Northwest Nazarene University

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Northwest Nazarene University (NNU) is a private Nazarene university in Nampa, Idaho.

History

Presidents

	Fred J. Shields	1917–1919
1.	H. Orton Wiley	1919–1926
2.	Joseph G. Morrison	1926–1927
3.	Russell V. DeLong	1927–1932
4.	R. Eugene Gilmore	1932–1935
5.	Russell V. DeLong	1935–1942
6.	L.T. Corlett	1942–1952
7.	John E. Riley	1952–1973
8.	Kenneth H. Pearsall	1973–1983
9.	A. Gordon Wetmore	1983–1992
10.	Leon Doane	1992–1993
11.	Richard A. Hagood	1993–2008
12.	David Alexander	2008–2015
12.	Joel Pearsall	2016-2025
13.	Mark DeMichael	2025–present

Eugene Emerson organized a combination grade school and Bible school in 1913 as Idaho Holiness School.<ref>Riley, John E. From Sagebrush to Ivy: The story of Northwest Nazarene College. Pacific Press, Nampa, Idaho, 1988.</ref><ref name="Ingersol">Template:Cite web</ref> It was renamed twice in 1916, first to Northwest Holiness College and then to Northwest Nazarene College,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and then became a liberal arts college in 1917 with degree-granting authority from the Idaho state Board of Education. While the college's first president, elected in 1916, was H. Orton Wiley of Pasadena University, Fred J. Shields filled in as acting president before leaving for the Eastern Nazarene College in 1919, while Wiley finished his graduate work.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Under Russell V. DeLong, Northwest Nazarene College (NNC) received educational accreditation<ref name="NWCCU">Template:Cite web</ref> as a two-year school in 1931<ref name="policy">Template:Cite web</ref> and as a four-year school in 1937,<ref name="policy"/> making it the first accredited college affiliated with the Church of the Nazarene.<ref>The next Nazarene college to be accredited was Eastern Nazarene, accredited by NEASC in 1943. Northwest had the authority to grant degrees from the State of Idaho before 1930, but ENC did not have the authority to grant degrees in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts until 1930. Before 1930, ENC students actually received degrees from NNU. See James R. Cameron, Eastern Nazarene College—The First Fifty Years, 1900-1950, Nazarene Publishing House (1968), 163.</ref> Master's degree programs were added in the 1960s and 1970s.<ref name="NNU History">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It was renamed Northwest Nazarene University (NNU) in 1999.

Northwest Nazarene University was granted an exception to Title IX in 2014 which allows it to legally discriminate against LGBT students for religious reasons.<ref name="CampusPride" />

Affiliations

Template:Location map Template:Location map As one of eight U.S. liberal arts colleges<ref>Template:Cite web Nazarene higher education is based on the liberal arts model. Eastern Nazarene is the only Nazarene institution to retain the "college" moniker, although no Nazarene school fits the standard national definition Template:Webarchive of a "research university".</ref> affiliated with the Church of the Nazarene,<ref>Template:Cite web See Church of the Nazarene: Organization for more information on regions.</ref> the college receives financial backing from the Nazarene churches in its region. Each college is also bound by a gentlemen's agreement not to actively recruit outside its respective educational region.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

NNU is a member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> NNU has been accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) since 1930.<ref name="NWCCU"/>

Academics

Northwest Nazarene University has two colleges: the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Adult and Graduate Studies. NNU offers over 60 baccalaureate degree programs, 11 master's degree programs, a Ph.D. degree program, and a Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) in clinical psychology.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In addition to its Template:Convert campus in Nampa, the university offers extensive online degree programs and has branch campuses in Boise, Twin Falls, and Idaho Falls.

Student life

NNU is a co-educational college.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="CampusPride">Template:Cite web</ref>

LGBTQ students

In 2019, NNU was ranked among the "Absolute Worst Campuses for LGBTQ Youth" in the US by Campus Pride.<ref name="CampusPride"/> The Church of the Nazarene Manual 2017–2021Template:Efn states that "we believe the practice of same-sex sexual intimacy is contrary to God’s will for human sexuality".<ref>Church of the Nazarene Manual 2017–2021, Dean G. Blevins, Stanley J. Rodes, Terry S. Sowden, James W. Spear, David P. Wilson (eds.), Kansas City, MO: Nazarene Publishing House (2017): para. 31.</ref> The university's Notice of Non-discrimination states that "The University maintains the right, with regard to its lifestyle covenant, employment, and other matters, to uphold and apply its religious beliefs related to, among other issues, marriage, sex (gender), gender identity, sexual orientation, and sexual activity."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Athletics

The Northwest Nazarene (NNU) athletic teams are called the Nighthawks (Crusaders until 2017). The university is a member of the Division II level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), primarily competing in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) since the 2001–02 academic year. The Nighthawks previously competed in the D-II Pacific West Conference (PacWest) during the 2000–01 school year; and in the Cascade Collegiate Conference (CCC) of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) from 1993–94 to 1999–2000.

NNU competes in 13 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer and track & field; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, track & field and volleyball.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Notable people

Notable graduates include Lori Otter, First Lady of the State of Idaho. Kent R. Hill, the former administrator for USAID's Bureau for Global Health and former president of the Eastern Nazarene College (1992-2001), Richard Hieb, NASA astronaut, author Donna Fletcher Crow, and theologian Thomas Jay Oord. A notable non-graduate alumna is theologian Mildred Bangs Wynkoop.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Notable former faculty members include Fred J. Shields, H. Orton Wiley, Ben Fischer and Olive Winchester.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Religious speaker and author Ann Kiemel Anderson attended the university.Template:Citation needed

External links

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• Athletics website