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Undergraduates turned out to elect new officers to lead the Associated Students of Northwest Christian University for the 2018-’19 academic year. Taylor Irons, President, a junior interdisciplinary studies major Kevin Kaelin, Vice President for Academics, a junior math major Tomas Carradero, Vice President for Activities, a junior business administration major Jacob Pitts, Vice President for…

Tickets go on sale Thurs., March 1, 2018, for Spring Show: The Prodigal, produced by the Northwest Christian University Performing Arts Department. Performances are Sat., April 7, 2018, at 7 PM and Sun., April 8, 2018, at 2:30 PM and 5 PM in the Morse Event Center at the corner of Alder Street and 11th…

Tickets are available now for the annual Missions Auction to support student mission trips. The Missions Auction is Friday, March 2, at 7 pm in the Morse Event Center on campus. “The Missions Auction is an important opportunity for the community to learn about the mission work our students do around the globe and a…

Two Northwest Christian University employees have been named to leadership positions with organizations serving the local business and arts community. Kassia Galick, Assistant Director of Admissions, Bilingual, is the 2018 Co-Chair of the Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce’s Young Professional Summit. It is Galick’s third-year involved in the summit. In anticipation of 500 or more…

David Crowder, one of the biggest names in contemporary Christian music, has announced his American Prodigal Tour 3.0 will make a concert stop in Eugene at Northwest Christian University’s Morse Event Center on, Thurs., April 19, 2018. Tickets go on sale at 10 AM, Fri., Feb. 23, 2018, at https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1647159 More information about David Crowder,…

Jesse Gerlach, a first-year biology and music major from Medford, Oregon, won the 2018 Bash-Whisler Bible Reading Contest on Thurs., Feb. 8, 2018. Students from all majors are encouraged to enter the annual contest. Established 56 years ago, student entrants select two passages of scripture, one from the Old Testament, to read aloud, and another…

Kathryn Hain, Ph.D., assistant professor of history and world Christianity, will read from a new book she recently co-edited entitled: Concubines and Courtesans: Women and Slavery in Islamic History. The book brings together the work of 16 scholars in this relatively new field of women’s slavery in Middle Eastern History. Dr. Hain will speak about…

Hoffman is Joined By Entertainment Exec. José Behar Northwest Christian Alumnus Todd Hoffman, star of Discovery’s Gold Rush reality television show, will be in interviewed by Keith Potter ‘84 D.D. ‘11, NCU’s Vice President for Advancement, during Chapel on Tues., Feb. 6, 2018, at 11 AM in NCU’s Morse Event Center. Chapel is open to…

Faculty, staff and fellow students gathered on Weds., Dec. 6, 2017, to hear 78 juniors and seniors present their capstone or end-of-term projects during Northwest Christian University’s semi-annual research colloquium known as Academic Creativity and Excellence Day or ACE Day. Several sophomores and first year students also took a turn at the podium to make…

More than 120 international students, representing 26 countries, celebrated Thanksgiving in the Banquet Room in Burke-Griffeth Hall on Sun., Nov 19. The international students attend Northwest Christian University, Lane Community College, and the University of Oregon. For many, it was their first American Thanksgiving. They were treated to turkey and all the trimmings before capping…