2008

• 3: LEAP Seminar: Bob Roberts, "Transformation: How Global Churches Transform Lives and The World"
• 4: Music ensembles on tour
• 6: Senior art show and reception - graphic design
• 7: Three WNZR students recognized at national competition
• 13: Senior art show and reception - Andrew Hendrixson (oil)
• 14: Honor Program Seminar: "War & Peace," 6:30 p.m.
• 14: Lecture/Artist: Bradley Sowash, jazz piano, Thorne, 7:30 p.m.
• 15: Wind Ensemble spring concert, Chapel, 7:30 p.m.
• 16-18: Hicks Holiness Series: Tim Green, Chapel, 10:20 a.m. and 7:15 p.m.
• 18-20: Music ensembles on tour, Lakeholm Church of the Nazarene (Mount Vernon), 7 p.m.
• 20: Senior art show and reception - Ben Boquist (film)
• 24-25: Breakaway
• 24-25: Spring play, "The Miser," Thorne Performance Hall, 8 p.m.
• 25-26: Regional children's quiz, Chapel
• 26: Parents' Day
• 26: Treble Singers/Chamber Winds concert, Thorne Performance Hall, 7:30 p.m.
• 28: Jazz Band concert, Chapel, 7:30 p.m.
• 29: Boyd recognized as Social Worker of the Year
• 30: Community Open House, all day
• 30: Chapel speaker President Martin, Chapel, 10:20 a.m.
• 30: Lecture/Artist: Tom Key and "The Revelation Project," Chapel, 7:15 p.m.

March

• All Month: Women's History Month events
• 1: Former president elected education commissioner
• 3: Honor Program Seminar: "War & Peace," 6:30 p.m.
• 4: Children's Workers Workshop, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
• 4: Lecture/Artist: Walter Brueggemann, "Faithful Imagination as Sustained Subversion," Chapel, 7:30 p.m.
• 5: International communication expert to speak (Dave Anderson)
• 5-8: WNZR's Lifeline 2008
• 9: Art exhibit: Robert Peppers, 2-4 p.m
• 10: Honor Program Seminar: "War & Peace," 6:30 p.m.
• 12: Resurrection Celebration, 10:20 a.m.
• 13: Women's History panel discussion: Voting
• 14-15: Women's Auxiliary Spring Retreat
• 25: New book "bridges" 200 years in Knox County
• 27: Women's History art/essay contest, PSU, 7-9 p.m.
• 27: Spring music scholarship recital, 7:30 p.m.
• 28: Artist's Talk: Robert Peppers, Thorne Performance Hall, time TBD
• 28: KCH, Hospice benefit from Think Pink event
• 29: Women's History film festival, Thorne, 12-5 p.m.
• 31: Honor Program Seminar: "War & Peace," 6:30 p.m.

February

• 1: Winter One Acts, 8 p.m.
• 1-3: Little Sibs Weekend
• 2: Winter One Acts, 1 p.m.
• 3: Art exhibit reception: Dennis Drummond, 2-4 p.m.
• 4: African American Read-In
• 11: Honor Program Seminar: "War & Peace," 6:30 p.m.
• 12: Bookstore helps fund scholarsihps through textbook sales
• 13: Simple Way founder Shane Claiborne, 10:20 a.m.
• 13: No strings attached: Campus wireless progress
• 14: Fight cancer with Lady Cougars at THINK PINK Night
• 15: MVNU honored for exemplary community service
• 15: WNZR Valentine's Banquet
• 18: MVNYou Visit Day
• 19: Biodiesel helps campus reduce environmental and financial impact
• 20-22: Griffin Missions Conference: Harmon Schmelzenbach
• 25-26: SIFE Business Ethics Conference
• 26: LEAP seminar: Stephen Post
• 27-29: Spring Revival

January

• 6: Art exhibit: "Art is Elementary," work of local elementary students, 2-4 p.m.
• 12: Slam Dunks and Slices
• 18: Community Foundation helps bring nursing SimMan to MVNU
• 19: Slam Dunks and Slices
• 21: Martin Luther King Celebration Breakfast, 9-11 a.m.
• 21: MVNYou Visit Day
• 25-26: Church Finance Workshop
• 26: Slam Dunks and Slices
• 31: Winter One Acts, 8 p.m.

2007

December

• 1: OMEA District X Honors Band
• 2: Amahl and the Night Visitors, 2:30 p.m.
• 2: Art exhibit: senior art show, time TBA
• 3: Amahl and the Night Visitors, 8 p.m.
• 4: Senior recital, Ryan McPeeks (vocal), Thorne, 7:30 p.m.
• 5: Christmas Advent service, 10:20 a.m.
• 5: Christmas Festival, 7:15 p.m.
• 6: Goliards concert, 8 p.m.
• 7: Student Messiah, 10:20 p.m.
• 7: Wagner named Certified Nurse Educator
• 7-8: Food for the Hungry Basketball Invitational
• 9: Handel's Messiah, 7 p.m.
• 12: MVNU ready to move ahead with downtown art, grad center
• 13: Two professors recognized in Ohio magazine
• 15: Winter Commencement, 10:30 a.m. | Commencement Site
• 19: Nurses have new degree completion option at MVNU
• 24-Jan. 1: Offices closed
• 31: WNZR New Year's Eve Breakfast

November

• 1-2: Fall play, "Jabberwock," 8 p.m.
• 2: Smith receives Ohio teacher education award
• 3: ArtFest, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
• 3: Knox County Symphony concert, Chapel, 8 p.m.
• 5: Homecoming Pageant and Queen's Reception
• 5-9:  Inauguration Community Service activities
• 9: Dr. Daniel J. Martin Presidential Inauguration | Inauguration Site
• 9-11: Homecoming
• 10: Art exhibit and silent auction: ARTalum, reception 1:30-3:30 p.m.
• 10: Fall play, "Jabberwock," 2 and 8 p.m.
• 10: "Directions for Singing" concert, Chapel, 4:30 p.m.
• 11: Rescue Tour brings NewSong to MVNU, 6 p.m.
• 13: Treble Singers fall concert, Thorne, 7:30 p.m.
• 13: LEAP seminar: Gene Wood, "Leading Turnaround Teams"
• 14: MVNU launches Intervention Specialist program
• 21-25: Thanksgiving break
• 26: Jazz Band concert, Prince Student Union, 7:30 p.m.
• 29: MVNU offers free diversity education seminar

October

• 3-30: Scenes from early America featured in gallery
• 4: Lecture/Artist: Dr. Ralph Wood, 7:30 p.m.
• 5: MVNU sees record enrollment, record housing
• 5: Wood receives Mid-East alumni award
• 9: LEAP seminar: Eddie Gibbs, "Emerging Churches"
• 10: Acts of Renewal, 10:20 a.m. and 7:15 p.m.
• 13: Parents' Day
• 14: Art exhibit reception: Linda MacFarin, reception 2-4 p.m.
• 14: Senior recital: Tabitha Hansher (flute), 1:30 p.m.
• 15: Fall music scholarship recital, Thorne, 7:30 p.m.
• 16: Lecture/Artist: Dr. Robert Inchausti, 7:30 p.m.
• 18-21: Midterm break
• 24-26: Fall Revival: Dave Curtiss
• 30: Instrumental ensembles concert, 7:30 p.m.

September

• 1: Move-In Weekend
• 1-30: Alumnus displays works in Art Gallery
• 3: MVNU climbs national rankings for outstanding education
• 3-4: Registration
• 4:  Freshmen Community Service Day
• 4: Diversity Leadership Scholarship Program
• 5: Classes begin
• 8: Battle of the Bands, 7 p.m.
• 10: Community invited to sing in 40th Messiah
• 12: MVNU Newark campus sees high demand for MBA
• 13: Constitution Day: Dr. Geoff Brown, 7 p.m.
• 18: Lecture/Artist: Dr. Christian Scharen, "Faith in Popular Culture," 7:30 p.m.
• 19: Tim Russell to speak on two chapel services
• 19: Cafeteria gets facelift
• 22:  Record crowd turns out for SonFest 2007
• 22: Book signing at Heritage Bookstore: Dan Haseltine's "Magnificent Me"
• 26: MVNU joins national U-CAN initiative
• 27: Carnaval Latino, 4:30-8:30 p.m.
• 27: National City Bank supports local freshmen with scholarships
• 28-30: Faculty/Staff retreat
• 30: Art Gallery reception, Hiroshi Kumagai, 2-4 p.m.

August

• 1: MVNU regional quiz team takes national championship
• 3: New Student Orientation
• 3: WNZR and MVNU support local fair and 4-H youth
• 3: Evening social work degree completion program - NEW!
• 8: MVNU receives grants for diversity recruiting, retention
• 24: Festival of Joy: A senior adult celebration
• 27: MVNU to change federal financial aid approach
• 27-31: Faculty Institute - welcome new faculty
• 28: Faculty/staff service awards banquet
• 30: Enrollment leadership shifts at MVNU

July

• 4: Independence Day, offices closed
• 6: New Student Orientation
• 9: Academic changes at MVNU elevate status of nursing
• 10-16: Nazarene Youth Conference (NYC) - St. Louis, Mo.
• 12: MVNU offers two new blended online degree programs
• 16: MVNU Retirees' Picnic, noon
• 16: MVNU plays host to over 8,000 teens at NYC
• 31: MVNU welcomes new VP for Finance

June

• 17-22: Residential Computer Camp: Java and Robotics
• 17-22: Residential Science Camp: Intro to Forensic Science
• 22: New Student Orientation
• 29: New Student Orientation

May

• 1: Education Department to publish new academic journal
• 1: Treble Singers Women's Choir spring concert, Chapel, 8 p.m.
• 2-4: Hicks Holiness Series: Dr. Dennis Kinlaw, Chapel, 10:20 a.m. and 7:15 p.m.
• 3: Pastors' Appreciation Day
• 3-5: Spring Musical "Guys & Dolls," Thorne Performance Hall, 8 p.m.
• 5: Campus Luau
• 6: Senior art show and reception, Stephanie Wright, Art Gallery, 2-4 p.m.
• 7: Fox receives national Leader Award for family/consumer sciences
• 7: Outdoor gazebo concert, Grove, 7 p.m.
• 7-8: Youth Ministry Leadership Workshop
• 8: High-tech nursing lab, video series supported by Community Foundation
• 8: Collegians Chorale spring concert, Chapel, 8 p.m.
• 9: Academic Convocation, Chapel, 10:20 a.m.
• 10: Blue/Green Day, campus clean-up and beautification
• 10: Goliards spring concert, Thorne Performance Hall, 8 p.m.
• 11: Junior/Senior Banquet
• 11: WNZR hosts Mom's Night Out - free movie and prizes!
• 14: MVNU announces SonFest 07 line-up
• 15: Student receives numerous accounting awards
• 16: Criminal justice seniors excel on field test
• 18: Two much-loved MVNU professors retire
• 18-19: Commencement Weekend | Speaker | Honorary Degrees
• 24: MVNU is well represented at Mansfield Art Center May Show
• 28: Memorial Day, offices closed

April

• 2: Juried student art exhibit, gallery, opening reception 5 p.m.
• 2: Andrew Benson Greene, former Sierra Leone child soldier, Thorne, 6 p.m.
• 2: Sexuality Forum, 7:15 p.m.
• 2: Honors Program seminar: "Perspectives on Homosexuality," 6:30 p.m.
• 4: Resurrection Celebration/baptism service, Chapel, 10:20 a.m., 7:15 p.m.
• 9: Downs elected new MVNU board chair
• 11: Cougar basketball program receives Buffalo Funds Five Star Award
• 14: Concert: Bethany Dillon/Warren Barfield, Chapel, 7 p.m.
• 16: MVNU's Kot receives Ohio Board of Regents Fellowship
• 19: Women in Ministry Network Day
• 19: Instrumental ensembles/honors concert, Chapel, 7:30 p.m.
• 22: Senior graphic design portfolio show and reception, Art Gallery, 2-4 p.m.
• 22: Senior recital: Rachel Weaver (piano), Chapel, 3:30 p.m.
• 23: Honors Program seminar: "A Christian Response to Homosexuality," 6:30 p.m.
• 25: Parks undertakes summer research in neuroscience
• 26-27: Admissions Breakaway
• 26-28: Spring Musical "Guys & Dolls," Thorne Performance Hall, 8 p.m.
• 27-28: Children's Regional Quiz
• 29: Senior art show and reception: Kerrie Evans, Art Gallery, 2-4 p.m.
• 29: Senior recital: Phillip Stinson (voice), Chapel, 3 p.m.
• 30: Jazz Band concert, chapel, 7:30 p.m.