The Northwest Conference is a conference participating in the NCAA's Division III. It was founded in 1926. In 1984, the NWC merged with the Women's Conference of Independent Colleges to become the Northwest Conference of Independent Colleges, but returned to its original name in 1998.
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| - The Northwest Conference is a conference participating in the NCAA's Division III. It was founded in 1926. In 1984, the NWC merged with the Women's Conference of Independent Colleges to become the Northwest Conference of Independent Colleges, but returned to its original name in 1998.
- The charter members included Willamette University, Pacific University, Whitman College, the College of Puget Sound (now the University of Puget Sound), Linfield College and the College of Idaho. In 1931, Albany College joined, left in 1938, and re-joined in 1949 using its present name of Lewis & Clark College. Pacific Lutheran University was added in 1965, and Whitworth University in 1970. In 1978, the College of Idaho dropped out of the conference. Whitworth also left in 1984, but then returned in 1988. In 1996, George Fox University joined when the conference moved to the NCAA and Puget Sound re-joined in that same year since 1948. From 2006 to 2010, Menlo College was also a part of the conference as an associate member in football.
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| - The Northwest Conference is a conference participating in the NCAA's Division III. It was founded in 1926. In 1984, the NWC merged with the Women's Conference of Independent Colleges to become the Northwest Conference of Independent Colleges, but returned to its original name in 1998.
- The charter members included Willamette University, Pacific University, Whitman College, the College of Puget Sound (now the University of Puget Sound), Linfield College and the College of Idaho. In 1931, Albany College joined, left in 1938, and re-joined in 1949 using its present name of Lewis & Clark College. Pacific Lutheran University was added in 1965, and Whitworth University in 1970. In 1978, the College of Idaho dropped out of the conference. Whitworth also left in 1984, but then returned in 1988. In 1996, George Fox University joined when the conference moved to the NCAA and Puget Sound re-joined in that same year since 1948. From 2006 to 2010, Menlo College was also a part of the conference as an associate member in football. The College of Idaho dropped out in 1978 and is now a member of the NAIA's Cascade Collegiate Conference. Whitworth left the NWC in 1984 but returned in 1988. George Fox University and Seattle University joined the conference in 1997. Seattle dropped out again in 1999 to become members of NCAA Division II. Menlo College joined the conference in 2005 as a football-only member.
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