About MidAmerica

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MidAmerica is located in Olathe, Kansas, a suburban community of more than 120,000, located just 20 minutes from the heart of Kansas City. This ideal location offers the best of country and cosmopolitan culture. The resources of the two-state region are only a short drive away, providing students with access to internships, career opportunities, fine arts, professional sports, museums, concerts, outdoor recreation, and more.

While people are at the heart of the MNU Experience, our beautiful campus goes a long way toward making students feel at home. MidAmerica’s campus occupies 105 acres of classic colonial-style buildings, athletic and recreational facilities, and plenty of green space to enjoy.

OLATHE: The City MidAmerica Calls Home
MidAmerica Nazarene University is located in Olathe, Kansas, a residential community of 114,000 people (including nearly 2,500 MNU alumni!), just 20 minutes from the heart of Kansas City with all of the cultural advantages of a major metropolitan area. Olathe is the second largest among the 21 communities in prosperous Johnson County, and the fifth largest city in the state.

Bell Cultural Events Center

Our newest facility, the 40,000 square foot Bell Cultural Events Center, was opened for classes and the community in the fall of 2007. It is an acoustically-engineered masterpiece. The 541-seat Mabee Performing Arts Hall boasts the very best in sound environment, supported by a Yamaha M7CL digital sound mixing console, multi-track recording capabilities through Pro Tools, ETC computerized light board, and visual playback and projector for viewing DVDs, Power Point presentations and other multi-media on a drop-down screen on the stage. The building also has practice rooms and individual instruction areas in support of the high level of academic standards and has the most up-to-date technology for teaching, recording, and playback for students and teachers to use in classrooms, private lessons, rehearsals, and performances. The Black Box theatre, scene shop, Green Room, make-up room, and dressing rooms have expanded the abilities of the MNU Theatre Department for both training and performance.

Find out more at http://www.mnu.edu/bellcenter.html