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Organizations, including universities, periodically restructure as they work to maximize effectiveness in fulfilling their mission. Over the past two years, North Greenville University has restructured the University’s eleven colleges and schools into five colleges. NGU is working to effectively steward academic resources to offer students an education consistent with the University’s histor- ic identity and relevant to the realities of a changing job market.
“The restructuring of our colleges has been in service to our four core val- ues of being Christ-centered, biblically faithful, academically excellent, and mission-focused. Our new structure better aligns our academic programs and streamlines our academic leadership. The reorganization was in service of more efficiently pursuing our mission to equip students to be transformational leaders for church and society,” said Dr. Nathan A. Finn, NGU Provost and Dean of the University Faculty. “We believe we have the right leaders and the right structure for all our programs to live out those values and to thrive during the next chapter of NGU’s history.”
Finn says that, in all academic programs, the University is aiming for excel- lence without elitism.
“We want to raise the bar academically, but we also want to continue to be an ‘opportunity university’ that makes a Christ-centered higher education
By LaVerne Howell accessible to as many students as possible, especially in our region,” Finn said.
In November 2018, the Office of Academic Administration began the restruc- ture with the announcement that the College of Humanities and the College of Science and Mathematics were being combined. Dr. Paul Thompson, then dean of the College of Humanities, was named founding dean of the College of Humanities and Sciences effective January 1, 2019.
The College of Humanities and Sciences (COHAS) includes four schools. The School of Humanities and Social Sciences offers academic programs in English, history, political science, criminal justice and legal studies, criminal justice (online), general studies (online and traditional), and modern languages and linguistics. The School of Science and Math includes programs in biology, chemistry and physical science, computer science, cybersecurity, and math. The School of Health and Wellness includes programs in psychology, psycholo- gy-applied (online), health science, outdoor leadership, and physical education. The School of Allied Health Professions is home of the graduate program in PA Medicine. In addition to these schools, the College also is the home for the Interdisciplinary Studies program.
“After serving as dean of the College of Humanities since 2015, I am honored that President Fant has appointed me as the founding dean of the College of
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