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.
(see more)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.
2017 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America Men's Soccer First Team College Division
The CoSIDA Academic All-America College Division soccer teams are comprised of student-athletes from NAIA, Canadian and two-year institutions.
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2017 Dec 18
2017 Internship
Public relations internship at Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
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2018 Jan 19
2017 Summer Internship
2017 summer internship at Robert Lurie Research Medical Center, Chicago
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2017 Dec 18
2018 American Advertising Federation Most Promising Multicultural Student
In 1997, the American Advertising Federation (AAF) began the Most Promising Multicultural Student program (MPMS) to connect the advertising industry with the nation's top multicultural college students.
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2017 Nov 27
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.
Leadership -
2017 Nov 17
2017 Homecoming Court
Olivet's Homecoming Queen and members of her court have been honored each year since 1955.
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2017 Oct 26
2017 White Coat Ceremony for Nursing Students
Olivet Nazarene University is one of only 50 nursing schools in the country to receive funding from The Arnold P. Gold Foundation to support the White Coat Ceremony for 2017.
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2017 Sep 29
2017-2018 President of American Advertising Federation student chapter
Olivet Nazarene University's School of Business announces the beginning of its own chapter of the American Advertising Federation (AAF). The AAF has more than 200 chapters and more than 5,000 student members across the United States. This AAF opportunity allows Olivet students to experience real world marketing and advertising projects.
2017 Homecoming Queen
Olivet's Homecoming Queen and members of her court have been honored each year since 1955.
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2017 Oct 26
2017 Summer Internship
Internship with the Illinois State Police, summer 2017
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2017 Aug 7
2017 Associated Colleges of Illinois Scholar
Associated Colleges of Illinois seeks to address critical challenges that private higher education can help solve through collaborations among its member colleges and universities, businesses, nonprofit partners, and public and private funders. Today, ACI programs address two priorities established by the U.S. Department of Education: 1) Improving the outcomes of higher education by raising graduation rates among low-income, minority, and first-generation students; and 2) Reducing college debt by improving the efficiency and effectiveness of higher education and by providing financial aid that makes private higher education affordable to an increasingly diverse student population.
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2017 Aug 7
2017 Orpheus Choir mission trip to Puerto Rico
In May 2017, the School of Music's Orpheus Choir of Olivet Nazarene University sang and ministered in Puerto Rico.
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2017 Jun 8
2016-2017 Enactus
Enactus is a community of student, academic and business leaders committed to using the power of entrepreneurial action to enable human progress. Enactus students apply business concepts to develop entrepreneurial projects that transform lives and shape a better, more sustainable world.
Spring 2017 Dean's List
To qualify for inclusion on the dean's list, a student must have been enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student and must have attained a semester grade point average of 3.50 or higher on a 4.00 grading scale.
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2017 May 24
2017 Outstanding Female Graduate
The Maggie Sloan Crawford Award is named for Olivet's first graduate and goes to a female student who exemplifies the highest standard of excellence in character, scholarship achievement and contribution to extracurricular activities.
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2017 May 12
2017 Outstanding Male Graduate
The Robert M. Milner Award - named for a Nazarene minister who is father and grandfather to several Olivet alumni - goes to a male student who exemplifies the highest standard of excellence in character, scholarship achievement and contribution to extracurricular activities.
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2017 May 12
2017 Honors Program Graduates
The Olivet Nazarene University Honors Program began in the fall 2010 semester, dedicated to encouraging and nurturing academically gifted students in integrating Christian faith and learning.
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2017 May 8
Class of 2017, Olivet Nazarene University
Featured graduate in the Class of 2017 at Olivet Nazarene University
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2017 May 4
2017 CCAC Player of the Year (Men's Golf)
Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) top award for men's golf
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2017 May 3
2017 Sylvanus Carter Homiletics Award
Each participant in the Sylvanus Carter Homiletics Award competition researches, writes and submits the manuscript of a sermon that he/she has prepared. Selected participants deliver their sermons to an audience. Each sermon is rated on exegesis of scripture, focus and relevance for the audience who will hear it, as well as the participant's delivery of it. Three finalists are chosen to receive scholarships, and one of those is designated as recipient of the award.
Class of 2017, Olivet Nazarene University
Featured graduate of Olivet Nazarene University in the Class of 2017
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2017 May 2
2017 Division I Student Case Competition, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
This annual national SHRM award competition centers on developing effective solutions to business problems and is open to human resource (HR) students.
2017 Pence-Boyce Research Grant
Olivet Nazarene University's Pence-Boyce Committee, an alumni group, fosters mentoring of individual students by Olivet faculty in mathematics, science or engineering research. Students apply for research grants, and only a select few receive these grants each year.
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2017 Apr 25
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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2017 Apr 18
Internship through American Studies Program, BestSemester
Olivet Nazarene University student Andrew Ramirez is pursuing his passion for federal law enforcement with an internship at the U.S. Department of Treasury in Washington, D.C.
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2017 Apr 4
2017 Student Employee of the Year
This award celebrates the value and contribution of Olivet Nazarene University students who worked in the 1,257 student jobs on campus during the 2016-2017 academic year.
2017 Reed Leadership Essay Contest
Olivet Nazarene University's Reed Leadership Essay Contest is an annual competition for sophomores only that occurs in conjunction with the Reed Institute for the Advancement of Leadership's Lifetime Achievement Award.
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2017 Mar 28
2017 Spring Play
Olivet Nazarene University's Green Room student theatre group presents "Outside Mullingar" as the 2017 spring play.
2017 Spring Play
Olivet's Green Room student theatre group presents "Outside Mullingar" as the 2017 spring play.
2017 NAIA National Championships
Olivet Nazarene University women's swimming and diving team
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2017 Mar 10