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...
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 Dr. Jay Richard Akkerman G. Arthur Janssen frames it well: “They are spread out from Alaska to the Virgin Islands, Maine to Hawaii. They cover the gamut of national parks, monuments, a seashore, parkways, memorials, a preserve, a battlefield, recreation...
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...
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 Ben Wikoff, our undergraduate student profile for Summer 2024. MAJOR: Engineering FUTURE PLANS: I plan to pursue a...
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 Sara Harrison, our graduate student profile for Summer 2024. MAJOR: Ph.D. in Educational Leadership FUTURE PLANS: I...
By: Sharon Templeton Class of 1960 Growing up in North Dakota in the 50s, I was often given the advice to “get your education.” My older brother had attended NNC and traveled in a summer men’s quartet recruiting students and financial support. One summer, Rev....
