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Innovation Academy

Deepen your the faith and feed your intellectual curiosity  with a customized curriculum and four pathways: the classics, entrepreneurship, humanitarian service, and advanced research.

WIRED Wednesday

Wednesdays at MNU are WIRED: Wednesday Integrative Relational Experiential Day. Collaborate across subject areas, see real-world application of theory, and grow in your discipline.

WE LEAD

More than half of the MNU workforce are alumni! Pioneers can be found at every level and in almost every office across campus. Live out your purpose here at MNU and help us serve past, present, and future generations of Pioneers.

Pioneer Treks

Take your student experience to the next level on a Pioneer Trek. Whether it is for academic interest, career exploration, missional purposes, or cultural understanding, MNU has a Pioneer Trek for you.

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.