Olivet Nazarene University

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.

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.

Olivet Nazarene University's Green Room student theatre group presents "Outside Mullingar" as the 2017 spring play.

Olivet's Green Room student theatre group presents "Outside Mullingar" as the 2017 spring play.

Olivet Nazarene University women's swimming and diving team

Olivet Nazarene University men's swimming and diving team

For more than 80 years, Who's Who Among Students has annually honored outstanding student leaders from institutions of higher learning across the country. It is one of the most highly regarded and long-standing honors programs, respected by college faculties and administrations.

The Lincoln Academy's Abraham Lincoln Civic Engagement Awards are presented for excellence in curricular and extracurricular activities to seniors from each of the state's four-year, degree-granting colleges and universities, and one student from the community colleges in Illinois. This is the 42nd year Lincoln Academy has celebrated students' excellence in Illinois.

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.

Olivet's Homecoming queen and members of her court have been honored each year since 1955. They are chosen for this honor by the student body.

Olivet's Homecoming queen and members of her court have been honored each year since 1955. The queen is a senior woman chosen by the student body. She is a person of integrity; gives glory to God in her life; helps others feel loved and accepted; and expresses Olivet's academic, social, and spiritual ideals.

Three nurses, an intelligence officer, a Red Cross worker and a USO performer tell true stories in "A Piece of My Heart," a two-act dramatic play about women who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during the Vietnam War. This is a production of the theatre program in Olivet's Department of Communication.

Olivet Nazarene University's Student Body President serves as the primary representative of the student body to the various facets of the University and the community at large. He or she is responsible for the faithful execution of all provisions in the Constitution and all rulings of the Associated Student Council (ASC), as well as presiding at all meetings of the ASC Voting Council. He or she also supervises all organizations under the umbrella of ASC.

Olivet congratulates all students named to the dean's list for the spring 2016 semester. 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.

Pence-Boyce grants are sponsored by Olivet alumni who wish to honor two outstanding former faculty members who exemplify integrity, dedication and spirit in pursuit of academic excellence.

University-based U.S. Enactus teams spend their year turning ideas into action as they work to increase the livelihoods of others and develop a head for business and a heart for the world. During competition, each of these teams has 17 minutes to showcase their entrepreneurial projects that are not only making a difference in the world today, but have the momentum to create new careers and spark business innovation and social enterprise.

Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Carter established the Sylvanus Carter Homiletics Award in honor of Stephen's father, Rev. Sylvanus Carter, a pastor in the Church of the Nazarene for 56 years. The award competition involves researching, writing and preparing the manuscript for a sermon. The award recipient presents the sermon before an audience of students and professors.

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.

This award celebrates the value and contribution of Olivet Nazarene University students who worked in the 1,280 student jobs on campus during the 2015-2016 academic year. Nominations for this award came from students, staff and faculty members to recognize nominees for attributes, expectations, leadership/style and impact to their department or office.

Each year, Olivet recognizes one male and one female as outstanding graduates in the graduating class. For 2016, both were also Honors Program graduates. 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.

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.

Forty-four Olivet Nazarene University seniors have been recognized by the Who's Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges? program for 2016. The students are part of a select group from more than 1,000 schools in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Daktronics-NAIA scholar-athletes are juniors and seniors with a grade point average of 3.5 or better on a 4.0 scale. To make the CCAC All-Academic Team, student-athletes must have a minimum 3.25 grade point average with at least 30 semester hours completed.

Olivet Tiger women's swimming and diving team clinched the NAIA National Championship Runner-Up title on March 6, 2016, in Columbus, Georgia. This marked the teams highest-ever finish in its four years of existence.

Olivet Tiger women's swimming and diving team clinched the NAIA National Championship Runner-Up title on March 6, 2016, in Columbus, Georgia. This marked the teams highest-ever finish in its four years of existence.

Olivet Tiger men's swimming and diving team clinched the NAIA National Championship on March 6, 2016, in Columbus, Georgia. This is the first national championship for the team in its four years of existence and the first ever for Olivet.

Olivet congratulates all students named to the dean's list for the fall 2015 semester. 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.

Olivet's Homecoming Queen and members of her Court have been honored each year since 1955. All are chosen by their peers for this honor.

The Mid-Central U.S.A. Regional Collegiate Programming Contest (MCPC) is a division of the Association for Computing Machinery's (ACM) annual International Collegiate Programming Contest. In 2015, the field of competition included 155 teams.

Olivet's Homecoming Queen has been honored each year since 1955. A senior woman chosen by the student body, she is a person of integrity; gives glory to God in her life; helps others feel loved and accepted; and expresses Olivet's academic, social, and spiritual ideals.