Guidance 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…

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100×100 Update

Hammock Lounge

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…

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Chapel

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,…

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Update 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.   …

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OCU 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…

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2023 President’s Golf Classic Raises $70K

golfer at 2023 President's Golf Classic

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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Alum Makes Another Generous Gift to OCU

President Dempsey, Don Wilder, Mary Ann Wilder, T-Ray Fletcher at Tennis Court Groundbreaking Ceremony

Their generosity knows no bounds.  In September of 2022, Dr. Donald, class of 1963, and Mary Ann Wilder made an unprecedented donation to the OCU Tennis program.  Their gift drives the construction of the new Tennis Center on the OCU campus.    President Dempsey, Don Wilder, Mary Ann Wilder, T-Ray Fletcher at Tennis Court Groundbreaking…

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Lieutenant Governor Keynote Speaker at Commencement

President Dempsey & Lt. Governor Crouch

Oakland City University celebrated the graduation of 174 students Saturday, May 6, 2023, on the campus of Oakland City University.  Chartered by the State of Indiana in 1885, OCU professes a philosophy from the Biblical perspective of all persons’ worth and dignity and the Christian worldview’s integrative nature.  OCU is committed to providing opportunities for…

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Oakland City University Hosts TEDx Talk

OCU TEDx Speaker 1

Discussion on Technology, Entertainment, and Design (TED) was fully displayed at Oakland City University on Friday, April 21, 2023, at the first annual TEDxOCU.  The Cornwell-Reed Recital Hall was adorned in TEDxOCU and theatrical lighting, offering a warm and inviting environment.  The event was arranged by Dr. Luke Douglas and organized by Dr. Douglas and…

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100 by 100

Weaver Hammock Lounge

As the student population at OCU grows, a growing concern sweeps over the campus environment, which concerns the relaxation health of OCU students.  Websters defines Convergence as when two or more things come together to form a new whole.  In a recent President’s Cabinet meeting, Associate Vice President for Student Life Brad Knotts introduced a…

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