“Our ‘why’—providing Christ-centered higher education—will not

change; but the ways we deliver education do change to meet the

needs of Christ-centered learners and leaders and the organizations

they will one day serve.”

ALAN S. CURETON, Ph.D., PRESIDENT

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From the President

As we press further into the 21st century, our institution is continually evaluating how we do what we do. Our “why”—providing Christ-centered higher education—will not change; but the ways we deliver education do change to meet the needs of Christ-centered learners and leaders and the organizations they will one day serve.

There will always be a place for traditional classroom learning because it is there that vital knowledge is shared, skills are acquired and relationships are forged between professors and students.

Northwestern students also have increasing opportunities to take classes online or go beyond the classroom or computer through dynamic experiential learning that takes place down the street and around the world.

In this edition of our President’s Report you will read about students participating in real-world learning experiences through research, study abroad, student-faculty trips, partnerships with local schools and embedded ministry roles through our unique five-year B.A./M.Div. program. The experiences—and results—are exciting!

Our faculty and staff create an environment where students prepare for their God-given futures. You will read about several faculty achievements in this report and all of our employees deserve recognition for once again making Northwestern a Top Workplace, as noted in the Star Tribune’s 2014 Top Workplaces Survey.

The Northwestern Media ministry continues to thrive in an era of massive transfor-mation in the communication industry, creating great events and rich opportunities for listener interaction.

Whether it’s groundbreaking research or the official groundbreaking of the new Reynolds Field athletic complex, Northwestern saw an abundance of noteworthy events in 2013–14. Soli Deo Gloria—To God alone be the glory for what He has done!

Alan S. Cureton, Ph.D. President

UNI V E R S IT Y O F NO R TH W E S TE RN MI S S I O N S TATEMENT

University of Northwestern – St. Paul exists to provide Christ-centered higher education equipping students to grow intellectually and spiritually, to serve effectively in their professions, and to give God-honoring leadership in the home, church, community, and world.

N O R TH W E S TE RN ME D I A MI S S I O N S TATEMENT

Northwestern Media exists to lead people to Christ and nurture believers in their spiritual growth through Christ-centered media.

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Professor’s Poetry Pulls in Proliferation

of Plaudits

Associate Professor of English Amy (McCann ’00) Munson, MFA, received a Minnesota State Arts Board grant to further her writ-ing. The grant was given based on the strength of her creative work as well as the viability of her propos-al. The $10,000 grant will support her efforts to create a second poetry manuscript for publication.

The Arts Board honor came on the heels of other recognition in recent years, including a McKnight award for poetry and the Tupelo Press 2013 First/Second Book Award . McCann also received the University of Northwestern Faculty Scholarship Award for 2014.

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ON-SITE SCIENCE

Students take advantage of Northwestern’s wooded lake-shore campus for science activities throughout the year.

Research Opportunities In and Out of

the Classroom

Professor of Biology Joanna Klein, Ph.D., collaborated with the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) of the U.S. Department of Energy, participating in their Undergraduate Research Program in Microbial Genome Annotation.

Student researchers from University of Northwestern worked with Klein to sift through the DNA sequence of the marine bacterium Cellulophaga lytica. Klein also inte-grated the project into her genetics course to provide the experience of performing inde-pendent research project to all biology majors. Two students were recognized for their work at a spring research symposium (see page 9).

Klein has also monitored E. coli levels in Lake Johanna (bordering Northwestern) for six summers. She worked with Professor Joel Light, Ph.D., to explore both the environmen-tal and microbiology/public health aspects of the lake environment, providing students diverse information about water quality.

Northwestern Russian History Expert Presents at National Convention

Associate Professor of History Matt Miller, Ph.D., presented his paper, “Philanthropy and Politics: The American YMCA and Revolutionary Russia” at the national convention of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies in Boston, Mass., in November 2013.

Miller also served as coordinator for a group of Russian history and language professors who met at The Museum of Russian Art in support of a new exhibit, The Romanovs: Legacy of an Empire Lost. The unique collection of historical and artistic treasures was displayed for the public in early 2014, in commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty. The museum and professors from five Minnesota colleges and universities, including Miller, hosted an Interdisciplinary Student Research Symposium in February 2014.

Oxford Experience Helps Student Learn from Past and Look to the Future

Matthew Abeler ’16 rounded out his sophomore year with a trip to Oxford University in England. Abeler was one of six students selected from the U.S. for the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) inaugural Oxford Distinguished Scholar’s Program.

Led by NRB President and CEO Jerry A. Johnson, Ph.D., Abeler and his fellow scholars experienced two weeks of one-on-one tutorials with a distinguished scholar at Jesus College. Abeler wrote essays and absorbed the expertise of Harold Rawlings, Ph.D., who lectured on Reformation leaders and martyrs.

“Stories from the past can help my generation learn how to live wisely as Christians,” said Abeler, an Electronic Media Communication major. “It’s a paradox where looking backward provides the clearest vision of running forward.”

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Life-changing Learning

Experiential learning at home and abroad marked several Nor thwestern-sponsored spring break trips in 2014:

Luke Aleckson, MFA, (Art & Design) led students to New York City to explore treasures of the art world and research art history.

Biblical & Theological Studies professors Ed Glenny, Ph.D., and Mark Muska, Ed.D., co-led a study trip to Greece and Turkey to learn about the early church.

Business students and professors Richard Elliott, MBA, and David Erickson, Ph.D., explored business and ministry in China.

UNW Nursing students participated in immersive, transcultural clinical expe-riences in Uganda and Ecuador under the leader-ship of Gale Sewell, Ph.D., and Ginger Wolgemuth, Ph.D., (Nursing) and Bruce Simat, Ph.D., (Biology).

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Bringing in Leaders to Cultivate Leaders

Equipping students to give God-honoring leadership in the home, church, community, and world, Northwestern welcomed several internationally known leaders in 2014 for chapel and as part of the Lessons for Leaders series—challenging and inspiring students to higher levels of thought and living.

Ravi Zacharias, Founder and president of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, shared a message of encouragement to

trust God through all struggles and temptations.

Living as a quadriplegic since age 17, Joni Eareckson Tada discussed the role suffering plays in the development of

Christian character. The founder and CEO of Joni and Friends International Disability Center laid down a challenge to develop a biblical worldview on disability.

Eugene Cho, founder of One Day’s Wages and lead pastor of Quest Church in Seattle, encouraged students to pause in

solitude and listen, a message that resonated with students from a generation bombarded with information, noise and gadgets.

Leadership through service was the cornerstone of messages from Mike Huckabee, former governor of Arkansas and host

of the Fox News show Huckabee. “Jesus is the greatest leadership example,” Huckabee said. “He exhibited all that He was by getting on His knees and washing the feet, touching blind eyes, and showing compassion to the most notorious sinners.”

Graduate Student Scholarship Symposium

On April 24, 2014, Northwestern hosted its inaugural Graduate Student Scholarship Symposium for students and alumni to showcase their scholarly work. The two-hour event included student scholar presenta-tions from students representing three of Northwestern’s graduate studies programs, followed by three featured scholars who shared more in-depth presentations.

Northwestern Students Recognized for

Their Achievements in Research

University of Northwestern Biology majors Rachel Blesi ’14 and Trevor Diercks ’14 received an Excellence in Science Award from the Minnesota Academy of Science at the Winchell Undergraduate Research Symposium on April 26, 2014, in recogni-tion of their contributions to the field of biology through undergraduate research. Caitlind Deboer ’14 and Anna Kloster ’14 also presented research at the symposium.

Blesi and Diercks, advised by Joanna Klein, Ph.D., (Biology) received the award for their research project titled “Functional Analysis of a Proposed Cellulase Gene in Cellulophaga lytica.” The team studied an enzyme proposed to degrade carbohydrates in the gram-negative marine bacterium C. lytica. Using computer programs and functional studies in the lab, they demonstrated that the enzyme has an entirely different function than predicted. This underscores the impor-tance of dedicated studies of genes identified in large-scale genome-sequencing projects.

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2013–14 EAGLE ATHLETICS SNAPSHOT

161 Top 10 school records broken

108 UMAC Academic All-Conference Awards

58 UMAC All-Conference Awards

44 UMAC Player of the Week Awards

40 Four-year letter winners

12 NCCAA All-Region Awards

10 NCCAA Player of the Week Awards

4 UMAC Player of the Year Awards

4 UMAC Team Sportsmanship Awards

3 UMAC Regular season championshps

3 UMAC Post-season tournament championships

3 NCAA Tournament teams

3 UMAC Coach of the Year Awards

2 All-American Awards

2 COSIDA Academic All-American Awards

Soar Efforts Supply Funds for Stadium

The generosity of UNW suppor ters soared to new heights in 2013–14, making possible the g roundbrea k ing and construction of the new Reynolds Field athletic complex.

Construction on the facil-ities began in April 2014 and was completed in time for the fall sports season.

The complex includes all-turf fields for football/soccer/lacrosse, baseball and softball, six competi-tion-grade tennis courts, s t ad ium seat ing for 1,400+ fans, locker rooms, restrooms, and conces-sions area.

The fields and courts have lights for night games and practices, greatly expand-ing opportunities for play for varsity and intra-mural athletics.

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Northwestern Media Newsman Retires

Long t ime news veter-an Don Rupp retired in May 2014 after a 44-year career with Northwestern Media. During his time at Northwestern, Rupp’s roles included announcing, public affairs programming,

director of operations, KTIS manager and executive director of the network news oper-ation. His news broadcasts could be heard on Northwestern stations in eight states and his Faith Report, launched in 1998, was carried on Northwestern’s satellite network.

Rupp’s work in broadcast journalism includ-ed establishing the Minnesota News Hotline (a news service for Minnesota religious radio stations); coordinating a White House confer-ence call for religious radio stations; and distributing “Faith News” to listeners and organizations. He also taught news journal-ism at University of Northwestern – St. Paul and North Central University in Minneapolis.

In his parting Faith Report entry on myfaithradio.com, Rupp reflected, “We are called to link our lives to God’s life, to line up our smaller story with His Big story. The things we call consequences are all potential connections. God is the one who holds it all together.”

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More than a Makeover

In June 2014, women in Sioux Falls expe-rienced Lovely Day, an event sponsored by Northwestern Media’s Life 96.5 radio station in partnership with other local ministries.

At the Saturday event, cosmetologists and other women from the community volun-teered and listeners donated gently used/new professional business attire. Women in various transition stages of life received beauty makeovers and those with scheduled job interviews received professional clothing to help them dress their best.

MEDIA Joyful Noise a Draw for Concert-goers

The sixth annual Joyful Noise Family Fest, sponsored by 98.5 KTIS (Minneapolis/St. Paul), hosted 16,000 visitors in June 2014 at the National Sports Center in Blaine. Station Manager Jason Sharp sees tremendous benefit in hosting this annual outreach event. “Joyful Noise allows us to provide a wonderful experience for our listeners in the presence of the KTIS brand,” Sharp says.

“This event helps move our ministry forward as it has become an annual destination for the thousands who attend.”

While the event includes myriad activities for families, it is the lineup of Christian record-ing artists that anchors the festival—and the enthusiastic reception of the audience that draws the artists. Director of Concerts and Major Events Dan Wynia point out, “Several well-known artists and their crew members have told me that Joyful Noise is the best run festival they’ve been part of,” adding that artists appreciate the top-notch production and facility.

EXPERIENCE IS A GREAT TEACHER

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Northwestern Students Pilot Innovative Education PartnershipStudents majoring in Spanish at University of Northwestern plunge quickly into real-world learning. “First semester students spend 20 hours in the community using Spanish,” said Instructor of Spanish Kimberly Cronen.

For a group of Spanish Education majors, a partnership with a Roseville (Minn.) elemen-tary school provided rich experiential learn-ing opportunities that gave them the chance to help bridge learning gaps at the school.

Because of English language proficiency levels, some primary Spanish-speaking fourth-graders at E.D. Williams Elementary School lagged behind their peers in math. Additionally, families of English-speaking students wanted second-language education enrichment opportunities for their children.

Williams’ principal Brian Koland, aware of Northwestern’s strong teacher preparation program, reached out to Cronen to explain his challenge. Together they came up with a solution that met both needs: an after-school program where UNW students serve as bi-lingual teaching assistants. In this approach,

UNW students taught the school’s regular math curriculum in Spanish. Their classes included half Spanish-speakers and half English-speakers and helped to reinforce math learning for the Spanish-speaking students and Spanish skills for the English-speakers.

Additionally, Northwestern students were in-volved in an after-school “heritage” program, where Spanish-speaking students developed literacy skills in their native language. “When a child is literate in their home language,” Koland said, “they will be literate in English in no time flat because they understand the concepts of reading.”

“It’s gone very well,” Koland noted. “All stake-holders have gained something from this.”

Katrina Balzer ’15 developed as an educator and spoke enthusiasically about the program.

“The experience has greatly improved my Spanish and teaching skills,” she said.

For Alicia Stroeing ’15 the benefit was in-creased confidence. “This experience helped me to see that as long as I can build a relation-ship with my students and learn alongside them, I will be able to work wherever God leads me.”

PHOTO (PAGE 13): BUILDING BRIDGESMolly Barry ’15 helps bridge language and achievement gaps in after-school program at a local elementary school.

Experiential learning is a process through which students develop knowl-edge, skills and values from experiences beyond the classroom. This may include internships, student-teaching, embedded ministry, service learn-ing, undergraduate research, study abroad or other work experiences.

Northwestern students are increasingly seeking and participating in experiential learning activities that teach, stretch and prepare them for the situations they will face in their careers after graduation. In this President’s Report we feature some recent success stories our students have found outside of the classroom.

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Ministry Immersion Provides Powerful Preparation

“Young students who feel called to ministry want to be useful as soon as they can be,” said Christopher Asmus ’14, a member of the first cohort of Northwestern’s five-year dual degree B.A./M.Div. program. Now in his last semes-ter of the program, Asmus takes graduate classes online and in the evenings while serv-ing at a local church as part of the program’s embedded ministry/internship requirement.

“It’s a great degree because it really helps us push into our calling,” Asmus reflected “The internship was the best part of the program, building on classroom work that gives us a foundation and theological framework.”

Dean of the College of Professional Studies Rick Thoman, Ed.D., who oversees the B.A./M.Div. program, is also a strong advo-cate of the internship component. “Interns learn to understand themselves and their strengths, weaknesses and growth areas,” Thoman commented. “They gain a personal vision for ministry and get to test it out and see if their personal vision aligns with what the role really involves.”

A typical academic internship offers several weeks or a few months of connection between a student and an organization. The embedded ministry model of the B.A./M.Div. program places students in ministry in a local church

—that also becomes their church home—for up to two years.

In his work with Harvest Bible Chapel West Minneapolis, Asmus serves as resident intern in charge of leading college ministry. He has had the job of building a college ministry from the ground up, teaching Bible at least once a week, doing counseling and engaging in communication tasks. Asmus also assists with the worship team and has preached dur-ing regular services.

The ministry internship has provided Asmus a practical understanding of the ups and downs ministry will entail—and has proven invaluable. “As college students we are ideal-ists; this program helps us to learn to deal with discouragement and how to endure. These things are important for me to know before I go into full-time ministry.”

PHOTO: PART OF THE TEAMChristopher Asmus ’14, (center) develops skills in leadership and ministry through his embedded internship experience at a local church.

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Working Hard, Walking by Faith: Alumni Profile

Even though he didn’t know exactly what he wanted to do when he grew up, Erik Christianson ’90 read the newspaper every day as a kid and was always interested in news, public affairs and sports. This triple-play of interests translated into his current role as managing director of external affairs for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

“My job is helping people understand the value of college sports and the value of being a student-athlete—to the individual, to a campus, to communities and beyond,” Christianson explains. He also serves as the primary commu-nications contact for NCAA broadcast partners CBS and Turner around issues related to the Division I Men’s Basketball Championship.

Christianson sees connecting points on his career track that go back to his youth. He grew up not far from Northwestern’s campus and heard KTIS playing regularly. Not quite certain what he wanted to study, he start-ed at a community college and was drawn toward mass media and journalism. He also became more serious about his faith during that time and felt the desire to attend a faith-based institution—he concluded that Northwestern would be the best fit.

He made the Eagles baseball team and played just one year, long enough to help

him understand the dynamics, challeng-es and benefits of being a college athlete.

Christianson pursued newspaper work, a graduate degree in journalism and public affairs, and jobs in government and higher education—all of which prepared him for the NCAA, where he served as director of media and public relations before his current role.

Christianson enjoys his work immense-ly. “I love helping people understand the benefits that come from being involved in college sports,” he says. Communicating when issues arise comes with the territo-ry, too, and he embraces the challenge. He finds that living out his values has always been an essential component of his career.

“Making sure that what you’re saying and what you’re doing align is critical,” Christianson says. “It’s also critical for life and organiza-tions—you see the struggle when their actions don’t line up with their espoused values.”

Ultimately, Christianson attributes his success to both faith and hard work. “I’ve always tried to work really hard and walk by faith,” he explains. “When you do those things, amazing things can happen.”

PHOTO: SPEAKING FOR SPORTSErik Christianson ’90 (second from left) represents the NCAA at the 2014 Sports PR Summit in New York City.

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“Revealing the Father and teaching God’s sons; Changing God’s people

and making them one! Northwestern, today, finds strength, identity, and

purpose in this heritage.”

THE SCROLL, 1973

A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S The 2013–14 President’s Report was produced by the University of Northwestern Office of Marketing & Communications. Contributors: Amy Awasom, Shelly Barsuhn, Janelle Higdon, Tess O’Connor, Tammy Worrell and Nancy Zugschwert. Photography: Brad Kinzer, Guytano Magno and Josh Stokes.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Alan S. Cureton, Ph.D., President

Thor Becken

Alicia Belton, MBA, M.Arch.

Megan Doyle

Mary C. Edwards, MPH

Stan Erickson, CPA

Ginger Ewing, J.D.

Ronald R. Halverson

William J. Hamel, M.Div.

George Kenworthy, D.Min.

Carole Lehn, MBA

Lauren D. Libby, MBA

Arnold (Bud) Lindstrand ’54

Michael Meloch

Russell R. Reynolds, MBA

Sara Robertson ’54, Ed. D.

Grover Sayre III, J.D., Chair

Daniel E. Stoltz, MBA

Stewart S. Van Duzer

David Venberg ’89

PRESIDENT’S CABINET Alan S. Cureton, Ph.D., President

Janet B. Sommers, Ph.D. Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

Paul H. Virts, Ph.D. Senior Vice President for Media

Amy Bragg Carey, Ed.D. Vice President for Institutional Advancement

Matt Hill ’89, Ed.D. Vice President for Student Life & Athletics

Mike Moroney Vice President for Enrollment & Retention

Douglas R. Schroeder, CPA (Inactive) Vice President for Business/CFO

Timothy A. Rich, PHR Associate Vice President of Human Resources

David Richert, MBA Chief Information Officer

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