NACU Campus Highlights

Periodically we highlight how colleges and universities across the NACU network are advancing student success, faculty research, global learning, community engagement, and institutional innovation.

Institutional Innovation & Growth

Batten University begins a new chapter
Formerly Virginia Wesleyan University, Batten University officially launched under its new name while also completing its acquisition of Sentara College of Health Sciences, expanding opportunities in nursing and the health professions.

University of New Haven names The Elevation Center
The university announced the name of its new innovation hub—a 133,000-square-foot center designed to connect students, faculty, entrepreneurs, and industry partners.

Russell Sage invests in the arts while expanding health sciences
As it prepares to become Russell Sage University, the institution is investing in performing arts, education, and student mental health while continuing to strengthen its healthcare programs.

Expanding Student Opportunities

Hampton launches new study abroad partnership in Qatar
A collaboration with Qatar Foundation will create new international learning opportunities for Hampton students.

Linfield receives passport grant
A national grant will help Pell-eligible students obtain their first passports, removing a common barrier to studying abroad.

Hamline students conduct research in the Galápagos
Students from multiple disciplines spent May conducting environmental research, sustainability projects, and ecological fieldwork.

York launches accelerated law pathway
A new 3+3 partnership with the University of Baltimore School of Law allows students to earn bachelor’s and law degrees on an accelerated timeline.

Merrimack expands graduate pathways
A new agreement with MGH Institute of Health Professions creates guaranteed admission opportunities in several doctoral health professions programs.

Faculty & Research

Drury professor earns nearly $450,000 NSF grant
Chemistry professor John Kiernicki received what is believed to be the largest single-investigator research grant in Drury’s history.

Leadership News

• Carroll College appointed Karen Price as Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College.
• Carroll also welcomed Nancy Osmundson as Vice President for Institutional Advancement.
• Queens named Benjamin Boivin Dean of Undergraduate Admissions.
• Tuskegee appointed Sean Edmund Rogers Dean of the Andrew F. Brimmer College of Business and Information Science.
• University of Evansville named Rachel Carpenter Executive Director and Dean of Harlaxton College.