On June 23, 2020, Catherine Becker successfully defended her dissertation entitled "Seriality, Context, and Format: Early American Literature and the Periodical" to earn her PhD from Idaho State University.
 
Becker is currently an assistant professor at the NNU Writing Center. Her defense was a...

By Veronica Craker

In the face of unprecedented times surrounding the global pandemic of COVID-19, the NNU engineering department is finding a way to use its knowledge and resources to help the community. The university sprang to action last week in response to a plea from Idaho Sen. Jim Risch...

NNU’s College of Nursing is excited to announce the relaunch of its RN-BSN program. This program is designed to help current registered nurses (RN) earn their Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree.

In today’s healthcare industry, many hospitals are encouraging their nurses to earn their...

By Stephanie Tomlinson

Transformation. Truth. Community. Service. These are the four values at the heart of NNU’s mission to provide each student an education that “instills habits of heart, soul, mind and strength to enable [him or her] to become God’s creative and redemptive agent in the world...

By Veronica Craker

Professor Emeritus Dr. Darrell Marks passed away Dec. 5, 2019. Dr. Marks dedicated more than 60 years of his life to NNU. He graduated from Northwest Nazarene College in 1958 before returning a year later to serve as a faculty member for more than 30 years.

Dr. Marks’ wife...

In early September, Dr. John Cossel Jr., NNU Biology Professor, was part of a team of scientists who met with International Union for Conservation of Nature staff in San Jose, Costa Rica. The international team was assembled to evaluate the status of Costa Rican amphibians and determine what...

NNU is excited to introduce its new faculty to campus for the upcoming academic year. There are four returning faculty members who have been selected to serve in new roles as deans and nine new faculty members.

Deans:

College of Arts & Humanities – Dr. Judy Marlett

Dr. Marlett is a Professor...

By Veronica Craker

Northwest Nazarene University mourns the loss of longtime Music Professor Walden Hughes, who passed away on March 26 at the age of 64 years. Dr. Hughes served the university and students for more than 40 years.

“It has been my privilege to count this truly unique...

Albany, New York native, Tom Blanchard, has agreed to become the first ever Men’s Lacrosse Coach for Northwest Nazarene University. The agreement comes after months of discussions between the two sides.

“The way this entire thing unfolded I can’t help but think it was a God thing. I didn’t have...

Jeff Einfalt is ready for the challenge. The Boise native, local high school graduate and veteran college coach was hired as NNU’s first ever women’s lacrosse coach. In December 2018, NNU announced that they will be forming a Women’s Lacrosse Club beginning play in the 2019-20 school year. They will...

Northwest Nazarene University is mourning the loss of longtime Music Professor Walden Hughes. Dr. Hughes served the university and students for more than 40 years. He passed away on March 26 at the age of 64 years.

The memorial service will take place at 3 p.m., Tuesday, April 2. NNU will be...

In February, Nazarene pastors and leaders across the nation gathered together in Kansas City, Missouri for an event that only comes around every four years. M19 is a Church of the Nazarene sponsored conference that is centered around mission and evangelism. Designed to give pastors, leaders and...

By Courtney Ritchey, Class of 2022

After spending time across the country and researching in the neotropical region of the world, NNU biology alum David Hille (’03) returned to NNU earlier this year to become an assistant professor in the biology department.

While majoring in biology as a...

By Craig Craker, Class of 2002, Sports Information Director

Roger Schmidt is a builder. He’s a builder of basketball teams, ballfields, students’ minds and the Kingdom of Christ. Take a stroll around the Northwest Nazarene University campus with the recently retired Schmidt, and the history just...

On Thursday, November 8 at 7:30 p.m., Northwest Nazarene University will be hosting the Twenty-Fourth Faculty Award Lecture. The event will be held on NNU’s campus in the Brandt Center Grand Lobby.

In this year's Faculty Award Lecture, Dr. Stephen Riley, Associate Professor of Old Testament,...

by Jane Weis, Assistant Professor of Nursing

Ever since I read the mission statement when I first came to NNU, the word transformation has been my focus for the students. God taught me that transformation occurs through the lived experience of service. In 1 Peter 4:10 it says, “As each has...

Alumnus and art professor Mike Bartlett and current student Korte Zickefoose are the designers behind NNU's new mascot. After being commissioned for this project last October, Mike enlisted the assistance of Korte, a senior graphic design major. Here they share the process of creating our Nighthawks...

by Olivia Metcalf, Class of 2000

It was afternoon, and the sun was high as we walked slowly across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. It was hot and humid, and we were thirsty. The Alabama River was below us, steadily rolling down toward the Gulf of Mexico. By the time we found...

Former professors and supporters of NNU, Drs. Gary Ganske and C.S. Cowles passed away this August. Ganske and Cowles will be missed greatly by the NNU community—their colleagues, students and friends.

Dr. Gary Ganske passed away on August 4, 2017, at the age of 74. Coming to NNU in 1975 as a...

Dr. Edwin “Ed” Robinson, Northwest Nazarene University alumnus and senior fellow, passed away unexpectedly Saturday night.

Ed came to NNU in 2011 as the director of the Office of Leadership Studies and Servant Leadership. In 2016, he accepted the position of vice president for academic affairs and...

Northwest Nazarene University is pleased to announce the hiring of two vice presidents. Dr. S. Bradley Shaw will assume the role of vice president for academic affairs on July 1, and Mr. Mark Wheeler assumed the role of vice president for external affairs on May 1. NNU President Joel Pearsall noted,...

Studio Art Professor Amy Gilles introduced a collection of art in a show entitled “Soul at White Heat,” which debuted in the Friesen Galleries September 2016. Named after Emily Dickinson’s poem “Dare you see a Soul at the White Heat?” this stunning collection was the product of pain, confusion and,...

Northwest Nazarene University Professor and Chair of the Graduate Counseling Program Dr. Michael Pitts was honored with the Idaho Counseling Association (ICA) Lifetime Achievement Award at the ICA annual conference held in Boise, Idaho January 27–28.

Recipients of this prestigious award must...

by Rob O’Donahue, Director of Media Relations

My first recollection of NNU was with our next-door neighbors, Larry and Phyllis McMillin, who at the time were both employed at NNU and are alumni. My wife Gayle, our oldest daughter Leslie (just seven months old), and I had just moved to Nampa. Other...