EUGENE, Ore. ― Despite a public declaration that he’s an atheist, the student body president of a Christian university in Eugene isn’t in trouble with his school.
Eric Fromm wrote an article for the student newspaper last week disclosing what many on campus already knew: He doesn’t believe in God.
He says he enrolled at Northwest Christian University because he liked the school’s communication curriculum and the one-on-one attention he would get from the faculty at the 600-student school.
The university’s vice president for enrollment and student development, Michael Fuller, said he’s long known of Fromm’s lack of belief and didn’t question his election.
“He’s a man of very high character and respect,” Fuller told the Eugene Register-Guard. “He’s a great advocate for our student body, which is exactly what he’s supposed to be and do.”
“If we all had our wishes, we wish Eric would be a strong Christian man,” Fuller said. But, he said, “We’re an open and welcome community, and we meet students exactly where they’re at.”
Fromm, a senior, said he decided to set the record straight as rumors circulated on the small campus. He worried students and administrators might reject him or challenge his presidency.
