University News

North Central University students raised money to provide hot meals for residents of the nearby Franklin/Hiawatha Encampment.

North Central’s men’s soccer team put an exclamation point at the end of their season on Saturday night as they sailed to a 3-0 victory over Kentucky Christian University to clinch the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) national championship. The win represents the Rams' first NCCAA Men's Soccer National Championship in school history.

For the second year in a row, North Central has posted record-high retention, according to Erin White, M.A., Dean of Student Advocacy. For any university, retention rates serve as a temperature check for the wellness of the university and an indicator of student success. Read more about the record-breaking rates at North Central!

The North Central University Alumni Board has announced the 2018 Alumni Award winners. Four alumni have been selected from dozens of nominations and will be officially presented and recognized at the upcoming Partners for Progress gala on October 25. Meet this year's award winners!

North Central University's Jeff Deyo, who teaches in the College of Fine Arts, has released his first book, "Awakening Pure Worship: Cultivating a Closer Friendship with God."

North Central basketball students helped kick off "reading season" for elementary school students in Minneapolis. While at the school, NCU Rams athletes visited with students, talked about playing basketball, and read out loud to the students. Read the full story.

High school students receive hundreds of pieces of college mail and email throughout the year. And it doesn’t take long for every piece of mail to blend together. The designs all start to look the same, and the messaging just feels mushy. We’ve had enough of this. This year at North Central, we wanted to create a campaign that students could relate to—one that would cut through the clutter and fluffy marketing. We wanted this campaign to be one that would mean something to future students (and to us), and that would inspire people to choose a Christian college that has the potential to change their life.

North Central alumna and Entrepreneurship major Shayna Fowler developed a business and is launching a Kickstarter campaign for a business that will help girls in Africa to stay in school.

Scott Hagan, M.A., became the seventh president of North Central University in June 2017. One year later, we caught up with him to learn about his first year and what he sees on the horizon.

North Central University welcomes its newest cadre of Act Six scholars, recipients of a competitive scholarship offered through a partnership between Urban Ventures and five Minnesota colleges.