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Mount Vernon Nazarene University’s two-year initiative, “I Will: The Campaign for MVNU,” had a goal to raise $11 million. Through alumni and friends, the goal has been surpassed with contributions totaling more than $16.8 million. The campaign began June 1, 2014, and ended May 31, 2016.

Mount Vernon Nazarene University was one of three sites chosen to host Pastors and Leaders Conference (PALCON) 2016. The three-day conference welcomed 421 participants and took place May 31 through June 2 and included educational workshops and seminars. PALCON is a gathering designed for clergy,

NCN News compiled the following list of spring commencement reports from each of the Nazarene institutions of higher education on the USA/Canada Region: Ambrose University President: Gordon T. Smith Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Web: ambrose.edu Date of Graduation Exercises: April 28 and 30

The Mount Vernon Nazarene University Department of Athletics announced Daniel Doan was selected as the new head coach of the men's and women's tennis programs. Doan is an MVNU graduate who will be the first head coach in the new era of the tennis program, which will be restarted as a club program

A ribbon cutting ceremony for The Mount Vernon Grand Hotel was held May 6 in downtown Mount Vernon to inaugurate the opening of the hotel to the general public. Hosted by the Knox County Chamber of Commerce and Ambassadors, the ceremonial red ribbon was cut by Mount Vernon Nazarene University

For the past two years, Mount Vernon Nazarene University has been in the midst of an $11 million comprehensive campaign, "I Will... The Campaign for MVNU." The campaign has five giving areas, one of which is Fund the Future. The goal for this portion of the campaign was 12 new endowments — a goal

Mount Vernon Nazarene University and Nazarene Theological Seminary will co-host a trip to the main Protestant Reformation sites in Germany and Switzerland in 2017. The trip, which takes place May 8 to 17, 2017, coincides with the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation which swept through

Former secretary, executive secretary, and administrative assistant Novice Marvene (Hinton) Morris, 86, passed away January 14. Novice served as assistant to the president to five Mount Vernon Nazarene University presidents from 1972 to 1991. Novice was born July 28, 1929, in Nashville, Tennessee,

This week Mount Vernon Nazarene University announced details of its restructured School of Graduate and Professional Studies (GPS). Ronald Bolender, Class of 1977, was selected as dean for the School of Graduate and Professional Studies. Bolender was instrumental in the efforts to implement the

Melissa “Missy” Renee Johnson, 21, of Corry, Pennsylvania, died Saturday, December 19, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was born April 5, 1994, in Clarion, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Thomas A. and Jill R. Sorenson Johnson. Missy attended Mount Vernon Nazarene University in