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FIVE WAYS GRAD STUDENTS CAN CONNECT FOR SUCCESS: LEVERAGING NETWORKING

Oct 22, 2024

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...

GET AWAY! WEEKEND TRIPS NEAR N�鶹ԭ��

Oct 22, 2024

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 N�鶹ԭ�� as your school, so you’re in the heart of a region with loads of fun and affordable weekend options. There’s...

SID & ABBY: ROOMMATES, TEAMMATES, SUPPORT SYSTEM

Oct 16, 2024

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 N�鶹ԭ�� squad since the move to NCAA...

SEEK YE FIRST

Oct 15, 2024

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...

MOTHERHOOD & �鶹ԭ��RSING: A BALANCING ACT

Oct 14, 2024

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...

Never Be An End.

Oct 14, 2024

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...

MORE THAN A GAME: FAITH & BASKETBALL

Oct 13, 2024

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...

PROFILES: JOSH BURKHOLDER, STAFF

Oct 12, 2024

Each issue of the Messenger, we provide a profile for one N�鶹ԭ�� 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,...

PROFILES: BROOKE ADAMSON

Oct 11, 2024

Each issue of the Messenger, we provide a profile for one N�鶹ԭ�� 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...

PROFILES: BEN WIKOFF, UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT

Oct 10, 2024

Each issue of the Messenger, we provide a profile for one N�鶹ԭ�� 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...

PROFILES: SARA HARRISON, GRADUATE STUDENT

Oct 9, 2024

Each issue of the Messenger, we provide a profile for one N�鶹ԭ�� 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...

A JOURNEY OF FAITH & EDUCATION: SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM

Oct 8, 2024

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....

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