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== History ==
[[Image:EugeneDivScho-OR.JPG|right|thumb|250px|Photo of Bushnell University (then Eugene Divinity School) and its founder, 1903]]
The school was founded as a [[divinity school]] in 1895 by Disciple of Christ preacher and educator [[Eugene Claremont Sanderson]] as the '''Eugene Divinity School''' ('''EDS'''). In 1908 it became '''Eugene Bible University'''; in 1930 that name changed to '''Eugene Bible College'''. Finally, after a merger with [[Spokane University]] in 1934, it became known as '''Northwest Christian College''' and then '''Northwest Christian University''' in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nwcu.edu/about/quick-facts/|title=Quick Facts|access-date=Aug 27, 2019}}</ref><ref>[Richardson, William J. "Northwest Christian College" in ''The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement'', (eds) Foster, Douglas A., Blowers, Paul M., Dunnavant, Anthony L., and Williams, D. Newell. Grand Rapids, MN: Wm B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2004, p 572-573]</ref> In 2020, it formally changed its named to Bushnell University.<ref name="namechange">{{cite news|publisher=The Register-Guard|date=2020-03-08|last=Brown|first=Jordyn|title=Northwest Christian University in Eugene to change its name |url=https://www.registerguard.com/news/20200308/northwest-christian-university-in-eugene-to-change-its-name}}</ref>
On December 8, 2009, Dr. Joseph Womack was named as Northwest Christian University's 10th president, taking office on June 1, 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nwcunews.com/2009/12/16/womack-named-new-ncu-president/ |title=Womack Named New NCU President |access-date=2013-09-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206010720/http://nwcunews.com/2009/12/16/womack-named-new-ncu-president/ |archive-date=2013-12-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Womack is the son of Bushnell's eighth president, Dr. James Womack, who served from 1986 to 2004.<ref>[http://alumni.nwcu.edu/resource/resmgr/the_bulletin/04_spring.pdf Northwest Christian College Alumni Bulletin, Spring 2004]</ref>
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