Trevecca Nazarene University
Seal of Trevecca Nazarene University
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Former names
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Literary and Bible Training School for Christian Workers (1901-1911), Trevecca College (1911-1934), Trevecca Nazarene College (1934-1995) |
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| Motto | Esse quam videri |
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Motto in English
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"To be, rather than to seem" |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1901 |
| Affiliation | Nazarene |
| Endowment | US $22.3 million |
| President | Dan Boone |
| Students | 3,221 fall 2016 |
| Undergraduates | 2,092 fall 2016 |
| Postgraduates | 1,129 fall 2016 |
| Location |
Nashville, Tennessee, United States 36°08′34″N 86°45′11″W / 36.142680°N 86.753110°WCoordinates: 36°08′34″N 86°45′11″W / 36.142680°N 86.753110°W |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Purple and white |
| Athletics | NCAA Division II (G-MAC) |
| Sports | 15 intercollegiate sports |
| Nickname | Trojans |
| Mascot | Troy Trevecca |
| Affiliations | CCCU, SACS |
| Website | www.trevecca.edu |
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Trevecca Nazarene University (TNU) is a private Christian liberal arts college in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A. Trevecca was founded in 1901. Trevecca's mission is "a Christian community providing education for leadership and service."[5]
TNU was founded in 1901 by Cumberland Presbyterian minister J. O. McClurkan as the "Pentecostal Literary and Bible Training School". Part of the Pentecostal Alliance, it started offering bachelor's degrees in 1910, and the school's name was changed to Trevecca College for Christian Workers in 1911, after Trevecca College (now Coleg Trefeca) in Wales. The school was located in downtown Nashville until 1914, when it was moved to East Nashville on Gallatin Road. In 1917, the campus suffered a disastrous fire, and its students and faculty temporarily transferred to Ruskin Cave College. That same year, the school became an official college of the Church of the Nazarene, in order to save itself financially. Shortly after it had become a Nazarene institution, it absorbed the Southeastern Nazarene College of Georgia but still found itself in bankruptcy and forced to sell its campus by 1932.
After occupying a temporary space on the former campus of the defunct Walden University on White's Creek, it was unable to buy the property and relocated to the Nashville First Church of the Nazarene, taking on the name Trevecca Nazarene College (TNC) in 1934. In 1935, the college moved back to its present location on Murfreesboro Pike in southeast Nashville, where it once again leased and then took over the 7-acre campus of Walden University in 1937. President A. B. Mackey bought an adjoining 40-acre (160,000 m2) plot for himself and later transferred it to the college. It was first accredited in 1969 and began offering master's degrees in 1984. In 1995, the school's name was changed from Trevecca Nazarene College to Trevecca Nazarene University (TNU). In 1999, Trevecca offered its first doctoral degree (an EdD), and in 2011, added its first PhD degree (in clinical counseling).
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