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MOUNT VERNON NAZARENE UNIVERSITY

Mount Vernon Nazarene University
800 Martinsburg Road
Mount Vernon, OH 43050

Official telephone: (740) 392-6868
Fax number: (740) 397-2769

Website: www.mvnu.edu


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Screen last updated on: September 1, 2006
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 928 men, 1,267 women, 2,195 total
Full-time undergraduates: 790 men, 1,131 women, 1,921 total
Part-time undergraduates: 138 men, 136 women, 274 total
Total graduate students: 126 men, 228 women, 354 total
Full-time graduate students: 58 men, 67 women, 125 total
Part-time graduate students: 68 men, 161 women, 229 total
Average age of full-time undergraduates: 26
U.S. region where majority of students come from: Midwest
Percent of full-time U.S. undergraduates from out of state: 12%
First-year student breakdown:
2.4% Black (non-Hispanic)
1.3% Asian or Pacific Islander
2.4% Hispanic
93.9% White (non-Hispanic)
Undergraduate breakdown:
3.8% Black (non-Hispanic)
0.1% American Indian or Alaskan Native
0.8% Asian or Pacific Islander
1.0% Hispanic
93.3% White (non-Hispanic)
0.5% total international (nonresident aliens)
0.3% race/ethnicity unreported/unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 401 acres
City or town school is located in: Mount Vernon
Population of city/town: 15,826
Locations of branch/satellite campuses: Polaris, Lima, Newark, Gahanna, Cincinnati, Mansfield
Nearest major city: Columbus
Distance of nearest major city: 49 miles
Population of nearest major city: 711,470

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Campus housing available to all unmarried students regardless of year: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • women's dorms (21%)
  • men's dorms (21%)
  • single-student apartments (58%)
  • special housing for disabled students
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 95%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 49%
Percent of students who live off campus: 51%
Percent of all students who have cars on campus: 93%
Student conduct policies:
class attendance policies set by individual instructors, dress/hair code, honor code, hazing prohibited, smoking prohibited
Alcohol is permitted on campus to students of legal age: no

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Every student is required to take a computer course: no
Computer equipment is provided in: residence halls, library, computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 300
Internet access provided to all students: yes
E-mail services/accounts provided to all students: yes
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Archives. Special collections. Educational resource center. Curriculum and listening/viewing labs.
Museums and other special academic buildings/equipment on campus:
Art gallery, chapel.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Remedial learning services:
reading, writing, math
Additional services offered:
health service
Counseling services:
minority student, older student, career, personal, academic, psychological, religious
Career placement services:
internships, career/job search classes, interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training
Services for students with disabilities:
note-taking services, tape recorders
Amount of campus that is accessible to physically handicapped: 90%

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Number of social fraternities on campus: 0
Number of social sororities on campus: 0
Student activities:
student government, student newspaper, yearbook, radio station
School newspaper(s): The Lakeholm Viewer (monthly)
Number of honor societies: 2
Total number of registered organizations: 37
Campus-based religious organizations:
Koinonia, Living Witness, Mohican Ministries, Reach Out, Christian Athletic Organization, HOPE (youth ministry group), Take Heart
Minority student organizations:
multicultural student group
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Treble Singers, Singing Collegians, jazz and pep bands, team managers, drama groups, Goliards, Spanish club, special-interest groups

ATHLETICS
School has an athletic program: yes
Athletic director: Scott Flemming
Director of women's athletics: Jeana Howald
School colors: Blue and Green
School mascot: Cougars
Athletic conference memberships: American Mideast Conference (NAIA)

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseballyes 
Men's basketballyes 
Men's golfyes 
Men's socceryes 
Women's basketballyes 
Women's socceryes 
Women's softballyes 
Women's volleyballyes 

Percent of students in varsity/club intercollegiate sports: 7%
Percent of students in intramural/recreational sports: 70%
Athletic facilities:
Physical Education Center (volleyball and w/m basketball), Cougar Soccer Field (w/m soccer), Cougar Baseball Field (baseball), McCougar Field (softball), weight room
Intramural/Recreational sports:
softball, flag football, basketball, sand volleyball, indoor volleyball, indoor soccer, bowling
Club sports for men:
junior varsity men's basketball, cheerleading
Club sports for women:
cheerleading

GETTING AWAY
Public transportation serves campus: yes
Nearest international airport: Columbus (45 miles)
Nearest other airport: Cleveland (100 miles)
Nearest passenger train service: Columbus (49 miles)
Nearest passenger bus service: Columbus (49 miles)

PAYING THE BILLS
Institutional employment is available: yes
Percent of full-time undergraduates working on campus: 35%
Off-campus employment opportunities for undergraduates are: good
Freshmen are discouraged from working for first term: no

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who pursue further study: 21% immediately, 26% within one year of graduation
List of graduate schools most often selected by recent graduates:
Ohio State University, Ohio University, Ashland University, Chatham College, Nazarene Theological Seminary
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 76% within six months of graduation, 86% within one year of graduation
List of most prominent alumni/ae:
  • Dr. Jim Radcliffe, General Surgeon, Nazarene Hospital, Kudjip, Papua New Guinea
  • Dr. Chris Wedhorst, Associate Professor, The Ohio State Univesity College of Medicine and Public Health, and the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Research Institute
  • Mr. Barry Landis, President of Warner Brothers Records, Christian Division.



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