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ate has significantly improved through their efforts. The Center is a “one-stop-shop” for ensuring the best opportunity for success at MVNU. the opportunity to meet our faculty and many staff and also view the University Catalog. The new website should be finished by September 2016. The Mount Vernon Grand Hotel will open on the square in downtown Mount Vernon in spring 2016. It will be a first-class hotel open to the public. (There will be a banquet room, conference room, exercise room, and 46 guest rooms.) The Grand will be the face of MVNU to many who will never be on campus. It will be our opportunity to “Shine Forth” to a new public for our community. Christian hospitality will be modeled in this fine facility. The Grand will provide auxiliary income for the University and employment for students. This amazing opportunity opens a new door to MVNU. MVNU will face challenges in the days ahead, but these challenges are nothing less than the opportunities that God offers us to “Shine Forth.” Internships will become increasingly important as our students complete degree requirements for graduation. Education and Nursing majors have been acquainted with the idea of clinicals and practicums for many years. Internships in the Jetter School of Business and the School of Theology and Philosophy are staples for solid preparation. The future will belong to those who have work experience prior to graduation. It will allow students to sample the chosen career path before completing their degree. MVNU has recently hired a new Career Services Coordinator, Mr. Gary Swisher, who will allow our students to “Shine Forth” in our world. Institutional Effectiveness is essential for accomplishing our educational mission in the days ahead. Assessment is the key to determining our success. The process points to ways we might be able to improve. Even more than this, institutional effectiveness allows us to deploy our resources as proper stewards. Dr. Brenita (Nicholas) Edwards has been named Assistant Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness. Brenita will guide us toward a more rigorous assessment of our work. The Higher Learning Commission, our regional accrediting body, will increasingly look at our work in this area. Renewed emphasis on Institutional Effectiveness is part of the road ahead for us. MVNU will face challenges in the days ahead, but these challenges are nothing less than the opportunities that God offers us to “Shine Forth.” Our mission remains the same, “to shape lives through educating the whole person and cultivating Christ-likeness for lifelong learning and service.” We trust God to be the light that shines before us, and we will be faithful to the next generation. This means we will be fearless in our pursuit of excellence in character and knowledge. We are busy reconstructing the MVNU website, the digital gate to our campus. Now our attention turns to building out the website around our new theme, “Shine Forth.” Future visitors will be able to take a virtual tour of our campus. Students will have
SHINE MVNU'S NEW BRAND REFLECTS NOT ONLY THE BIBLICAL THEME OF LIGHT BUT ALSO ECHOES THE WORDS OF OUR FOUNDING PRESIDENT DR. STEPHEN NEASE: "WE SEEK TO FOLLOW HIS FLAME WHICH SHINES BEFORE US." We believe that MVNU's legacy of faith and knowledge is carried out on campus and in the lives of the alumni who serve God in their chosen vocations around the world. You will be seeing and hearing these two words around campus, online, on social media, in chapel, and where MVNU's call to seek to learn is also a call to seek to serve. JOIN US IN SPREADING THE LIGHT WHEREVER YOU ARE. 17 15 NOW Spring Fall 2013 2016 @MVNUNews @MVNU1968 ThisIsMVNU MVNU1968
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SHINE<br />
MVNU'S NEW BRAND REFLECTS NOT ONLY THE BIBLICAL THEME<br />
OF LIGHT BUT ALSO ECHOES THE WORDS OF OUR FOUNDING<br />
PRESIDENT DR. STEPHEN NEASE:<br />
"WE SEEK TO FOLLOW HIS FLAME WHICH SHINES BEFORE US."<br />
We believe that MVNU's legacy of faith and<br />
knowledge is carried out on campus and in the<br />
lives of the alumni who serve God in their chosen<br />
vocations around the world. You will be seeing and<br />
hearing these two words around campus, online, on<br />
social media, in chapel, and where MVNU's call to<br />
seek to learn is also a call to seek to serve.<br />
JOIN US IN<br />
SPREADING<br />
THE LIGHT<br />
WHEREVER<br />
YOU ARE.<br />
17 15<br />
<strong>NOW</strong> Spring Fall 2013 2016<br />
@MVNUNews @MVNU1968 ThisIsMVNU<br />
MVNU1968
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