Mount Vernon Nazarene University

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Mount Vernon Nazarene University
Mount Vernon Nazarene University logo
Mount Vernon Nazarene University logo
Motto: "To Seek to Learn is to Seek to Serve"
Established: 1968
Type: Private
Religious affiliation: Church of the Nazarene
Endowment: $9,926,738
President: Daniel J. Martin
Faculty: 40
Undergraduates: 2,200
Postgraduates: 500
Location: Mount Vernon, OH, USA
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Campus: Rural
Former names: Mount Vernon Nazarene College
Colors: Green and Blue
Nickname: Cougars
Mascot: Casey Cougar
Athletics: National Christian College Athletic Association
Affiliations: Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
Website: www.mvnu.edu

Mount Vernon Nazarene University (MVNU) is a Christian liberal arts college located in Mount Vernon, Ohio.

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[edit] Affiliation

As one of eight U.S. liberal arts colleges[1] and universities affiliated with the Church of the Nazarene,[2] MVNU is the college for the "East Central Region"[3] of the United States. Although its name might suggest that it is the college for the "Mount Vernon" region, no such region currently exists.[4] In terms of the Church of the Nazarene, the "East Central Region" comprises the Northwestern Ohio, North Central Ohio, East Ohio, Southwestern Ohio, Central Ohio, Eastern Kentucky, West Virginia North, and West Virginia South districts, which include all of Ohio, part of Kentucky, and most of West Virginia. Each college receives financial backing from the Nazarene churches on its region; part of each church budget is paid into a fund for its regional school. Each college or university is also bound by a gentlemen's agreement not to actively recruit outside its respective "educational region."[5]

[edit] History

Mount Vernon Nazarene College was founded in 1968 as a junior college and feeder school for Eastern Nazarene College (ENC) in 1968.[6] In fact, until the founding of Mount Vernon in 1968, the state of Ohio had been included as part of the Eastern Region and therefore associated with Eastern Nazarene since the establishment of Nazarene Educational Regions in 1918. ENC was at an all-time high in enrollment during this period, largely thanks to enrollment and financial support from the Nazarene Districts of Ohio, but the loss of this Regional enrollment and support caused an immediate drain on the enrollment and finances of Eastern Nazarene College.[7]

Mount Vernon became a four-year college in 1970, two years after its founding.[8] The school received accreditation in 1972.[9] In 2002, Mount Vernon Nazarene College was renamed Mount Vernon Nazarene University.

Mount Vernon, Ohio was just one of many sites proposed for the college, but Mount Vernon raised $208,000 USD to purchase a portion of Lakeholm Farm and gifted it it to the Church of the Nazarene (additional portions of the farm were used for a middle school, high school, and the Knox County Career Center).

[edit] Presidents (1966-present)

[edit] Academics

Programs are available for traditional students, graduate students, and working adults. There are several "campuses" besides that of Mount Vernon. These include: Gahanna, Polaris, Newark, Cincinnati, Mansfield, Lima, Marion, and Grove City.[10]

[edit] Accreditation

MVNU has been accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools since 1972.[9]

[edit] Student life

Mount Vernon is a co-educational college.

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Eastern Nazarene College is the only Nazarene institution to retain the "college" moniker. Different states hold different standards for university status, but none of the Nazarene "universities" are research universities. Rather, Nazarene higher education is based on the liberal arts model.
  2. ^ LIBERAL ARTS AND THE PRIORITIES OF NAZARENE HIGHER EDUCATION by J. Matthew Price, Ph.D.
  3. ^ East Central Region
  4. ^ Eastern and Northwest are the only Nazarene schools to use their regional names. Mount Vernon is named for its location in the town of Mount Vernon, Ohio.
  5. ^ Nazarene Educational Regions
  6. ^ Area Development Foundation of Knox County
  7. ^ James R. Cameron, The Spirit Makes the Difference: The History of Eastern Nazarene College, Part II, 1950-2000, ENC Press (2000) 282.
  8. ^ Despite having been given the smallest Nazarene region in the United States, Mount Vernon grew quickly. Reasons for this may include: Bible Belt proximity (a high population of professing Christians in this part of the country) and its proximity to districts on the Eastern Region that are socio-economically more similar to Ohio than the rest of their Region.
  9. ^ a b HLC of NAC: MVNU profile
  10. ^ MNVU Fact Sheet

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[edit] See also

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Nazarene liberal arts colleges and educational regions