Northwest Christian University
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Eugene Divinity School Eugene Bible University Eugene Bible College Northwest Christian College |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 1895 |
| President | Joseph Womack |
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Eugene, Oregon, USA 44°02′49″N 123°04′47″W / 44.047°N 123.0797°WCoordinates: 44°02′49″N 123°04′47″W / 44.047°N 123.0797°W |
| Colors | Blue and Gold |
| Website | nwcu.edu |
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Northwest Christian University (NCU) is a private, Christian liberal arts college located in Eugene, Oregon and is historically affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the Christian churches and churches of Christ. U.S. News & World Report ranked it in the top twenty-five baccalaureate colleges in the western United States in its 2011 rankings.
The school was founded as a divinity school in 1895 by Disciple of Christ preacher and educator Eugene Claremont Sanderson as the Eugene Divinity School (EDS). In 1908 it became Eugene Bible University; in 1930 that name changed to Eugene Bible College. Finally, after a merger with Spokane University in 1934, it became known as Northwest Christian College and then Northwest Christian University in 2008.
On December 8, 2009, Dr. Joseph Womack was named as Northwest Christian University's 10th president, taking office on June 1, 2010. Womack is the son of NCU's eighth president, Dr. James Womack, who served from 1986 to 2004.
Northwest Christian University is located in east Eugene, at the corner of Alder Street and E. 11th Avenue, separated from the larger University of Oregon by the width of a single lane street. Founder Eugene Sanderson envisioned a school at which students would study the Bible and principles of Christian ministry under Eugene Divinity School's faculty, but take other subjects on the neighboring campus, a model he also attempted to set up at Manhattan Christian College, located near Kansas State University. The Eugene Divinity School and its successive institutions maintained this arrangement with the University of Oregon until 1995, when the University of Oregon unilaterally discontinued it. Since that time NCU has grown to become a comprehensive liberal arts college. Today, NCU students occasionally take University of Oregon classes, have checkout privileges from Knight Library, and take advantage of lectures and other events on the neighboring campus.
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