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 Dennis Waller, our faculty profile for Winter 2025. NAME: Dennis R. Waller PROFESSION: Educator/Professor ...
By Kelli Lindley Vice President for External Relations In the spring of 2015, shortly after I accepted the position of NNU’s Director of Athletics, the local newspaper reached out to me. Mother’s Day was coming up and they wanted to write a story on a working mom who...
Northwest Nazarene University (NNU) and College of Idaho (C of I) have been awarded an NIH grant through Idaho INBRE to develop an innovative program for NNU’s first-year wellness and genetics courses. The grant, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH),...
“As I was with Moses, so shall I be with thee: I will not leave thee, nor forsake thee.” — Joshua 1:5b (KJV) Joel’s notes: As a junior high student (now it would be referenced as middle school I suppose), I memorized Joshua 1:5b. I have clung to this promise from that...
Make your plans now for the Great Northwest Field Youth Conference 2025! Hosted again this year on NNU’s campus, “The GREAT” will gather students from across our educational field, engaging together in worship, fellowship and discipleship as we all...
Children need scripture, yet how can we bring the two together in a responsible way when some of the Bible seems unsuitable for a younger audience? This presentation by Dr. Julie Straight, NNU Professor of English, will suggest several questions to consider when...
To serve our mission across our educational field and around the world for more than a quarter century, NNU has become a global leader in offering educational opportunities for those in ministry, including women and men who have just begun their ministerial...
NNU Emeritus Professor of New Testament Dr. Richard Thompson was recently featured on the Holiness Today podcast. Thompson spoke with HT podcast host Nate Gilmore about the Wesley Center Online, NNU’s digital repository that has been offering theological...
by Dr. Jay Richard Akkerman, Assistant to the President for Congregational Engagement Nearly every church I’ve ever visited has an empty cross in the sanctuary. I suspect your church is like mine. How did we Christians get here? Because crucifixion was viewed...
By Karen Pearson Vice President for Student Life Joel is his preferred name. Not President Pearsall or President Joel or Dr. Pearsall, just Joel. And it represents well who he is to our campus community. I have had the privilege of participating in the...
By Mike -77- and Carol (Wardlaw) -78- Poe Former NNU Faculty and Staff The first time I remember seeing Joel was in the fall of 1973. I was a freshman at NNC living in Chapman Hall, and from my room, I could see the tennis courts. One of the “students” playing was a...
The legacy of a leader is best told through the lives they’ve touched, and at Northwest Nazarene University, President Joel Pearsall’s impact is evident in the heartfelt words of those who have worked alongside him. In this collection of letters, current and former...
