About Trevecca

Welcome to Trevecca


Trevecca Nazarene University, founded in 1901 by the Rev. J. O. McClurkan, a Cumberland Presbyterian minister, is one of eight U.S. colleges and universities affiliated with the Church of the Nazarene, a denomination in the Wesleyan theological tradition. A national research university, Trevecca is one of six such institutions among the 111 North American members of the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities.

To its 2,400+ students, Trevecca provides undergraduate, master's, and doctoral programs designed to empower them to make the leap into lives of service and leadership. Additionally, Trevecca is committed to helping students create lives of integrity and authenticity, life values that are reflected in Trevecca's motto, "To be rather than to seem."

The name Trevecca means "a binding together in love" and comes from Wales, where a village and a school share that name. (More information below)

Important features of Trevecca
  • Mission--Trevecca Nazarene University is a Christian community providing education for leadership and service.
  • Meaning of the name Trevecca--House of Rebecca; "a binding together in love"

    Trevecka is the name of a school, a castle, and a village in Wales (all in the same area). The school, established in 1768 by Lady Huntingdon, was an effort to "bring together" followers of John Calvin and John Wesley. Trevecca's founder, J. O. McClurkan, probably chose that name because he, too, saw the value of both ways of thinking and because he believed that name was appropriate for a nonsectarian holiness school.
  • Its goal for its students Trevecca empowers students to "make the leap" as they discover and develop their talents and gifts and determine the best ways to use those talents and gifts.
Motto  Esse quam videri--  "To be rather than to seem"