1. MVNU Fun Facts

2. MVNU’s MOTTO To seek to learn is to seek to serve MVNU’s VISION Mount Vernon Nazarene University exists to shape lives through educating the whole person and cultivating Christ- likeness for lifelong learning and service

3. More than 250 MVNU students are involved in ministries around the world annually. 250+

4. TRUE OR FALSE: Students are more likely to complete a four-year degree in four years at a private university than in six years at a state university. TRUE! Source: NAICU

5. In 2006, Volleyball Coach Paul Swanson was inducted into the NCCAA Hall of Fame. HALL OF FAME

6. 2007 graduate, Laura Kot, was selected to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® First Team. She is the sixth MVNU athlete in any sport and the first softball player to be named to a CoSIDA Academic All-America® First Team.

7. Arturo Ondina (’86) is serving as partner with Ernst & Young (accounting/co nsulting firm) in the U.S. Virgin Islands. ALUMNI AROUND THE WORLD

8. Which MVNU president had a mullet?

9. Welcome to New Student Orientation! Dr. Dan Martin MVNU’s 6 th President

10. In 2006,MVNU’s women’s soccer team captured its second NCCAA National Title in four years.

11. Dr. Chris Weghorst (’84), Ph.D. in biomedical sciences, is doing breakthrough cancer research with the James Cancer Hospital at OSU. WHAT MVNU ALUMNUS IS A CANCER RESEARCHER AT OSU?

12. 6 MVNU men’s baseball has won an unprecedented six NCCAA National Championships.

13. What MVNU alumnus is an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs? Mike Wells (’93) pictured right

14. Did you know MVNU has a radio station?

15. Atul Meshramkar (’99) serves as the All India Compassionate Ministries director for the Church of the Nazarene. ALUMNI AROUND THE WORLD

16. MVNU Adult and Graduate Studies Sites Other Campuses: - Mansfield - Grove City - Marion - Mount Vernon Lima Gahanna Polaris Cincinnati Newark

17. Will (’00) and Mindy Ziegler (’00) live and work in Papua New Guinea teaching the people about Christ in their native language.

18. $2.1 million How much more a college degree is worth in lifetime earnings than a high school diploma.. (Census Bureau)

19. What MVNU graduate is Senior Counselor to the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services – Homeland Security? James McCament (’96)

20. MVNU is a member of CCCU, the National Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (167 members or global affiliates).

21. 40+ STUDENT-RUN CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS Accounting Club Alpha Chi American Sign Language Club ZOE (Biology) Campus Crusade for Christ College Democrats College Republicans Cougar Crazies Cross-Cultural Club Delta Mu Delta (Business Honor Society) Faithful Friends Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Fellowship of Christian Athletes Flux (Art Club) History Club   Intramural Teams Living Witness Mandate (Inner City Missions) Math Club Mohican Youth Outreach Outdoor Adventure Club Phi Delta Lambda Psychology Club Science Fiction Club Silent Parables Student Education Association Students in Free Enterprise Students with Concern Yearbook (Enerazan) Wordsmith’s Writers Club

22. Barry Landis (’73) is President of Landis Entertainment Group and Executive Director of the Entertainment and Media Summit at Vanderbilt University’s Innovation Center.

23. $3.2 million! How much more a medical degree is worth in lifetime earnings than a high school diploma (Census Bureau)

24. In 2006: MVNU was named by Princeton Review and U.S. News & World Report as one of the "Best in the Midwest."

25. OVER 700 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN INTRAMURALS LAST YEAR! 700+

26. Dr. Susan Myers (’89) and Dr. James Radcliffe (’76) who received the Award for Excellence from the Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges. WHAT MVNU ALUMNI ARE MEDICAL MISSIONARIES IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA?

27. Welcome to MVNU