Four-year, coeducational, private university

Affiliation:

Nauvoo University is an independent, privately-funded university following in the rich educational tradition of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Brigham Young University, but not owned, operated, or supported by either of those institutions.

Location:

Nauvoo, Illinois, is a small rural town with a population of 1,100.  It is located on the bend in the Mississippi River in the Tri-State Area (Hancock and Adams Counties in Illinois, Lee County in Iowa, and Clarke County in Missouri.  These five counties have a population of 153,300 residents.  The area includes the cities of Nauvoo, Carthage, Hamilton, Quincy, Keokuk and Fort Madison.

Curriculum:

Nauvoo University will start in 2009-2010 as the Nauvoo Study Program offering classes but not granting degrees.  The next step will be to offer associate degrees in General Education, Music and History.  The plan is to then evolve into a four-year institution offering bachelors degrees.

Founding:

The University was chartered in 1840 by the Illinois State Legislature.  It became dormant in 1846, but is being reestablished in 2009.  It will serve Latter-day Saint students and others with similar standards.

Campus:

Although existing commercial facilities (the Nauvoo Family Inn and Suites) will be used initially, an extensive campus is in the planning stages.

Accreditation:

Receiving accreditation for Nauvoo University is one of our primary goals, since this is not only a measure of the quality of an institution, but it allows our students to transfer classes and to qualify for federal financial aid. Even though it takes several years for a new institution to receive accreditation, we have taken a number of steps that will allow Nauvoo University students to transfer even first-semester classes to other institutions.  This includes co-registration with other colleges, online classes,  and the use of national tests.  The stature of our faculty and offering classes specified in the Illinois General Education Core Curriculum should also help in expediting the accreditation process.

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