Students gather on the campus mall at MNU during the opening week of school.
Largest Freshman Class Since 2010 This year’s class of new students is the largest since 2010. This represents a 26.7 percent increase over 2016. Transfer students are also up. The total incoming class is 313 this year compared to 260 in 2016. Derry Ebert, associate vice president and dean for traditional enrollment, attributes the increase to several initiatives. Among them, admissions counselors worked diligently to increase the number of students who visited the campus in order to share the MNU story and its pioneering spirit. “We redesigned our campus visit programs, so students could experience MNU and get to know who we are and the values
we hold,” Ebert says. “We didn’t just look for any students, but rather students who would find our community a good fit.” Ebert also says the whole campus effort to bring in this class included faculty, facilities staff, coaches, resident educators, current students and the president. “We all worked together to let prospective students and their families know that their life could be forever changed and transformed, academically and spiritually at MNU,” he says. For more information about admissions at MNU visit www.mnu.edu/undergraduate.
Honor Society Wins Award Delta Mu Delta, the international honor society in business, has awarded MNU’s Epsilon Theta Chapter, its STAR award for exceeding the standards the Society has for managing the chapter and its activities. MNU is among 22 other chapters receiving the award this year. It is the fifth time MNU has achieved this designation. Adam Swearengin, a senior accounting major from Kansas City, Kansas, was selected for a Regional Award for outstanding student of business from the Society. He received a $500 scholarship from DMD. Delta Mu Delta’s faculty advisor is Dr. Lisa Wallentine, professor of business.
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