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Accreditation & Disclosures

Institutional Data

Institutional Data

MidAmerica Nazarene University, a comprehensive liberal arts university of the Church of the Nazarene, is accredited by the:

Institutional Accreditation

Higher Learning Commission

230 South LaSalle Street, Suite 7-500

Chicago, IL 60604800.621.7440

Web: https://www.hlcommission.org/

The University is authorized to offer associate’s degrees, bachelor’s degrees, and master’s degrees.

Program Accreditations

MNU is a member of:

Data

College Navigator

College Navigator is a Web site maintained by the National Center of Education Statistics (NCES), a department of the U.S. Department of Education.  The NCES is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.  The data contained in the College Navigator was submitted by MNU to the Department of Education as part of a required annual report and is designed to be a resource for anyone wishing to know more about MNU enrollment characteristics.

Dr. Abby Hodges

Vice President for Academic Affairs

PhD; Organic Chemistry, Yale University 
MS; Organic Chemistry, Yale University 
BS; Chemistry, Denison University

Dr. Hodges began her career in higher education at Azusa Pacific University as a chemistry professor from 2008 to 2014. She then moved to MNU where she taught and in 2018 was appointed Chair of the Department of Natural, Health, and Mathematical Sciences. From 2022-2023, before accepting the Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Hodges was the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

Dr. Hodges’ career research has focused on protein folding and protein engineering, and she has mentored over twenty students in these research projects. She has also furthered the MNU first-year experience program and chaired the General Education committee for five years. Dr. Hodges was recognized as the MNU Faculty of the Year in 2021.

Dr. Hodges lives in Olathe with her husband Ryan and two boys.

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