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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
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
BLOG Community
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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