National City University (Earth-38)

National City University
Information
Location	National City; California
Use(s)	University

National City University is a university located in National City.

History

Alex Danvers gained an M.D. and a PhD in bio-engineering from National City University. At the university, she dated Capraro, a fellow medical student, for a time.

Kara Danvers graduated from National City University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Marketing.

Ben Lockwood was a professor of U.S. history at National City University. After his family's lives were negatively impacted by alien attacks, he began to include increasingly extreme and prejudiced rhetoric in his teachings on how aliens didn't belong with humans, upsetting his students, some of whom were aliens themselves. After numerous complaints, dean Warren fired Ben in spring 2018.

Following Reign's attempted terraformation of Earth, many students, staff, and their families had to move into the student housing at National City University after losing their homes in the catastrophe. As a result, the university began facing overcrowding and budget cuts.

Eve Teschmacher had a secret lab where she hide a Harun-El and few of her secret that got discovered by Supergirl, Lena Luthor and Alex Danvers.

Known employees

Current employees

• Warren (dean)

Former employees

• Ben Lockwood (history professor; fired)

Known students

Current students

• Unnamed woman

Former students

• Kara Danvers (graduated)
• Alex Danvers (graduated)
• Capraro (graduated)

Appearances

Supergirl

Season 1 "Manhunter" (letter; deleted scene) Season 2 "The Adventures of Supergirl" (mentioned) Season 3 "Damage" (sweatshirt) "Dark Side of the Moon" (indirectly mentioned) ​ Season 4 "Man of Steel" (flashbacks) "Bunker Hill" (mentioned) "Blood Memory" "What's So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way?" (mentioned) "All About Eve" "American Dreamer" (indirectly mentioned)

Comics

Adventures of Supergirl

• "Our Backs to the Wall" (indirectly mentioned)

Gallery

Lena wearing a National City University sweatshirt

Trivia

• In a deleted scene from "Manhunter", the university's address is National City, CA, 90095.
• As seen on Lena Luthor's sweatshirt in "Damage", the university's motto is "Aut disce aut discede", which is Latin for "Learn or depart", a phrase used in many real-life institutions.

References

Other versions of National City University (Earth-38)
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