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 NAIA National Championships
Olivet Nazarene University men's swimming and diving team
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2017 Mar 10
Fall 2016 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 Mar 7
Who's Who 2017
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.
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2017 Mar 1
2016 Lincoln Academy's Abraham Lincoln Civic Engagement Award (Illinois)
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.
2016 Homecoming Court
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.
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2016 Nov 10
2016 Homecoming Queen
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.
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2016 Nov 10
2016 Fall Play, 'A Piece of My Heart'
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.
2016-2017 Student Body President
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.
Spring 2016 Dean's List, Olivet Nazarene University
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.
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2016 Jun 24
2016 Pence-Boyce research grant
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.
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2016 Jun 21
2015-2016 Regional and National Enactus Competition
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.
2016 Sylvanus Carter Homiletics Award
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.
2016 Honors Program Graduate and Outstanding Graduate
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.
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2016 May 12
2016 Honors Program Graduate
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.
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2016 May 12
2016 Student Employee of the Year
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.
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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2016 Apr 22
2016 Who's Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges
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.
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2016 Apr 14
2016 NAIA Nationals for Women's Swimming and Diving
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.
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2016 Mar 10
2016 NAIA Nationals for Women's Swimming and Diving
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.
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2016 Mar 10
2015-2016 Scholar-Athlete (Winter Sport)
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.
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2016 Mar 24
2016 NAIA National Championship for Men's Swimming and Diving
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.
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2016 Mar 9
Fall 2015 Dean's List, Olivet Nazarene University
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.
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2016 Feb 2
2015 Homecoming Court at Olivet Nazarene University
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.
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2015 Nov 25
2015 Mid-Central U.S.A. Regional Collegiate Programming Contest
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.
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2015 Nov 24
2015 Homecoming Queen at Olivet Nazarene University
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.
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2015 Nov 24
2015 The Lincoln Academy of Illinois Abraham Lincoln Civic Engagement Award
The Lincoln Academy of Illinois Abraham Lincoln Civic Engagement Award recognizes an Olivet student as a student laureate, earning him/her induction into the academy.
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2015 Nov 17
2015 Pence-Boyce summer research grants
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.
Academic Award -
2015 Jul 27
Spring 2015 dean's list
Olivet congratulates all students named to the dean's list during the spring 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.
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2015 Jul 22
2015 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft
Olivet Tigers represented in 22nd round of MLB draft.
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2015 Jun 16
2015 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.