MVNU Fun
Facts
MVNU’s MOTTO
To seek to learn
is to seek to serve
MVNU’s VISION
Mount Vernon
Nazarene University
exists to shape lives
through educating the
whole person and
cultivating Christlikeness for lifelong
learning and service
250+
More than 250
MVNU students
are involved in
ministries around
the world annually.
TRUE OR FALSE:
Students are more likely to
complete
a four-year degree in four years at
a private university than in six
years at
a state university.
TRUE!
Source: NAICU
HALL OF FAME
In 2006,
Volleyball
Coach Paul
Swanson was
inducted into
the NCCAA
Hall of Fame.
2007 graduate, Laura
Kot, was selected to the
ESPN The Magazine
Academic All-America®
First Team. She is the
sixth MVNU athlete in
any sport and the first
softball player to be
named to a CoSIDA
Academic All-America®
First Team.
ALUMNI AROUND THE WORLD
Arturo Ondina
(’86) is serving
as partner with
Ernst & Young
(accounting/co
nsulting firm)
in the U.S.
Virgin Islands.
Which
MVNU
president
had a
mullet?
Dr.
Dan
Martin
MVNU’s 6th
Welcome to New
Student Orientation!
President
In 2006,MVNU’s women’s soccer team
captured its second NCCAA National Title
in four years.
WHAT MVNU ALUMNUS IS A
CANCER RESEARCHER AT
OSU?
Dr. Chris Weghorst
(’84), Ph.D. in
biomedical sciences, is
doing breakthrough
cancer research with
the James Cancer
Hospital at OSU.
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MVNU men’s
baseball has won
an unprecedented
six NCCAA
National
Championships.
What MVNU
alumnus is an
assistant coach
for the San
Antonio Spurs?
Mike Wells (’93)
pictured right
Did you know MVNU
has a radio station?
ALUMNI AROUND THE WORLD
Atul Meshramkar
(’99) serves as the
All India
Compassionate
Ministries director
for the Church of
the Nazarene.
MVNU Adult and Graduate Studies Sites
Other Campuses:
- Mansfield
- Grove City
- Marion
- Mount Vernon
Lima
Polaris
Gahanna
Cincinnati
Newark
Will (’00) and Mindy Ziegler (’00)
live and work in Papua New
Guinea teaching the people about
Christ in their native language.
How much more a college
degree is worth in lifetime
earnings than a high school
diploma..
(Census Bureau)
$2.1 million
James
McCament (’96)
What MVNU
graduate is
Senior Counselor
to the Director of
U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration
Services –
Homeland
Security?
MVNU is a member of CCCU,
the National Council for
Christian Colleges and
Universities
(167 members or global
affiliates).
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Accounting Club
Alpha Chi
American Sign Language Club
ZOE (Biology)
Campus Crusade for Christ
College Democrats
College Republicans
Cougar Crazies
Cross-Cultural Club
Delta Mu Delta (Business Honor
Society)
Faithful Friends
Family and Consumer Sciences
(FCS)
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Flux (Art Club)
History Club
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Intramural Teams
Living Witness
Mandate (Inner City Missions)
Math Club
Mohican Youth Outreach
Outdoor Adventure Club
Phi Delta Lambda
Psychology Club
Science Fiction Club
Silent Parables
Student Education Association
Students in Free Enterprise
Students with Concern
Yearbook (Enerazan)
Wordsmith’s Writers Club
40+ STUDENT-RUN CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS
Barry Landis (’73) is President of Landis
Entertainment Group and Executive Director
of the Entertainment and Media Summit at
Vanderbilt University’s Innovation Center.
$3.2 million!
How much more a
medical degree is worth
in lifetime earnings than
a high school diploma
(Census Bureau)
In 2006: MVNU was named by
Princeton Review and U.S. News
& World Report as one of the
"Best in the Midwest."
OVER 700 STUDENTS
PARTICIPATED IN
INTRAMURALS LAST
YEAR!
Dr. Susan Myers (’89) and Dr.
James Radcliffe (’76) who
received the Award for
Excellence from the Ohio
Foundation of Independent
Colleges.
WHAT MVNU ALUMNI
ARE MEDICAL
MISSIONARIES IN PAPUA
NEW GUINEA?
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