Tickets are on sale for Night of Jazz, produced by the Northwest Christian University Performing Arts Department. The concert will be held on Sat., March 16 at 7pm in the Ross Evans Chapel located on the 2nd floor of the Price Music Building on the campus of Northwest Christian University. Free parking is available at…
Academics
Pacific Islander Club Launched!
Aloha, Talofa, Mālō e lelei, ‘Iorana, ‘Ia ora na, Kia Ora, Bula Vinaka, Kumasta, and Hello! With a growing student population representing cultures of Hawai’i, Marshall Islands, American Samoa, Tonga, and other Pacific Islands, a Pacific Islander Club has been organized for students to share the region’s cultural richness with the campus and with each…
Faculty Discuss Calling and Curriculum
Since 2009, Northwest Christian University has been a member of the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE), a network of colleges and universities focused on discussions of vocational exploration. NetVUE provides grants to help colleges and universities equip students with an understanding of their calling as it relates to…
NCU Earns Military Friendly Status
Northwest Christian University has again been designated Military Friendly® by Military Friendly®, a nationally recognized organization that annually ranks universities and colleges as a service to members of the military, veterans and their families. Military Friendly® schools represent the top tier of institutions nationally who provide the best higher education opportunities for military service members…
Melton receives SIPS certification from Yale
NCU’s Ryan Melton, Ph.D., LPC, ACS, director and assistant professor of clinical mental health counseling, is one of five mental health professionals in the world certified by Yale University’s PRIME Research Clinic to use and teach Structure Interview of Psychosis-risk Syndrome (SIPS) to diagnose a patient’s clinical high risk (CHR) for psychosis and cases of…
Fall 2018 ACE Day Winners Announced
Northwest Christian University’s Academic Creativity and Excellence Day or ACE Day, a student research colloquium, is a tradition that marks the end of each academic semester when seniors and juniors present their final capstone or end-of-term projects. This semester’s ACE Day was Dec. 5. Student presenters provided a short overview of their project or research….
Friday is Fall Graduation; Dr. Margaret Hamilton is Commencement Speaker
On Fri., Dec. 14, Northwest Christian University’s Board of Trustees confer undergraduate and graduate degrees for 81 students during the University’s Fall Commencement Ceremony at 6 P.M. in the Morse Event Center located at the corner of West 11th Avenue and Alder Street in Eugene. “The students graduating on Friday have met the challenges posed…
A new model of higher ed in Lane County
As published in The Register Guard on December 3, 2018. Students who attend Lane Community College will soon have new opportunities to earn a four-year degree and more, thanks to promising new agreements forged by their school with Northwest Christian University and Oregon State University. The partnerships, similar to programs in California, New York and…
Dave Quirk Wins State Motorcycle Safety Award
Team Oregon Motorcycle Safety Program recognized Dave Quirk of Veneta for its Rookie Instructor of the Year award Saturday, November 10 in Salem. The award honors a first-year instructor who has distinguished him or herself among peers outstanding energy, enthusiasm and excellence in teaching. Team Oregon Director Aria Minu-Sepehr points out, “Teaching with Mr. Quirk…
MBA Program Ranked A Best Value
OnlineMBAPage.com has ranked Northwest Christian University’s online Master of Business Administration program among the nation’s Best Values for accredited online MBA programs. “We are pleased to be named among the best values for MBA students seeking a degree online from an accredited business program” said Peter Diffenderfer, Ph.D., Assistant Dean of the Business Department and…