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Chi Sigma Iota, the prestigious international honor society for professional counselors, has initiated the first 28 members of the newly established Nu Chi Upsilon Chapter on the Northwest Christian University campus during a ceremony attended by more than 80 students, colleagues, family and staff on Fri., March 4, 2016. “Chi Sigma Iota is important opportunity…

The Northwest Christian University Forensics Team recently competed in a two-day speech and debate tournament at Oregon State University against experienced teams from throughout the Northwest. Two NCU orators received novice speaker awards from the tournament judges. Samantha Ross, freshman elementary education major form Benicia, California, received a 2nd place Novice Speaker Award, and Luke…

Northwest Christian University graduate Kristina Payne ’99,   was featured in the January edition of Blue Chip, the monthly business magazine of Eugene’s The Register-Guard newspaper. Payne is the executive director of the Lane Workforce Partnership, a Lane County NGO that manages the use of federal funds to meet job training and other workforce needs of…

Beacons Win CCC Championship Source: Northwest Christian University Athletics – Beacons Win CCC Championship

Northwest Christian University’s director of the Kellenberger Library Steve Silver, and Karen Head, the library’s public services supervisor, have co-authored: Mentor Where You Are: Informal Mentoring of Student Workers, an article published in OLA Quarterly, the official publication of the Oregon Library Association. In their article, Silver and Head wrote about their approach to mentoring…

Three Northwest Christian University students have been selected to participate in The Forum for Theological Exploration (FTE) Regional Discernment Retreat for diverse students to explore how they can serve their church and ultimately the world. “FTE’s discernment retreat is for exceptional student leaders who are actively listening to God’s call to serve their churches and…

Former Gates Millennium Scholar (GMS) and Dean of Northwest Christian University’s Counseling and Education Department, Gene James, Ph.D., was selected by the American Indian Graduate Center Scholars at New Mexico State University to assist in selecting the 2016 GMS finalists. “It is an honor to be asked by the AIGCS to read and evaluate the…

Northwest Christian University is partnering with Zipcar joining more than 100 other universities and colleges throughout the country in a car-sharing alternative that puts students, staff, and faculty in the driver seat to help control parking congestion and provide a solution to reduce the carbon footprint. Zipcar, the world’s leading car sharing network, will bring its “wheels…

Northwest Christian University’s Speech and Debate Team recently competed the 28-team Scheller Invitational forensics tournament hosted by Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. Luke Janus, a freshman double majoring in Biology and Bible/Theology from Jacksonville, Florida, and Stanton College Preparatory School, placed 5th in the event.  Other NCU competitors were:  Samantha Ross, a freshman majoring…

Renown author and journalist, Andy Crouch, will speak about Creating Culture with students, faculty, staff, and friends of Northwest Christian University (NCU) during a day-long series of on-campus meetings, discussions, symposia, a public reception, and a chapel service on Feb. 24, 2016. Crouch, the executive editor of Christianity Today (CT), is the author of the…