We challenge and nurture students for a lifetime of service and leadership through intellectual transformation, social development, a culture of physical well-being, and spiritual growth by providing a Christian education in the Lutheran Tradition. NC, a coeducational undergraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences, is a residential learning community dedicated to the intellectual, social, physical, and spiritual development of its students in a caring and supportive environment. Owned and in part supported by the South Carolina, Southeastern, Florida/Bahamas and Caribbean Synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the College enrolls a small but diverse student body predominantly from the southeastern US.