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Six rules for your resume
BLOG Career & Leadership Development

Six rules for your resume

UNW’s Career Development has helped to take the fear out of resume writing. After reading through these steps, you will be able to turn this humble document into your very own career launch-pad.

Sunday, April 30, 2017

Use strategic conflict to drive success
BLOG Academics

Use strategic conflict to drive success

You never know how Philip Vierling, UNW’s assistant dean of the School of Business, will shake things up. Vierling wears an easy grin, his trademark boots, and Jerry Garcia ties

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

How to Pivot Towards Your Ideal Career
BLOG Alumni, Career & Leadership Development

How to Pivot Towards Your Ideal Career

Are you dissatisfied at your job? While a job or career change could be an option, there are also things you can do at your current workplace to utilize your skill-set and find greater opportunities.

Thursday, February 23, 2017

Plan Your Career Change in 6 Steps
BLOG Alumni, Career & Leadership Development

Plan Your Career Change in 6 Steps

What comes to mind when you think of making a career change? If you follow some basic steps, you will not only avoid some common pitfalls, you will be set up for success!

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

The impact of life-long generosity
BLOG Alumni

The impact of life-long generosity

Celesta Bleeker ‘54 has found a way to maintain her lifelong passion for serving Christ and Northwestern students.

Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Ask the Professor: The Birth of Jesus
BLOG Faculty

Ask the Professor: The Birth of Jesus

The birth of Christ to a virgin mother was miraculous. But why wasn’t it talked about more in the gospels? According to professor Mark Muska, the authors of the gospels were very intentional with what they focused on…

Sunday, November 20, 2016

Freshman Survival Guide
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Freshman Survival Guide

Now that classes are in full swing, here are a few secrets to finding your groove and enjoying life in college. Psst… upperclassmen might be surprised by some of these too. 

Friday, September 9, 2016

View from the Choir Loft: What Liturgy Taught Me about Worship
BLOG Faculty

View from the Choir Loft: What Liturgy Taught Me about Worship

For the past few months, I have had the privilege of being a professional singer with the Schola Cantorum of the Cathedral of Saint Paul here in Minnesota’s beautiful capital city. More than simply a choir, the Schola…

Sunday, May 1, 2016

Tips for Choosing a Major, Career, and Calling
BLOG Career & Leadership Development

Tips for Choosing a Major, Career, and Calling

As summer approaches, college and high school seniors hear a lot of the same question: “So what are you going to do with the rest of your life?” It is a big, intimidating question and everyone wants to have a great…

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

The Intersection of Creativity and Innovation
BLOG Faculty

The Intersection of Creativity and Innovation

There’s a verb in the Hebrew language—bara’, meaning “to create”—that is only used when speaking of God. It punctuates the books of the Old Testament, persistently and unmistakably revealing an essential attribute…

Sunday, April 3, 2016

Building an Orphanage on Faith
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Building an Orphanage on Faith

Chances are good that you’ve had an idea that seems great, if only…something. When Kwasi Twumasi ’16, a University of Northwestern MBA student, got an idea to build an orphanage in his home town of Dormaa, Ghana, he…

Monday, March 28, 2016

Learning from Sand Castles
BLOG Community, Faculty

Learning from Sand Castles

Spring weather shifts our thinking: from boots to sandals, sweaters to shorts, and from building snowmen to creating sand castles. Even though sand castles don’t last long, they can make an impression on those around…

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Learning to Love Through the Mess of Adoption
BLOG Community, Parents

Learning to Love Through the Mess of Adoption

If you listen to Erin (Black) Sibley ’04 for thirty seconds, you’ll know she’s a mom. It’s her quick, witty candor peppered with bits of kid English, e.g. “icky”.

Thursday, March 3, 2016

Science & Theology: Revelation in the Natural World – Part 2
BLOG Academics, Faculty

Science & Theology: Revelation in the Natural World – Part 2

What can science teach us about God? In addition to the traditional Wesleyan quadrilateral way to know God through Scripture, Tradition, Reason, and Experience, we may study Nature to see embedded revelation from…

Thursday, February 25, 2016

Science & Theology: Revelation in the Natural World – Part 1
BLOG Academics, Faculty

Science & Theology: Revelation in the Natural World – Part 1

The day was warm and moist as I stood at the edge of the sea with eleven college students. As a biologist and professor at Northwestern, I have the elect privilege of teaching students about the biological world…

Thursday, February 25, 2016

School of Nursing exam results rank above national average
NEWS

School of Nursing exam results rank above national average

Northwestern’s School of Nursing has ranked #3 in the Minnesota Board of Nursing results for the NCLEX (National Council Licensure Examination). Northwestern’s program passing rate of 96.15% surpasses the national…

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Announcing: Northwestern now offers Bachelor of Science in Engineering
NEWS Academics

Announcing: Northwestern now offers Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Beginning the fall semester of 2016, Northwestern will offer a Bachelor of Science in Engineering with emphases in mechanical, electrical/computer and civil engineering.

Sunday, January 31, 2016

The Future of Textbooks is Here, and They are Free
BLOG Community

The Future of Textbooks is Here, and They are Free

In the discussion regarding the cost of higher education, few topics are hotter than the price of textbooks. To combat this issue, some educators are turning to a solution that has students cheering—literally in some…

Monday, January 11, 2016

A Reluctant Leader Leaves A Legacy
BLOG Community

A Reluctant Leader Leaves A Legacy

‘Billy, you are the man to succeed me…. You will be disobeying God if you don’t! That was a tall order for the 29-year-old evangelist. Billy Graham…

Saturday, February 28, 2009

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