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STANDS NAMED NNU’S 2024 L.E. WESCHE OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR

Geoffrey Stands, Director of Safety and Behavior in the West Ada School District in Meridian, has been named this year’s L.E. Wesche Outstanding Educator by Northwest Nazarene University. The award was presented at a private reception on Tuesday, April 16, 2024....

NNU Welcomes Esteemed Alumnus as New Director of Choral Activities

Northwest Nazarene University (NNU) is delighted to announce the appointment of Ron Curtis, an esteemed alumnus, as the new Director of Choral Activities. With 30 years of teaching experience in choral music and a deep commitment to music education, Curtis brings a...

NNU TO LAUNCH ENGLISH TH.D. IN SUMMER 2024

Northwest Nazarene University recently announced the launch of a new English Th.D. in Practical Theology in the summer of 2024. NNU is the first institution of the Church of the Nazarene in the United States or Canada to offer Th.D. and Ph.D. in theology degrees....

NNU AMA STUDENTS AID NAMPA WITH NEW MUSEUM EXTENSION

By: Lizzie Skaggs Carson Spear, the new executive director of the Warhawk Air Museum contacted NNU after learning that its American Marketing Association students conducted an Economic Impact Study for the Warhawk Air Museum a few years prior.  Because of AMA’s...

NNU FORENSICS TEAM FINDS SUCCESS IN PORTLAND

By: Lizzie Skaggs NNU’s forensic team recently had the opportunity to represent the University in Portland at the Steve Hunt Classic hosted by Lewis and Clark University as well as the Neil Sabin swing speech tournament the same weekend. Miya Ingram took home the Top...

NNU’S VISUAL ARTS STUDENTS SHOWCASE THEIR WORK

In early April, students from NNU’s Visual Arts department were asked to design and release their own merchandise for the campus store. They jumped at the chance and created their own NNU-branded stickers, hats, shirts and homemade mugs. VANNU’s launch was a hit with...

NNU INTRODUCES NEW FACULTY FOR THE 2022-2023 ACADEMIC YEAR

Please join us in welcoming NNU’s new faculty for the 2022-2023 academic year: Center for Academic Success and Advising Mark Michaelson, Assistant Professor of Academic Success & Advising; Writing Center Michaelson earned his BA in Journalism from Point Loma...

NNU LAUNCHES NEW CONCENTRATION IN ENGINEERING

NNU has announced that a new program in Semiconductor Engineering is now open for enrollment as part of its ABET-accredited Engineering program. This new concentration will begin classes Fall 2023, alongside NNU’s existing concentrations in Agricultural Engineering,...

NNU ROBOTICS VISION LAB AWARDED $101,000 GRANT

Last month Northwest Nazarene University Robotics Vision Lab was notified they had been awarded a $101,000 grant by the Idaho Farm Bureau Federation. This specialty crop grant, presented by the Idaho State Department of Agriculture (ISDA), will allow the University’s...