Academics
Welcome!
If you're investigating academics at Northwest Nazarene University for the first time, you are beginning a wonderful adventure. If you are a current member of the NNU community, these pages will provide information that can help you make decisions about a major, a graduate program, or a career choice.
G. K. Chesterton said that being a Christian involves embracing some "furious opposites." You will find ample evidence that the faculty and academic programs at NNU are doing just that. The faculty member who just got back from lecturing about his new book at Oxford also takes time for a latte with students at the campus coffee shop. The program that provides instruction on preparing a high-profit business plan also teaches students how to model Christlike character in the workplace.
Our task, as Professor Mark Albion puts it, is to teach students to "Make a life, as well as make a living." Here are four key qualities we want for each of our graduates:
- Christlike Character: To demonstrate ethical behavior, love and respect others...and represent Christ to the world.
- Academic Excellence: To demonstrate their understanding and appreciation of the liberal arts, expertise in a major field of study, and professional growth.
- Creative Engagement: To apply their natural gifts and gained knowledge to respond creatively to life: producing original works of art...and inspired solutions to problems-in the home, the workplace, the church, and the greater community.
- Social Responsiveness: To be faithful stewards of their knowledge, skills, and resources, encouraging social justice and God's mercy.
The world and the Kingdom need people with these qualities. It is our commitment at NNU to produce them, within the context of an additional set of "furious opposites": drawing on the past, while investing in the future.
God's blessing on you as you explore and experience academics at Northwest Nazarene University.
Dr. Samuel Dunn
Vice President for Academic Affairs
