Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, April 10, 1990, Page 13, Image 12

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    _Community_
NCC optimistic about 'new era'
Diversification
key to gaining
more students
By Hon Walker
Emerald Associate Editor
The first time lames Womack
saw the inside of .1 building at
Northwest (Christian (College
was in 1961. when he was
i limbing through .1 < Impel w in
dow to listen to a friend play .1
song on the organ
Womai k was a 1 'Diversity
student at tile time, and he
thought he was entering a
building on the University
campus Shortly afterward
however, he hei ante a student
at N( (' Today, he is the col
lege president
Womack is not the only l :ni
yersity student who has been
unaware of the "other" four
year institution in southeast
Kugelle In a two bloc k parcel
adjacent to the t hnversity cam
|)us, \( \ ' convey s a quietei
more modest attitude
With \( It ‘s lltotli unmver.su
r\ not far away. Womack said
he is oplunistii about a college
that is rebounding from years
of dec lining enrollment and ti
mine i<iI struggles
\( i has been .iround almost
as long .is its ni'iglibor to tin1
imsI In IK'.li. Kugene SiiiuliT
son founded the Kugene Divini
t\ School Shortly afterward,
tile si hool bei .ime the Kugene
Bible lhiiversily
In I‘H-l. it bei .line Northwest
Christian College when it con
solid.ited its serve es with the
struggling Spokane Cnivcrsity
s.iiil David Waggonei vh e
prusideilt tor student atfairs
"Neither school was going to
survive the Depression alone
I'he NCC student tiod\ has
"i hanged pretty radically over
the past in years," Waggoner
said "It's the most diverse slu
dent body we’ve ever had in
terms ot religion
Another i hange at N( l is the
shill toward liberal .ills courses
and ai adetnic majors, in addi
turn to ministerial training
It s ,i new era for us." Wag
gouei said "We've never had
this strong an emphasis in lib
era! arts " 1 lie college is otter
ing other non religious courses
as well
One program that was started
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\orthwest Christi.in ( olleye. neoriin> its HUIth anniversary. is
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Khee said it is common tor \( it
students to < ombine ministerial
training with a t'niversity de
gree and in rei ent years \(.(
lias expanded its own course
ollerings as well
Some students may prefer (tie
atmosphere of a smaller cam
pus or they may not net essari
ly seek an emphasis on miuiste
rial training "What rye are try
tog to do is to offer a limited
number ol liberal arts degrees
to out students lie said
()ne example is the recent ad
dition ol an inlen ultural stud
ies program
Previously. \( it ottered a
i ross cultural ministry program
that prepared students for over
seas missionary work The in
ten ultural studies program is
lui students wanting to pursue
ethnic studies, while not nei es
sarih wanting to he a mission
ar\ . he said
The college may soon further
expand its mien.ultural studies
program. Khee said in addi
tion, it otters majors in speei h
and i ontmunii atmn and 01 ga
lii/ation.il management
'' U e re not li y mg to bet nine
anothei liberal arts college
Khee said, emphasising that
\( I remains Incused on its tin
dition.il mission of offering an
.it udemii degree within a
I hrislinn edm ution
However, the number of xtu
dents opting tor a liberal arts
major is growing steadily, with
at least hall now pursuing a lib
eral arts degree troll) \t < 01
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