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BLOG Career & Leadership Development
Opening Doors for UNW Students
Several December grads have launched into exciting new careers, often with assistance from Northwestern alumni. We in Career Development love to celebrate these connections, and we wanted to share some of our favorites.
Wednesday, July 7, 2021
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BLOG Career & Leadership Development
Career Communities Mean Connection
Since networking is responsible for at least 85% of new jobs, UNW students need to connect with alumni and other professionals. Current unemployment rates make networking more important than ever for students seeking…
Wednesday, July 7, 2021
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BLOG Career & Leadership Development
Back to (job search) basics
In the past two months, we’ve seen record low unemployment rates suddenly become record high rates. For our University of Northwestern spring graduates, the world has changed seemingly overnight, and the job search…
Wednesday, July 7, 2021
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BLOG Academics, Alumni
UNW Pre-Med Alumna Receives Fulbright Scholarship to Teach Health and Psychology in Spain
It was the Eagles softball program and head coach Alicia du’Monceaux that drew Moriah Maunu ’20 to pursue her studies at University of Northwestern – St. Paul. That, along with the small, Christ-centered environment…
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
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BLOG Community
Northwestern and Critical Race Theory
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…
Thursday, May 27, 2021
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BLOG Academics
Providing Christ-Like Care to Those Often Unseen
Imagine bringing someone you love to an emergency room and being asked by staff why you care about someone that can’t speak, walk, or function in mainstream society. University of Northwestern – St. Paul alumna Hannah…
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
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NEWS Academics
Northwestern Nursing Students Pilot In-home Disability Care Program with Joni and Friends
For families with disabilities, the demands of providing 24-hour care are overwhelming.
Monday, March 15, 2021
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BLOG Alumni, Faculty
Q&A: Adina Kelley – Department of History
University of Northwestern – St. Paul welcomed four new full-time faculty in 2020—three of whom are Northwestern alumni. Below is an excerpt of our interview with alumna Adina Kelly, instructor in the Department of…
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
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NEWS Academics
Northwestern’s Nursing Program Returns to Top Spot in Minnesota
The nursing program at University of Northwestern — St. Paul (UNW) returned to the number-one spot in Minnesota, retaining its first-place ranking over the past four years among 45-plus schools in Minnesota, according…
Thursday, February 25, 2021
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BLOG Faculty
Q&A: Krystal Seeling – School of Nursing
Krystal Seeling was an adult medical/surgical nurse, then a pediatric medical/surgery/cardiac nurse at the University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital and part-time adjunct professor at the U of M before…
Friday, January 15, 2021
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BLOG Parents
Expecting Better
With every transition from December 31 to January 1, we hope for a fresh start. We anticipate something better ahead than what we are leaving behind. Considering the boatload of trouble that has quite literally…
Monday, January 4, 2021
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UNW to Confer 222 Degrees in Virtual Commencement Ceremony
More than 220 University of Northwestern — St. Paul (UNW) students are set to receive their degrees this weekend as countless hours of study, research, collaboration, and application are celebrated at a virtual…
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
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BLOG Alumni, Faculty
Q&A: Brad Ruiter – Chair of Kinesiology, Sports Management, & Physical Education
Brad Ruiter, a 1990 alumnus of Northwestern, brings a wealth of experience in sports management to UNW, having worked in media relations with the University of Minnesota Gophers, in communications with the Minnesota…
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
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BLOG Parents
Recovering Joy
2020 has been no laughing matter. However, one of the things I miss most is laughing more. The seriousness of what we have been up against has the potential to steal our sense of humor and the gravity of our…
Thursday, December 3, 2020
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BLOG Alumni
Alumni Spotlight: Lowell and Tami Hochhalter
My name is Tami “Parker” Hochhalter. My husband Lowell and I attended and met at Northwestern in the 1980s. It seems like a lifetime ago, and then again, like yesterday. Lowell represented the Eagles on the football…
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
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BLOG Academics, Faculty
At Home in Ancient History
During a series of riots in northern Iraq when the Arab Spring movement was breaking out, Jonathan Loopstra, Ph.D., would sit in bed listening to bullets go off at protests in a nearby bazaar. Each night he wondered…
Friday, November 20, 2020
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NEWS Music
For UNW Music & Theatre Groups, the Show Goes On
Despite a global pandemic, University of Northwestern music and theatre groups have and are scheduled to continue producing well-attended events that both account for the safety of participants and spectators, and…
Monday, November 16, 2020
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BLOG Parents
Un-Becoming
My son recently shared his belief that parents are more equipped to think about the future than their kids because they’ve had to be responsible for someone else’s future.
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
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BLOG Parents
Defining a Generation
Our experiences in 2020 will undeniably mark our students’ generation. Generation Z includes those born between 1997 and 2012, which includes the age range for the majority of our current student population at UNW….
Thursday, October 1, 2020
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BLOG Academics, Community
The Purpose of a Place: Nazareth Hall
Get a glimpse of the Nazareth Hall of 100 years ago, and reflect on the purpose of the places where we live and learn.
Monday, September 28, 2020
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