Mount
Vernon
Nazarene
University
Approved
to Join
Mid-Central
College
Conference
The
Mid-Central
College
Conference
(MCC)
Council
of
Presidents
(COP)
and
Commissioner
J.D.
Collins
announced
today
the
acceptance
of Mount
Vernon
Nazarene
University
(MVNU)
as the
newest
member
of the
MCC.
MVNU had
its
application
approved
to begin
competing
in the
MCC
during
the
2011-12
academic
year.
"We
are
pleased
to
announce
that
Mount
Vernon
Nazarene
University
will be
joining
the
Mid-Central
College
Conference,”
said COP
Chair
and
Huntington
University
President
Dr. G.
Blair
Dowden.
"MVNU
has a
rich
athletic
tradition
and will
be a
strong
addition
to our
conference.
Their
educational
and
athletic
philosophy
and
their
faith
tradition
complement
well our
current
membership.
We look
forward
to their
joining
us as
strong
athletic
partners
and
worthy
opponents.”
When
MVNU
officially
joins
the
conference
on July
1, 2011,
it will
become
the
tenth
member
of the
MCC.
Founded
in 1968
and
located
in Mount
Vernon,
Ohio,
MVNU is
a
Christian
liberal
arts
university
sponsored
by the
Church
of the
Nazarene
with a
current
enrollment
of
approximately
1,400
undergraduate
students.
With 58
bachelor's
degree
programs
and
seven
master's
programs,
MVNU is
an
academic-focused
university
accredited
by The
Higher
Learning
Commission.
During
the
2009-10
academic
year,
eight
out of
ten MVNU
intercollegiate
athletic
teams
earned a
team
grade
point
average
of 3.0
or above
and an
overall
student-athlete
GPA of
3.16.
As a
member
of the
NAIA
since
1975,
MVNU has
a rich
tradition
of
athletic
success
while
competing
in the
American
Mideast
Conference,
which
was
previously
known as
the
Mid-Ohio
Conference.
Ten
athletic
teams
currently
compete
for
MVNU,
but
university
administration
has
committed
to
initiate
four
more
teams to
reach
the full
number
of 14
MCC
sponsored
sports
by 2015.
"We are
extremely
excited
about
the
opportunity
to join
the
Mid-Central
College
Conference,”
MVNU
President
Dr.
Daniel
Martin
said
following
the COP
announcement.
"The MCC
is a
group of
faith-based
institutions
with
similar
beliefs
as ours,
who
strive
for
excellence
in all
that
they do.
Joining
the MCC
will
give our
student-athletes
the
opportunity
to face
quality
competition
while
also
placing
a strong
emphasis
on the
character
development
and
Christian
fellowship
of
interacting
with
student-athletes
from
other
faith-based
institutions.
This is
a
positive
step
forward
in the
continuing
growth
of
Cougar
sports."
The road
to
becoming
the
newest
member
of the
MCC
began
for MVNU
in
January,
2010,
with an
initial
inquiry
to MCC
Commissioner
J.D.
Collins.
On
August
16, the
COP
moved to
allow
for
application
by MVNU,
which
was
submitted
on
October
13.
Admission
to the
conference
was
confirmed
when the
MCC COP
unanimously
approved
MVNU's
application.
"This is
a
landmark
day for
the
Mid-Central
College
Conference,”
Collins
said.
"We have
processed
this
addition
for 11
months,
acquiring
input
from MCC
coaches,
athletic
directors
and
presidents.
MVNU
embodies
the
characteristics
of the
NAIA
Champions
of
Character
Program,
and
brings
both
strong
academics
and
athletic
programs
into the
conference.
All of
these
attributes
will
continue
to allow
the MCC
to
establish
itself
as one
of the
best
NAIA
conferences
in the
nation.”
The
Mid-Central
College
Conference
is one
of the
most
tradition-rich
conferences
in the
National
Association
of
Intercollegiate
Athletics
(NAIA).
Founded
in 1959,
the
conference
consists
of nine
colleges
and
universities:
Bethel
College
(Mishawaka,
Ind.);
Goshen
College
(Goshen,
Ind.);
Grace
College
(Winona
Lake,
Ind.);
Huntington
University
(Huntington,
Ind.);
Indiana
Wesleyan
University
(Marion,
Ind.);
Marian
University
(Indianapolis,
Ind.);
University
of Saint
Francis
(Fort
Wayne,
Ind.);
Taylor
University
(Upland,
Ind.);
and
Spring
Arbor
University
(Spring
Arbor,
Mich.).
For more
information,
visit
www.mid-centralconf.org.
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