Olivet Nazarene University

Olivet Nazarene University is an accredited Christian, liberal arts university offering more than 140 areas of undergraduate and graduate study, including the Doctor of Education in ethical leadership. Olivet’s 275-acre main campus is in Bourbonnais, Illinois, 50 miles south of Chicago. Additional sites are in Rolling Meadows and Oak Brook, Illinois; Indianapolis, Indiana; Grand Rapids and Grand Ledge, Michigan; 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 through study abroad opportunities, internships and worldwide mission trips.

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2018 David and Ella Elwood Servant Leadership Award (Male)

The Servant Leadership Award program is funded by the David and Ella Elwood Foundation to promote and foster servant leadership in the Olivet community and around the world.

Olivet Nazarene University’s Landing Page

Leadership - 2018 May 16

2018 David and Ella Elwood Servant Leadership Award (Female)

The Servant Leadership Award program at Olivet is funded by the David and Ella Elwood Foundation to promote and foster servant leadership in the Olivet community and around the world.

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Leadership - 2018 May 16

2017 Lincoln Student Laureate

The annual Lincoln Academy Student Laureate Ceremony recognizes excellence in curricular and extracurricular activities by seniors from each of the state's four-year, degree-granting colleges and universities, and one student from each of the community colleges in Illinois. This is the 43rd year The Lincoln Academy has celebrated students' excellence in Illinois.

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Leadership - 2017 Nov 17

2017 Elwood Servant Leadership Award

The Servant Leadership Award program at Olivet Nazarene University is funded by the David and Ella Elwood Foundation to promote and foster servant leadership in the Olivet community and around the world. Now in its 10th year at Olivet, this award recognizes juniors who demonstrate the qualities of a servant's heart.

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Leadership - 2017 Apr 18

2016 Servant Leadership Award

The Servant Leadership Award program at Olivet Nazarene University is funded by the David and Ella Elwood Foundation to promote and foster servant leadership in the Olivet community and around the world. The honor recognizes juniors who demonstrate the qualities of a servant's heart. As part of the award, each recipient receives a cash award, a part of which is donated to the charity of his or her choice.

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Leadership - 2016 Apr 22