Introduction to MNU
OUR HISTORY
Founded in 1966, MidAmerica Nazarene University opened its doors to students
in 1968 with an enrollment of 263. Since that initial semester of operation,
enrollment has increased dramatically and now totals approximately 1,900. The
University offers undergraduate academic majors in 39 areas, a degree-completion
program in Management and Human Relations, a baccalaureate degree affiliation
with European Nazarene College
in Germany, and graduate-level programs in education and business administration.
MidAmerica is located 19 miles southwest of downtown Kansas City, Missouri, on a 105-acre
campus in Olathe, Kansas, the county seat of Johnson County. Because of its strategic location
in the Greater Kansas City area, students and faculty have access to the cultural, recreational
and employment advantages of this metroplex. The permanent control of the University is vested
in a board of trustees elected from the various districts of the North Central Region of the
Church of the Nazarene: Iowa, Joplin, Kansas, Kansas City, Minnesota, Missouri, Dakota, and
Nebraska.
THE MISSION STATEMENT
MidAmerica Nazarene University is a comprehensive liberal arts
university offering undergraduate and selected professional and
graduate degrees. Sponsored by the North Central Region of the
International Church of the Nazarene, the university is committed
to serving the church and its global mission.
A Christian community in the Wesleyan-Holiness tradition, MidAmerica Nazarene University
seeks to transform the individual through intellectual, spiritual, and personal development
for a life of service to God, the church, the nation, and the world.
THE VISION STATEMENT
MidAmerica Nazarene University is a Christian community of higher
education where students are being transformed for a life of service
and leadership.
