Lauren Beatty
  • International Business/Political Science
  • Class of 2013
  • Kankakee, IL

Lauren Beatty of Kankakee Graduates With Third Cohort of Olivet's Honors Program

2013 May 15

Kankakee resident Lauren Beatty graduated with the third cohort of Honors Program graduates as part of Olivet Nazarene University's Class of 2013 during the 100th Commencement Convocation on Saturday, May 4, 2013. She is the daughter of Steven and Constance Beatty.

As they time at Olivet came to a close, Honors graduates presented their required research projects during Scholar Week 2013, April 15 to 20. Her honors research presentation was "Capitalism for the Common Good: Exploring Corporate Social Responsibility in the One-for-One Movement."

She is applying to graduate programs for studies in cross-cultural and sustainable management.

The mission of Olivet's Honors Program is to encourage and nurture academically gifted students, helping them to believe in their possibilities, preparing them to become the Christian scholars and servant leaders they were meant to be. Dr. Charles Carrigan, geoscience professor in Olivet's Department of Chemistry and Geosciences, is the program's director.

To enter the program, a student must have a composite ACT score of at least 30 or a Math & Critical Reading combined SAT score of at least 1330, and be interviewed by the program committee.

In addition to fulfilling the requirements for their respective majors, Honors students take four interdisciplinary, team-taught classes covering an intriguing topic. Then, they complete a substantial, faculty-mentored research project during their last two years, doing one-on-one mentored research with a professor of their choice with funding provided. They may also choose to study abroad during junior year.

Olivet Nazarene University is an accredited Christian, liberal arts university offering more than 100 areas of undergraduate and graduate study, including the Doctor of Education in ethical leadership. Olivet has one main campus in Bourbonnais, Ill. - just 50 miles south of Chicago; three additional sites: Rolling Meadows and Oak Brook, Ill., and Hong Kong; and more than 100 School of Graduate and Continuing Studies learning locations throughout Chicagoland and the Midwest. From Oxford to Tokyo, hundreds of Olivet students also experience the global classroom each year, whether through study abroad opportunities or worldwide mission trips.

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