin a new chapter. But, after they settle in, start their classes and unpack their dorms, many begin to experience homesickness. We want you to know that homesickness is completely...
THE ANXIETY OF CHOICE
One semester in college, I earned an A-minus in private organ lessons. That minus annoyed me: I practiced my required hours and did what I was told to do. But I’d hit a stage at which I wasn’t told what to do on a crucial point: namely, how to set the stops for a...