Northwestern College named Best Christian Workplace for second year

Northwestern College has been certified as a Best Christian Workplace for the second year in a row based on data from the 2024 Best Christian Workplaces Institute (BCWI) survey, which measures the health of workplace culture in Christian organizations. The college scored an all-time high of 4.05 on a five-point scale, placing it in the 70th percentile for the higher education category.

The BCWI survey addresses several key drivers that contribute to employees’ flourishing in the work environment: teamwork within departments and across campus, ability of employees to find purpose in their work and to utilize their spiritual gifts, retention and promotion of highly capable employees, supportive supervisors, rewarding compensation and benefits, high-quality administrative leadership, sustainable strategy and goal-setting, and healthy communication.

“Employees’ comments about what makes Northwestern a great place to work are remarkably consistent,” says President Greg Christy. “They value our Christian mission; they appreciate the ways they’re encouraged and empowered to achieve excellence; and they love our community, especially the students and people they get to work with. As a leadership team, we are grateful these results indicate that Northwestern is a place where employees feel they can flourish.”

In addition to praising Northwestern’s leadership and strategic direction, most employees noted that they believe Northwestern reflects Christ to the world, including the respondent who wrote, “Our shared faith in Christ is at the forefront of Northwestern’s mission and work, proven by our leaders’ attention to prayer and commitment to reminding employees of our true and greater purpose.”