General Information:
Identity Statement: Pioneering Spirit, Passion to Serve, Purposeful Lives.
Established: 1966
Type: Private
Students: 1,700+
Location: Olathe, Kansas, United States
Overview
Founded in 1966, the campus is located in Olathe, Kansas, a community of over 120,000 just 20 minutes from the heart of Kansas City. The University also has an extension site in Liberty, Missouri, north of Kansas City.
What if you could: Join the club. Play sports. Have a ball. Study forensics. Conduct research. Perform an audit. Join a band. Lead a small group. Prepare for medical school. Teach inner-city kids. Take an ankle. Mentor someone. Study in China. Analyze war. Pray for leaders. Stretch your faith. Tend the sick. Pump iron. Build a clinic. Play a part. Act your age. Chug root beer. Wear funny clothes. See New York. Sing at Carnegie Hall. Push yourself Farther.
At MNU, you can. With Purpose.
Mission Statement
MidAmerica Nazarene University is a comprehensive liberal arts university offering undergraduate and selected professional and graduate degrees. Sponsored by the North Central Region of the International Church of the Nazarene, the university is committed to serving the church and its global mission.
At MNU you will learn with purpose. To become all that you were meant to be. You will be challenged to think differently, to work innovatively, and to apply your skills even before you graduate. No matter who you are or where you are in life…you can find the program to get you where you want to go.
With over 1,100 Undergrad students, an average GPA of 3.37 and 10 Varsity athletics teams, MNU students have so much going for them. Not to mention a strong focus on servant leadership, and living a life filled with purpose. At MNU you’ll live, study, and worship in an atmosphere that promotes personal, intellectual, and spiritual growth. New ideas will broaden your faith. Challenge your thinking. And expand your understanding of God’s purpose for your life.
MNU Academic Structure
Student Life
Knowledge and skills. Gifts and abilities. Career and calling. They’re yours to develop. What will you do with them? You might come to MNU for academics, for sports, for faith, but you’ll find purpose in relationship to others. On campus. In the community. For good, for life.
Weekly chapel is the connecting point for campus life. You can also take part in small groups. Bible studies. Mission trips. Worship teams. And youth activities. Sometimes its hard to distinguish spiritual life from everyday life. Or spiritual life from service. And that’s just the point.
Welcome Weekend. Root Beer Fest. Homecoming Hoedown. Thrift Store Prom. Movie on the Mall. Mock Rock. Intramural Chess. Mother-Daugher Weekend. No-Shave November. It’s all in good fun. There’s always something happening at MNU, always someone to share it with. Nothing to do at MNU? Hardly.
Athletics
MNU Pioneers participate in the Heart of America Athletic Conference (HAAC) at the NAIA Division I level. True to our mission, athletics encompass the physical, spiritual and intellectual lives of students. In the same way, coaches are mentors and models of Christian conduct. On courts and fields, and in life.
Visit http://www.mnusports.com/ for the complete Pioneer experience.
Serving
What if you had $50,000? MNU students did. They gave it away. The instructions are simple: Feed the hungry. Clothe the naked. Care for widows and orphans. And visit those in prison. We’re passionate about serving because it brings purpose to life. At first it was a dream to raise funds for a clinic in Guatemala-- $10,000 perhaps. That dream has turned into a clinic, and now over 26,000 people in rural Guatemala have safe drinking water thanks in part to MNU students, who helped place water filtration in homes and schools through international partnership. You’ll learn and grow in ways you only imagined while serving in places you never thought you’d go. And gain perspective that will shape the course of your career for a lifetime.