{"id":24,"date":"2017-05-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northcentral.edu\/blog\/thinking-about-north-centrals-future\/"},"modified":"2021-12-28T23:08:59","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T23:08:59","slug":"thinking-about-north-centrals-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northcentral.edu\/blog\/thinking-about-north-centrals-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Thinking about North Central’s Future"},"content":{"rendered":"

By President Scott Hagan<\/em><\/p>\n

Promising life found in community<\/h3>\n

Something beautiful and almost utopian happens when a proven life joins and bonds with a promising life. It\u2019s the model and practice Christ left for us on this earth. This is why the North Central campus is so professionally refreshing.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a place that brings students, faculty, alumni, staff, and local residents together and binds them into an even greater community of sacred relationships. Over time, this community of friends and colleagues come to see each other as genuine, and the bond deepens.<\/p>\n

Molding and mentoring promising leaders<\/h3>\n

Yes, producing leadership-ready graduates begins with recruiting and retaining qualified and ready learners. But it\u2019s not enough for a student to move into our dorms. They must first move into our hearts. Our job as university leaders is to love our students and then mold and mentor them into promising leaders with the intellect, skills, faith, and vision to change the world.<\/p>\n

As I begin my tenure as president, I\u2019m praying for the Holy Spirit to visit us in historic ways. I want the Lord to lead us in becoming a brave and innovative university marked by humility and love. Those two words, humility and love, are rarely used to describe the life of a university, but I\u2019m committed to making them part of my daily life and dialogue as president. I believe a unified North Central is the only way for us to prosper as an educational community.<\/p>\n

Goals and aspirations<\/h3>\n

I have much more to share in the near future about the values and spiritual life of North Central. In the meantime, here are some of my practical aspirations for NCU as a promising institution of learning:<\/p>\n