Academics

EUGENE, Ore. – Graduation is Saturday at Northwest Christian University. It’s an exciting time, but for many it means the beginning of paying off debt. Unlike many students leaving a private university, one graduate is leaving with a debt amount lower than the cost of a new car. Sherry Reeder had a dream of going…

Northwest Christian University’s Baccalaureate is Fri., May 5, 2017, at 7:30 P.M. in the Ross Evans Chapel on campus. Speakers for this year’s Baccalaureate are: Vivian Moen, M.Ed., retiring Associate Professor of Teacher Education Calvin Anderson ’17, Graduating Senior, Recipient of 2017 William T. Siefke Evangelism & Church Growth Award, Christian Ministry Stacey Lewis, M.B.A.,…

Honors Convocation was held on Thurs., April 27, 2017, in the Morse Event Center. Faculty members presented awards to outstanding students in each academic discipline. Students who were inducted into professional and academic organizations were also recognized, including new members of the Song Nai Rhee Honors Program. Students leaders of the year were also announced….

Eugene car dealer Phil Speers, GloryBee Foods and the Eugene Mission have been named as this year’s recipients of ethical leadership awards by Northwest Christian University’s Center for Leadership & Ethics. “Phil Speers, GloryBee and the Eugene Mission embody the very best of what we strive to teach our students in the classroom and through…

Students, faculty and staff met for the final Chapel of the 2016-’17 academic year on Tues., April 25. Graduating seniors gathered in a circle holding a strand of ivy that had covered the exterior of the Kellenberger Library. As Dr. Doyle Srader read the message each senior had written about their Northwest Christian University experience,…

The schedule of events for students graduating from Northwest Christian University has been announced. Graduation is in the Morse Events Center on campus located at the corner of Alder Street and 11th Avenue on Sat., May 6, 2017, with the Commencement Ceremony beginning at 10:00 am. Graduation festivities begin with Senior Chapel and Cutting of…

Northwest Christian University President Joseph D. Womack, Ed.D. welcomed 1,100 students from 50 Oregon high schools during the Oregon Model United Nations’ opening general session held in the Morse Events Center on Thurs., April 13, 2017. The student delegates will also gather in the MEC for general sessions on Friday and Saturday. Model United Nations…

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Alliance of Independent Colleges & Universities (The Alliance), in partnership with Community and Shelter Assistance Corp. of Oregon (CASA of Oregon), today announced the launch of a new matched college savings program, “E3 — Earn, Educate, Empower.” (www.e3savings.org) “For every dollar, up to $500 a year, that eligible students at…

Pastor Joe Wittwer ’73, pastor of the Life Center in Spokane, Washington, will be the commencement speaker at Northwest Christian University’s 118th graduation ceremony on Sat., May 6, 2017, at 10 a.m. in the Morse Event Center on campus. Beginning his career in Eugene, Oregon as a youth pastor at Westside Church of Christ and…

Northwest Christian University and Linn-Benton Community College’s Nursing Program have signed an articulation agreement that creates a pathway for graduates of the community college’s registered nursing program to enroll in NCU’s Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN to BSN) program ready to take classes in the major. “NCU’s RN to BSN program is…