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North Park offers more than 40 graduate and undergraduate programs in liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies. Classes average 17 students. 84% of our faculty have terminal degrees. Academics here are rigorous and results-oriented.
North Park Theological Seminary prepares you to answer the call to service through theological study, spiritual development, and the formative experiences of living in a community with others on a similar life path.
The Office of Alumni Engagement fosters lifelong connections by engaging alumni with the university and one another in activities, programs, and services that support the university鈥檚 mission and alumni needs.
North Park鈥檚 football team made history this month, playing the university鈥檚 first-ever international game against an Italian League team in Florence, Italy.
North Park鈥檚 football team made history this month, playing the university鈥檚 first-ever international game against an Italian League team in Milan, Italy.
Led by Coach Kyle Rooker, the Vikings competed in a friendly matchup against the Legnano Frogs, with North Park winning 62-0. U.S. Consul General Douglas Benning, who is based in Milan, attended the game and participated in the coin toss and pregame festivities.
The game was the highlight of a week filled with culture and food that began in Rome and included tours of the Roman Colosseum, the Trevi Fountain, Vatican City, St. Peter鈥檚 Basilica, and the Sistine Chapel.
The group of about 35 Vikings and their family members also toured the northern part of the country, sampling the famous Tuscany cuisine before capping off the tour with stops in Milan, Lake Como, and nearby Lugano, Switzerland.
Associate Professor Kristina King has earned one of 76 nurse educator fellowships the IBHE awarded for the 2024 fiscal year.
Associate Professor Kristina King has earned one of 76 nurse educator fellowships the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) awarded for the 2024 fiscal year. King has worked in 萝莉社’s School of Nursing and Health Sciences since 2022.
Each fellowship totals $10,000, and recipients will utilize it for professional development to enhance their practice as nurse educators and their respective institutions’ nursing programs. IBHE intends this investment will help fill a shortage of healthcare workers with qualified registered nurses.
King is working toward her nursing doctorate at Illinois State University. She said, “I am grateful for this award, as it helps pay my tuition and allows me to expand my knowledge of the Direct Entry Master of Science in Nursing student population,” whom she educates at North Park.
萝莉社 will partner with Triton College in a program that guarantees Triton transfer students admission.
萝莉社 will partner with Triton College in River Grove in a program that guarantees Triton transfer students admission to North Park.
As part of the program, North Park鈥檚 admissions counselors will help assist students in transferring Triton students鈥� credits to ensure they complete their bachelor鈥檚 degrees as quickly as possible.
鈥淭his new partnership provides clarity and streamlines the admissions process for students at Triton looking to complete their bachelor鈥檚 degree at North Park,鈥� said Anthony Scola, vice president for enrollment management and marketing. 鈥淲e鈥檙e eager to support these students as they look to advance their education and make an impact in the world-class city of Chicago.鈥�
North Park formed a similar partnership with Glen Ellyn-based College of DuPage last fall.
Earlier this year, North Park increased its merit-based scholarships to transfer students by up to 25%. Transfer students with GPAs of 2.50 and above are eligible for the scholarships.
Located 14 miles from downtown Chicago, Triton is a community college serving the western suburbs of Chicago. It enrolls more than 10,000 students a year and offers more than 110 degree and certificate programs.
North Park鈥檚 Chamber Singers have been chosen to participate in the last ever Bach Week Festival in the culminating May 5 concert.
North Park鈥檚 Chamber Singers have been chosen to participate in the last ever Bach Week Festival in the culminating May 5 concert, a performance of Bach鈥檚 famous Mass in B Minor.
Over the years, North Park musicians have been invited to perform in dozens of Bach Week Festivals, an event organized by a small group of Evanston-based volunteers. They say that after 50 years of performances, with a few COVID-19-related interruptions, it鈥檚 time to retire the beloved festival, which features the Baroque-era work of Bach and his contemporaries.
For their part, North Park鈥檚 Chamber singers will perform at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Evanston in a concert led by the festival鈥檚 Music Director Richard Webster and featuring a variety of performances by renowned local singers. Webster told WFMT, Chicago鈥檚 classical music radio station, 鈥渢hat it’s the right time for Bach Week to bid adieu, and on a high note.鈥� .
萝莉社 hosted Rev. Eugene Cho for the Catalyst on Campus event “Van Der Meid Lecture in American Politics.”
萝莉社 hosted for the Catalyst on Campus event “Van Der Meid Lecture in American Politics,” which explored civility in politics and the pursuit of the common good. Cho, president and CEO of , shared his family’s journey from North Korea and emphasized the importance of anti-hunger efforts.
Reflecting on recent global crises, Cho underscored the need for faith-based engagement in addressing societal challenges. He urged attendees to transcend political divides and embrace civility, advocating for a balanced approach to political involvement rooted in integrity and compassion. His insights provided a compelling call to action for attendees to embody civility and justice in their personal and political spheres, fostering a renewed sense of purpose and commitment to positive change.
This is the second annual Van Der Meid Lecture in American Politics, named in honor of Theodore “Ted” Van Der Meid BA ’79. For more than 20 years, Ted Van Der Meid served in various senior congressional staff positions. He was also a member of the North Park Board of Trustees before his passing in 2018.
萝莉社 professors took a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Nepal as part of a $35,000 federal grant.
Two 萝莉社 professors took a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Nepal as part of a $35,000聽federal聽聽(IDEAS) grant in partnership with聽 (TGP).聽The professors have brought their experiences back to North Park to share with students through curriculum and conversations.
IDEAS is a U.S. Department of State venture with the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs. The goal is to build interest and capacity for study abroad programs at U.S. colleges and universities. North Park used the awarded money to partner with TGP, an experiential learning program focused on sustainability. While the partnership typically attracts those in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), the attending professors brought varied perspectives.
Tessa Zanoni, director of the Office of International Affairs, said the grant enables professors to share their experiences abroad with students.
鈥淣ot every student can study abroad for various reasons,鈥� she said. 鈥淓quipping faculty with that experience and information helps them bring an international lens into the classroom to benefit students.鈥�
Professor of Athletic Training Kelly Potteiger completed a virtual study abroad course as part of the grant, demonstrating that intercultural learning can occur in one’s home country.
Suzen Moeller, a health sciences professor, hopes to bring Nepal to the classroom through an updated curriculum.
鈥淚 teach a course on nutrition science for population health. After this trip, I expanded a unit to include a lesson where students look up dietary guidelines in other countries,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 also incorporated the United Nations鈥櫬�聽and asked students to consider how each applies to and relies on proper nutrition.鈥�
Moeller said the trip inspired her to apply for other international fellowship programs.
According to Professor of Music Tom Zelle, trips such as this are a necessary step outside one鈥檚 comfort zone.
鈥淎t first, I wasn鈥檛 sure if I was a good fit because I鈥檓 not a STEM professor,鈥� he said. 鈥淏ut sustainability challenges are human challenges and therefore present in my classroom.鈥� Zelle has exemplified this thought process through initiatives such as making North Park鈥檚 University Orchestra the first net-zero orchestra in the country.
He spent the 13-day trip attending lectures and solar energy classes and volunteering at a health clinic.
鈥淲e don鈥檛 live in a country that questions why we separate ourselves from other cultures,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 learned how important it is to look at the same problem from different perspectives. What I do in the city of Chicago impacts what happens in the mountains of Nepal.鈥�
Effective fall 2024, 萝莉社鈥檚 Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling will be entirely online.
Effective fall 2024, 萝莉社鈥檚 Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (MACMHC) will be entirely online. This shift from a hybrid program will provide its students maximum flexibility and accessibility and outstanding instruction and mentorship.
Dr. Lori Scrementi, dean of the School of Professional Studies, said the decision to go completely online was made after speaking to students.
鈥淥ur students are working adults with busy life schedules,鈥� Scrementi said. 鈥淔or this reason, moving from an on-campus to an online MACMHC program, where most of the courses are asynchronous, will allow the flexibility that our students have been asking for and still allow them to complete their degree in as little as two years.”
The MACMHC program provides comprehensive academic and clinical training in professional counseling. It equips students to be ethically skilled counselors serving culturally and spiritually diverse communities.
Students in the program receive a strong foundation in counseling theory, understand the profession鈥檚 legal and ethical responsibilities, and master the skills necessary for effective client assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. Upon program completion, students can apply to take the National Counselor Examination to become licensed professional counselors in Illinois and numerous other states.
Students who earn their MACMHC go on to have fulfilling careers as individual, group, family, and addictions counselors at community mental health centers and private practices, among other specializations.
Riverhead News-Review聽presented Kate Fullam MNA ’11 with its 2023 Community Leader of the Year award.
Riverhead News-Review聽presented Kate Fullam MNA ’11 with its 2023 Community Leader of the Year award. Fullam is currently the food systems team lead at the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets but was in her sixth year as executive director of East End Food at the time of accepting the award.
Colleagues shared that Fullam’s compassionate leadership, expertise, and strong work ethic have resulted in a substantial, positive environmental and community impact in New York. Read more at聽.
Despite a recent national trend, North Park is exceeding its Latino student enrollment benchmarks.
Despite a recent national trend, North Park is exceeding its Latino student enrollment benchmarks. According to a report from The Education Trust, most private colleges and universities in the U.S. enroll disproportionately low numbers of Latino students despite the general growth of Latino undergraduates since 2000.
North Park is one of five institutions drastically exceeding their enrollment goal.
“Those are institutions where they had huge gains in Latino enrollment and they had major differences between the benchmark that they were supposed to hit and that enrollment,” said report author Sandra Perez. “So at these five institutions, we need to look at what they’re doing, how they’re doing it, and why students are applying to and enrolling at these institutions at higher rates than others.”
North Park is also a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). To become a federally designated HSI, an institution’s full-time undergraduate population must be at least 25% Hispanic or Latino.
With the designation, North Park can apply for federal funding opportunities only available to HSIs. So far, it has received such grants from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Science Foundation, among others.
On March 4, 萝莉社 opened its renovated Viking Market & Caf茅, featuring brand-new Just Walk Out technology from Amazon.
On March 4, 萝莉社 opened its renovated Viking Market & Caf茅, featuring brand-new Just Walk Out technology from Amazon.
The checkout-free store allows students to scan their campus cards via the GrubHub app (or use a credit card) to enter, grab their items, and walk out. The technology tracks what visitors select and charges them virtually. The space includes a remodeled longue with new furniture, creating a relaxing area for students鈥攅specially those who commute鈥攖o study, eat, and spend time together.
The grand opening included a ribbon-cutting ceremony, as well as complimentary cake and Campus Dining merchandise.
Viking Market & Caf茅 is open from 7 a.m.鈥�10 p.m., Monday鈥揊riday. Weekend hours depend on campus events.
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