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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…

Forty-five students, mentors, and advisory board members participating in Northwest Christian University’s Center for Leadership & Ethics mentorship program met for an end of the school year luncheon on Wed., April 12, 2017, in the Burke-Griffeth Banquet Room. Students were paired with community leaders who served as mentors to discuss school, careers, faith, and topics…

Angela Doty, M.A., GCDF, received the Esther Matthews Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oregon Career Development Association during the organization’s 14th Annual Spring Professional Development Institute recently held in Portland, Oregon. Doty is the Director of Academic Services and Career Development at Northwest Christian University where she leads and oversees the University’s Academic Services including…

Chloe Combs, a senior majoring in Christian Ministry won the 55th Annual Bash-Whisler Bible Reading Contest held in the Morse Event Center at Northwest Christian University on Fri., Feb. 23, 2017. Contestants selected two passages of scripture, one from the Old Testament, to read aloud, and another from the New Testament, that is recited from…

“Unshakable: the Building Blocks to an Enduring Marriage” is the theme of a 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, event at the Oregon Christian Convention, just southeast of Turner. Speaker is Keith Potter, vice president of advancement for Northwest Christian University in Eugene. He wrote a book with the same title and has…

The annual dessert auction to support student mission trips is scheduled for Fri., March 3, 2017, in the Banquet Room on campus. “The dessert auction is one way for NCU students to earn money to pay for their summer mission trips that are led by our faculty and staff,” said Jennifer Little, M.A., coordinator for…

The 55th Annual Bash-Whisler Bible Reading Contest will be held in the Morse Event Center at Northwest Christian University on Thurs., Feb. 23, 2017, at 11 a.m. The competition draws student entrants from across the campus community who select two passages of scripture, one from the Old Testament, to read aloud, and another from the New…

Catholic Community Services of Lane County has designated Northwest Christian University as a collection site for its annual winter clothing drive to support low-income households throughout the area. NCU faculty, staff, friends, and students can place warm clothing donations in the bin located in the lobby of the Pomajevich Faculty Building. During the past four…

Students at Northwest Christian University are taking a break from finals this week, to help people living in Africa. Watch Video They held a shoe cutting party Sunday night for Sole Hope. It’s an organization that helps people in Uganda who are struggling with poverty. It also works to prevent foot-related diseases. At the event, people…

During the recent election campaigns a friend, depressed and disheartened, sighed, “What a mess we have in America!” “This is nothing,” I replied. “In South Korea, the president is in hiding. The cabinet is paralyzed. Political chaos is the order of the day. The whole nation is coming unglued.” After 32 years of harsh military…