Mount Vernon Nazarene University

Educational Resources

Libraries

Church Leadership & Collaboration Collection, MVNU Archives, Educational Resource Center, Curriculum Lab, Listening/Viewing Lab

• Member of library consortia.
• 98,333 books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents.
• 6,724 current serial subscriptions.
• 11,319 microforms.
• 4,578 Audio/Visual items.
• 18,000 e-books.

Museums & Art

Art Gallery, located in R.R. Hodges Chapel, sponsoring monthly art shows and ongoing regional artist, faculty, and student exhibits.

Computing

Requirements

• Students are not required to take a computer course.
• Students are not required to own or lease a computer.
• Recommended computer operating system: Microsoft

Campus Resources

• 300 computers for student use in locations such as computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center
• 15 Internet connections in libraries.
• 30 Internet connections in classrooms.
• 4 Internet connections in Laboratories.
• 1,650 Internet connections elsewhere on campus.

Student accommodations

• Email accounts are available to all students.
• Internet access is available to all students.
• Student web-pages are not permitted.
• Online class registration is not available.
• 100% of college-owned hosting units are available for internet access.

Wireless Internet Hotspots

• Wifi is available in all the libraries
• Campus wireless internet hotspots are not available.
• Approximately 125 students can be on the network at once.

Services

Basic

health service

Remedial

reading, math, writing

Counseling

minority student, career, personal, academic, older student, psychological, religious

Career

on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training

Campus Safety

24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)

Campus Life

Housing

Overview

• The school offers housing for students.
• 49% of students live in school housing.
• The school will provide assistance for off-campus housing

Types of housing available

• 42% of housing units are Doubles.
• 58% of housing units are Apartments.
• In total, there are 23 housing buildings.

Room Accessories

• 17% of rooms are equipped with sprinkler systems.
• 100% of rooms are equipped with fire alarms.
• 100% are equipped with high-speed internet connections.

Extracurricular

• 50% of students remain on campus over the weekends, on average.
• Alcohol is not permitted on campus.
• Popular events on campus: Lecture Artist Series, Hicks Holiness Lecture Series, Sonfest, Griffin Missions Conference, Estep Prayer Series
• Student activities: choral groups, concert band, drama/theater, jazz band, music ensembles, musical theater, opera, pep band, radio station, student government, student newspaper, symphony orchestra, yearbook
• In total, there are about 37 organizations on campus.
• Honor societies: Alpha Chi Ohio Delta; Phi Delta Lambda; Delta Mu Delta; Sigma Tau Delta
• Religious organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Fellowship of Christian Athletes; Koinonia; Living Witness; Prayer Warriors; Take Heart; Reach Out; SMILE; Commissioned; Faithful Friends; Mandate; Mohican Youth Outreach
• International organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Multicultural Student Organization
• Other organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Accounting, American Sign Language, Art Club; Flux, Biology Club, Collegians, Drama Club, Enerazan (Yearbook), Goliards, Family Consumer Science Club, History Club, Outdoor Adventure Club, Psychology Club, SIFE (Business), Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Silent Parables, SGA (Student Government Assn. ), Student Education Assn. , Students with Concern, Treble Singers, Wind Ensemble
• Student papers: (Appears as submitted by school) The Lakeholm Viewer (monthly)

Travel

• Nearest airport(s) (distance in miles): Columbus (45), Cleveland (100)
• Nearest train(s) (distance in miles): Columbus (49)
• Nearest bus-station(s) (distance in miles): Columbus (49)
• Public transportation serves the campus.
• All students are permitted to have cars on campus.
• 93% of students have a car on campus

Employment

• School employment is available.
• 35% of undergrads are employed with average earnings of 1,182
• Freshman are not discouraged from working.

• There are 0 fraternities
• 0 fraternity houses
• 0% of students are fraternity members
• There are 0 sororities
• 0 sorority houses
• 0% of students are sorority members.

ROTC

• Army ROTC: Not offered
• Navy ROTC: Not offered
• Airforce ROTC: Not offered

Additional Policies

class attendance policies set by individual instructors, dress/hair code, honor code, hazing prohibited, smoking prohibited