Sarah Jo Harpel is running for Clerk of Courts of Common Pleas in Paulding County Ohio. She is a 1992 graduate of Stryker High School, Stryker, OH, a 1996 graduate of Mount Vernon Nazarene University with an Associates Degree in Applied Sciences. Harpel is married to Daniel and they have two daughters, Megan and Madison.…
Passion will headline SonFest 2019, Mount Vernon Nazarene University’s annual outdoor Christian music festival, on Saturday, Sept. 21. Passion — currently featuring Kristian Stanfill, Melodie Malone and Brett Younker — is a musical outreach of the Passion Movement created by Louie and Shelley Giglio in 1995, to engage 18-25 years old in praise and worship.…
The Mount Vernon Nazarene University Music Department will launch a new community music school in September. The goal of the new program is to provide high-quality, affordable music enrichment programs to Knox County and surrounding areas to participants of all ages. Program offerings will include group and private lesson instruction, guitar and piano classes, ensemble…
Mount Vernon Nazarene University honored this year’s 522 graduates on Saturday, May 5. The traditional commencement ceremony was held in the morning where 245 degrees were conferred. The Graduate and Professional Studies ceremony was held in the afternoon when 277 students received their degrees. Rev. Kevin Jack, lead pastor of Beavercreek Church of the Nazarene…
A special chapel service was held Wednesday, April 25 at Mount Vernon Nazarene University honoring Dr. Joseph Lechner, Professor of Chemistry, and Department Chair of Chemistry and Physical Science. MVNU is grateful for his 39 years of service and he will be greatly missed. Lechner shared about his journey to MVNU and how God has…
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio — Mount Vernon Nazarene University recently honored donors and friends at the annual Donor Recognition Luncheon on Saturday, April 14, 2018, in Foster Hall, Ariel Arena on the MVNU campus. The luncheon recognizes those generously supporting the university through endowment scholarships and annual giving. “I have been so looking forward to this…
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio — Mount Vernon Nazarene University’s Communication Sciences and Disorders program video was named “Best in Ohio” at the 2018 Ohio Speech Language and Hearing Association (OSLHA) convention. This was MVNU’s first time to submit an entry. The video showcased CSD students and information about the three-year-old major, particularly focusing on the Hunter…
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio — Mount Vernon Nazarene University announces the launching of a new health sciences program that will be available in Fall 2018. This B.S.H.S. at MVNU is designed to provide new routes for graduates to be involved in healthcare-related services, outside of direct hands-on patient care. Relatively few universities offer a B.S.H.S. with…
Mount Vernon Nazarene University is proud to host the 2017 Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA) District 10 middle school and high school honors bands for a day of education and performance on Saturday, December 2. The event will feature over 200 young musicians from Ashland, Coshocton, Delaware, Holmes, Knox, Licking, Morrow and Richland Counties and…
Faculty and staff members at Mount Vernon Nazarene University were honored for their years of service at the annual University Dinner on Monday, August 21, 2017. During the event, President Henry Spaulding reminded attendees that as the new academic school year begins, administration, faculty, and staff have “good work to do and that we have…
Two iconic awards were presented at Mount Vernon Nazarene University’s Alumni Luncheon on Sunday, June 25, 2017, during the General Assembly of the Church of the Nazarene in Indianapolis, Ind. Drs. E. LeBron and Anne Fairbanks were awarded the Citation of Merit, the highest award given by the university. After LeBron accepted the MVNU presidency…
