Megan England | July 31, 2018 |
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The Oklahoma Wesleyan University Orange Movement (OM) is continuing its support of the Rahab House, a rescue home for trafficked girls in Southeast Asia, and other rescued street children in Myanmar, particularly through establishing scholarship funding for...
Janelle Vernon | July 16, 2018 |
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Education and Clergy Development is advancing Christian higher education through a new initiative called WE5 that celebrates the combined strength and ongoing impact of the five colleges and universities of The Wesleyan Church: Houghton College, Indiana Wesleyan...
Communication Team | July 16, 2018 |
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Many Houghton College, Indiana Wesleyan University, Kingswood University, Oklahoma Wesleyan University and Southern Wesleyan University students spend their summers telling others about Jesus. Following are stories of the many ways these students are a transforming...
Communication Team | May 21, 2018 |
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In an ever-changing culture, the importance of receiving a Christian education is vitally important. The Wesleyan Church offers higher education at five colleges and universities and one seminary. Each institution offers an education on undergraduate and graduate...
Ed Welch | May 4, 2018 |
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Kingswood University, Oklahoma Wesleyan University, Southern Wesleyan University and God’s Bible College are each a recipient of an 18th century Torah scroll donated by Ken and Barbara Hess Larson. Torah is the first five books of the Old Testament. The Larsons...
Dave Higle | April 16, 2018 |
Colleges News
Colleges and universities within The Wesleyan Church (TWC) are implementing a variety of strategies and initiatives to support multicultural environments. Houghton College’s Mosaic Multicultural Center has served as the university’s main resource to promote diversity...
Megan England | March 26, 2018 |
Colleges News
Oklahoma Wesleyan University has a long and proud tradition of training future educators to succeed in the classroom. While these students can now be found all over the globe, many choose to remain close to their OKWU home, serving with Bartlesville Public Schools...
Megan England | December 19, 2017 |
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Finals are finished, the caps and gowns are gone and most of the Oklahoma Wesleyan University student body is home for winter break. However, as is often the case, one group remains on campus for a few extra days as the basketball teams who have just begun their...
Tricia Rife | October 9, 2017 |
News Wesleyans in the News
Each week, Wesleyans and Wesleyan churches are featured in online news publications. If you see a news item that relates to Wesleyans, please forward the link to communications@wesleyan.org. Pennsylvania church donate relief items to hurricane victims Christ Wesleyan...
Megan England | October 5, 2017 |
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A host of Oklahoma Wesleyan University (OKWU) staff, faculty and students gathered at the OKWU Lake on September 28 to celebrate numerous baptisms. More than 30 OKWU students (and an alumnus or two) chose to be baptized on campus. There were a few tears and lots of...
Janelle Vernon | August 30, 2017 |
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Fall semester is underway for our five Wesleyan schools. Annually more than 18,000 students enroll at Houghton, Kingswood, Indiana Wesleyan, Southern Wesleyan and Oklahoma Wesleyan. Following are two students that overcame obstacles to pursue a degree at a Wesleyan...
Tricia Rife | August 1, 2017 |
News Wesleyans in the News
Each week, Wesleyans and Wesleyan churches are featured in online news publications. If you see a news item that relates to Wesleyans, please forward the link to communications@wesleyan.org. OKWU host families serve important role Some residents in Bartlesville,...
Megan England | June 12, 2017 |
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Oklahoma Wesleyan University has launched a new effort in promoting the dignity of life with the delivery of a Save the Storks mobile ultrasound unit. The van will be used to aid OKWU School of Nursing, along with partners like The Cottage of Bartlesville and other...
Megan England | May 10, 2017 |
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Oklahoma Wesleyan University’s School of Education is proud to boast on a whole host of alumni who have gone on to impact countless lives in the classroom. For this year’s Teachers’ Day, May 9, we wanted to say thank you to teachers everywhere, and...
Tricia Rife | April 12, 2017 |
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Each week, Wesleyans and Wesleyan churches are featured in online news publications. If you see a news item that relates to Wesleyans, please forward the link to communications@wesleyan.org. OKWU to offer new programs Oklahoma Wesleyan University will launch the...
Megan England | April 5, 2017 |
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The Oklahoma Wesleyan community welcomed former U.S. Attorney General and former Missouri Governor John Ashcroft to campus for a special chapel service on April 12. Mr. Ashcroft spent much of his career in public service, notably as the Missouri Attorney General, then...
Tricia Rife | March 29, 2017 |
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Each week, Wesleyans and Wesleyan churches are featured in online news publications. If you see a news item that relates to Wesleyans, please forward the link to communications@wesleyan.org. Pastor Anthony Smith assists teen who was shot Pastor Anthony Smith of...
Wesleyan Information Network | March 9, 2017 |
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Roberta Lois McCallum, 90, entered heaven on March 7 from Lyons, Kansas. Born March 16, 1926, Troy, N.Y., to Robert and Helen (Boyd) Gunsalus (deceased), she graduated from Allentown Bible Institute (PA) in 1945, and later from Oklahoma Wesleyan University. She...
Megan England | February 14, 2017 |
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Oklahoma Wesleyan University (OKWU) and Wesley Biblical Seminary (WBS) announced a new cooperative partnership promoting the mission and expanding the reach of both institutions. The first step will be for WBS to offer the Master of Divinity degree at OKWU’s...
Megan England | January 26, 2017 |
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“Being bold in a whatever world” Oklahoma Wesleyan held the fourth annual Josh McDowell Institute Collision Conference on February 3-4, 2017. This year’s annual Christian apologetics event was hosted on the OKWU campus for the students on February...
Megan England | December 13, 2016 |
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The first of December marked President Dr. Everett Piper’s return to Oklahoma Wesleyan University from a six-month sabbatical. In a note to the University’s Board, faculty, and staff, Dr. Piper extended a special thanks to the University for granting the...
Tricia Rife | December 9, 2016 |
News Wesleyans in the News
Each week, both Wesleyans and Wesleyan churches are featured in online news publications. As we are alerted to those news items, we are privileged to pass them along. If you see a news item that relates to Wesleyans, please forward to communications@wesleyan.org. OKWU...
Megan England | November 10, 2016 |
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During Homecoming and Family Weekend, Oklahoma Wesleyan University was thrilled to welcome a new addition to the Bartlesville campus—one with an 11-foot wingspan. The Eagle statue was crafted by Scott Stearman, the Colorado-based sculptor and artist also responsible...
Gentry Sutton | October 14, 2016 |
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Dr. Gentry Sutton shares his observations about students who attended a recent university trip to Washington, D.C. [Ed.] In recent years, I have frequently lamented about the coarse language I hear from young people on college campuses–and I have been particularly...
