Our Legacy of Community

Our Legacy of CommunityCommunity

Orientation Leaders at Fish Week, 2000’s

By Princess Fox '02, M.A. '04 & Alyssa Perovich '21

Community. It’s what draws students to NCU, it’s what keeps students here and it’s what ties alumni together as Beacons for Life.

Few campuses build and sustain community on campus like NCU and this has been true for decades. Despite the many changes in everything from technology to fashion, the legacy of living as a member of the NCU family has lived on. Throughout our 125-year history, NCU has been committed to the foundation of community. Campus chapel, dorm life, student clubs and organizations, musical groups, athletics and traditions form the fabric of community life.

From the first days on campus, NCU students are brought in under the banner of wisdom, faith and service through the long-standing orientation tradition of Twining of the Ivy. Students twine each of their small sections of ivy together into one large circle, symbolizing their commitment to love one another (John 13:34-35). New acquaintances become friends, friends become family. Community at NCU