On October 17, 2024, Northwest Nazarene University (NNU) honored Sandy and Allen Dalton, Bill Bahney and Dave and Patty Hills as the 2024 recipients of NNU’s prestigious Eugene Emerson Award. These honorees have made extraordinary contributions to NNU and the Boise...
NNU is proud to announce the launch of its We CARE capital campaign, a major initiative aimed at expanding the University’s nursing program to address the critical shortage of nurses in Idaho and across the nation. The We CARE campaign was announced October 17 at the...
NNU is proud to announce that Dr. Justin Clardie, Professor of Political Science, will represent NNU at the upcoming “Christian-Informed International Relations: Thinking, Teaching and Practicing” conference, hosted by Lee University in April 2025. The...
We’ve all heard it: networking is one of the primary ways you can reach your academic and career goals. But how do you do it? What if you are an introvert and really don’t like “meet and greet” events? It doesn’t have to be daunting. We’ve got five easy strategies to...
You’ve worked hard all week and suddenly it’s the weekend! Two glorious days of free time stretch ahead of you. What will you do? Fortunately, you chose NNU as your school, so you’re in the heart of a region with loads of fun and affordable weekend options. There’s...
NNU has officially opened its search for the next University president and is now accepting candidate nominations. FaithSearch Partners, a national executive search firm, is actively identifying potential candidates and facilitating the nomination process. To...
By: Josh Burkholder, Director of Athletics Communication Over the past five years, the Northwest Nazarene softball program has been the most successful team on campus. One could make a great case for it being the best run of any NNU squad since the move to NCAA...
By: Grant Miller, University Chaplain, Class of 2010 There’s a story that’s told from time to time on our campus about an early moment in our University’s history. As the account goes, in the spring of 1919, then-president H. Orton Wiley was walking our campus, deep...
By: Honoria Piña Fernandez, Class of 2025 I am the first of seven children in my family to attend college and the second to graduate high school; never in my life had I imagined I would have come this far. I held back a few years after I graduated high school because...
By: Noah Peterson, Athletic Communications Student Assistant Christian Rose’s basketball story started like many others—it was simple. “The first time I touched a basketball, I was eight years old. I played in a rec league with some buddies of mine when I was in...
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 Josh Burkholder, our staff profile for Summer 2024. PROFESSION: Assistant AD for Communications HOMETOWN: Warden,...
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 Brooke Adamson, our faculty profile for Summer 2024. PROFESSION: Educator of Communication Arts and Processes...
