Posts by Todd Mosby
OCU Holds 3rd Annual Scholastic Contest
On Wednesday, February 7th, 225 students from 12 area high schools poured into Oakland City University for the third annual OCU Scholastic Contest. President Dr. Ron Dempsey welcomed the students and advisors before introducing contest coordinator Dr. Sarah Wilson, Director of the Honors Program and Associate Professor of Chemistry. Professor Wilson guided the Scholastic Contest…
Read MoreOCU Alumni Board Adds New Members
As the new year turns, so does the Oakland City University Alumni Board of Directors. Established in 2022, the Oakland City University Alumni Board of Directors has organized and formed committees, established principles to guide the organization, and tackled changes to new operations moving forward. A couple of significant projects undertaken by the board since…
Read MorePassing of Derek Barton
Dear OCU Faculty, Staff, and Alumni Board Members, At 4:00am December 21, 2023, 1987 Oakland City University education graduate and OCU Alumni board member Derek Barton was called home to join our Father in Heaven. Derek grew up in Petersburg, Indiana, and lived in Ft. Branch, Indiana. Derek was a music and eighth-grade history teacher…
Read MoreOCU Students, Faculty, Staff on Break
Celebrating this Christian holiday season and properly replenishing one’s energies, OCU has structured Winter Break for students, faculty, and staff to spend time with their families and friends and reflect on 2023 before starting 2024 anew. Starting Wednesday, December 13, the offices, and classrooms will be closed. Some exceptions apply to faculty members who will…
Read MoreGuidance from Angels
While preparing for this Christmas season, let’s take a look at how we don’t need to be afraid of situations outside our ‘normal and how help often comes from unusual sources if we are open to receiving it. Elizabeth and Zechariah, a priest, were both righteous before God. But they were without children because Elizabeth was barren, and both…
Read More100×100 Update
All Oakland City Alums qualify to be one of the 100 to contribute $100 in the 100 X 100 Oakland City University Alumni Association effort to build the Might Oak – Kammok Weaver Community Hammock Lounge. The Alumni Board wants to provide current and future students with an experience that will enhance their time…
Read MoreChapel
Every Wednesday before 11:00 am, students, faculty, and staff can be seen filing into the uniquely designed copper-top roofed Provance Memorial Chapel for 30 minutes of worship music and studying God’s holy word. Campus Pastor R. Lee Moore schedules inspirational ministers to educate and fill the building with the holy spirit. Oakland City University President,…
Read MoreUpdate on 100 by 100
Whether an Alumnus, a male graduate, or an Alumna, a female graduate or simply, Alum, a non-gender specific graduate, all Oakland City Alums qualify to be one of the 100 to contribute $100 in the 100 X 100 Oakland City University Alumni Association effort to build the Might Oak – Kammok Weaver Community Hammock Lounge. …
Read MoreOCU Receives Grant Funds from Welborn Baptist Foundation
The Welborn Baptist Foundation recently awarded Oakland City University $50,000. The Foundation awarded its Christ-Centered Living funds to 32 not-for-profit organizations totaling $2.96 million. OCU must match the Welborn monies in a two-for-one approach, meaning OCU will raise one dollar for every two dollars awarded by Welborn. Oakland City University will use the funds to…
Read More2023 President’s Golf Classic Raises $70K
The Oakland City University’s annual President’s Golf Classic, hosted by Oakland City University President, Dr. Ron Dempsey, teed off at Oak Meadow Country Club on Monday, June 26th. Twenty-eight teams of local and regional players squared off against the picturesque backdrop of treelined fairways, strategically placed bunkers, fast, undulating, and tilted greens, and a brisk…
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