All posts tagged: Eugene

Have you been busy all summer? Try fitting this into your schedule—spread 105 yards of compost, plant more than 1,000 flowers, spread 24 yards of sand and put in a new lawn, mow and edge four to five acres of grass each week, trim dozens of trees and shrubs, weed flower beds throughout campus, install…

For some Beacons, summer vacation is over. Student leaders and student-athletes competing in fall sports have returned to campus to begin training and preparation for the 2016 Fall Semester. “We bring our resident assistants, student government officers, campus ministry leaders, orientation team members and peer mentors for new students, and student program assistants to campus…

A delegation of international college admissions counselors from EducationUSA Advisors toured campus to learn more about the undergraduate and graduate programs Northwest Christian University offers traditional and online students. The EducationUSA representatives touring campus were from student advising centers in Argentina, Chile, India, Mexico, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Thailand, and Zimbabwe. “We were pleased to meet…

Ryan Carroll, M.A.T.S. and M.Ed., has joined Northwest Christian University’s Teacher Education Program as Placement Coordinator and Licensure Specialist. Carroll will assist undergraduate and graduate students to secure practicum opportunities and student-teaching experience.  In addition, he will guide and support students through the licensure process with Oregon’s Teacher Standards and Practices Commission so they can…

EUGENE, Ore.—- Kathy Ditommaso Owen, M.A. is the new director of the undergraduate and graduate Teacher Education Program at Northwest Christian University. “Kathy Owen has extensive experience and a deep passion for teaching,” said Dennis Lindsay, Dr. Theol., and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty at NCU. “We are pleased she…

EUGENE, Ore. — Northwest Christian University has signed articulation agreements with Lane Community College’s registered nursing program and with Corvallis-based Samaritan Health Services, which operates five hospitals in the mid-Willamette Valley and central Oregon Coast. “NCU is pleased to have strong relationships with Samaritan Health Services and LCC,” said Joseph D. Womack, Ed.D., president of…

EUGENE, Ore. —- Northwest Christian University is hosting 16 students from Shiu Pong College at China’s University of Macau from June 28, 2016, through July 12, 2016. “We are pleased to have the students from the University of Macau living and learning on the NCU campus,” said Joseph Womack, Ed.D., president of Northwest Christian University. …

Villa Esperanza or “Village of Hope” where our NCU team stayed for the past week: Villa Esperanza is not simply a beacon of light for the 29 Nicaraguan girls who reside there but it’s a place of transformation for the hearts of team members who come as well. In 2007, Villa Esperanza opened their doors…

NCU junior cross country and track runners Michelle Fletcher and Sierra Brown recently earned major year-end awards from the Cascade Collegiate Conference. Both ladies were part of an historic year for the Beacon running program which included an NAIA National Championship in Cross Country and an 11th-Place finish in Track & Field.   On June…

Before I left the US to come to Cambodia many people told me that they would pray for me because there are many dangers in foreign countries. Disease, heat stroke, malaria, and sex trafficking are a few things we could be faced with. But before I left, I went to my church and the sermon…