UNEXPECTED BELONGING

By: Jace Ziegler, Class of 2021  From first visit to graduation, Jace knew NNU was home.  Sometime in the spring of my senior year of high school, my story of belonging at NNU began. I was going on a visit with some friends who had a sibling attending NNU and another...

THE HOUSING DILEMMA: ON CAMPUS OR OFF?

Mia was just accepted to the university of her choice (NNU!), and she can’t wait to start the next chapter of her life. She’s 18, lives in Meridian, is a National Honor Society member who plans to study nursing and she’s on the soccer team. Her parents are making many...

HOW DO I KNOW IF COLLEGE IS RIGHT FOR ME?

The countdown is on! Your hard work is nearly finished, and high school graduation is finally in sight. Now comes the hard decision about what comes next. Whether you are the first in your family to consider a four-year university or you come from a long line of...

THE ANXIETY OF CHOICE

By Dr. Julie Straight 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...

PACKING WITH PURPOSE: DORM ROOM LIVING

If you are planning to live in the dorms, your new “home” is going to be—well—cozy. But, with a little bit of planning, you can do a lot to transform the space inside of those four walls into the perfect place for studying, sleeping and making memories with friends....