Our Legacy of Wisdom, Faith & Service
An Enduring Foundation
By Dr. Joseph D. Womack '89, President
Education … “Enlarges, invigorates, beautifies, and adorns the soul and spirit of man.” -Alexander Campbell, Millennium Harbinger, Vol. 3, no. 9 (November, 1856). p. 637.
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have always believed the principle of knowing one’s history and context is a necessary exercise in knowing one’s self. A notion applicable to institutions as well. Looking back on 125 years as an institution, I am struck by a consistency of mission through many seasons of challenge and success. This consistency
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in knowing one’s self has guided NCU through more than 12 decades of service within the landscape of higher education, in large part because our mission is built on sound principles. By the time church leader and educator, Eugene Sanderson and pioneer business,
church and civic leader, James Bushnell founded NCU in 1895, they had been profoundly influenced by the thoughts of Alexander Campbell, an ordained minister, educator and leader (along with church leader, Barton Stone and evangelist, Walter Scott) who led a reform effort known as the Restoration
