About 80 athletes from Oklahoma Wesleyan University sports programs including men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s soccer, women’s softball and women’s volleyball served the Bartlesville community during the August 21 event.
Q: Does your school have fraternities or sororities?
The School of Business began hosting the lake party in order to help their students, especially freshmen, get to know their professors a little better in an environment outside of the classroom.
The festival will take place this Labor Day weekend, September 3-5. Bands scheduled include John Reuben, Barlow Girl, David Crowder Band, The Almost, Leeland, Family Force 5, Remedy Drive, Lincoln Brewster, and many more.
“I love (OKWU), it feels like family,” says freshman Hannah Lopez. “The big student population gives me more opportunity to meet other people.”
Ask the Eagle is still willing and waiting to answer your serious and off-the-wall questions!
Finding a church home can be one of the most difficult decisions to make during college years. Many students at Oklahoma Wesleyan University have journeyed down this road and found a church they feel blessed to call “home.”
“This will bring more students into the building, and I’ll therefore be able to see y’all more often – a good thing as far as I’m concerned!” Dr. Piper
23-year-old alum Heath Black has poured his sweat and tears into a new book, “A Muttering Retreat.”
After a semester full of papers, presentations and senioritis, Oklahoma Wesleyan University will officially brand the 2010 graduating class as OKWU alumni.
Oklahoma Wesleyan University gives students the opportunity to take classes, participate in an internship, and challenge themselves both spiritually and academically at the Focus Leadership Institute at the Focus on the Family Institute in Colorado Springs, CO.
Slapstick – (n) A game played during OKWU’s homecoming week. Resembles a mass game of tag and causes extreme paranoia.
“Are you playing slapstick? Are you lying?”
Ten students from Oklahoma Wesleyan University recently got an up-close look at the world of sports marketing by working during the Samsung 500 NASCAR races at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas.
The night of festivities planned for seniors of the Wild West will include games, dinner, live music and a bank heist role-playing game that will allow everyone to interact with the scenery of Prairie Song.
The annual Spring Banquet makes some students very excited, yet others very nervous.
Whether worn for fashion or function there are several trends OKWU students say dominate the campus.
“It’s a great opportunity to influence and to impact some kids, and hopefully show them what this school is all about,” said Eden Brown, OKWU sophomore.
“Go the day, part of the day, or even just a few minutes barefoot, to experience life without shoes first-hand, and to help spread awareness of the impact a simple pair of shoes can bring to a child’s life.”
Last Thursday Oklahoma Wesleyan University students were privy to a special viewing of the new movie “Letters to God” in Lyon Hall. The goal of the movie, which opens nation-wide on Friday, is to build a bridge of hope.
“I think that OKWU is for the most part fairly casual, but not frumpy… A really big trend right now is Toms shoes which are casual and comfy and they’re for a good cause.”
Bartlesville offers a variety of options to help you save money on clothes, household items and food.
Students share their favorite April Fool’s Day memories.
I asked the squad to tell me what was most important and memorable to them. Also, I asked them how they thought the team did and for any great memories and this is what they gave me.
Have you ever had one of those days? You know, one of those days where everything that CAN go wrong, DOES go wrong?
When you’re sitting on the ground like a cheerleader has to, by the time you realize you’re about to be plowed over by a fully grown basketball player there really isn’t much you can do besides brace yourself and hope you can still move the next day.
This game was awesome despite a rocky start after Hastings made the first goal. The Eagles quickly recovered to take a sizable lead and it was nice to be about 20 points ahead throughout the game instead of two!
In this single elimination tournament, senior team members know that just one game, one loss is all that stands between them and the end of their college basketball carrier.
If you go to an Eagles basketball game you will always see two things: the Eagles team members playing hard and the cheerleaders.
Creating fun with friends and family can be just as great, if not better, than the mountains of Colorado or the sandy shores of Florida.
The one thing I hate about traveling to another country—besides packing, long flights, and jet lag—is answering questions when I upon my return: “Did you enjoy your trip?” and “What was it like?”
This year on the campus of Oklahoma Wesleyan University there are at least four sets of twins.
OKWU is giving away one year’s free tuition to the student who bests conveys why Ideas Matter.
If Steve Briggs makes all the 3 point shots to win the Goldie’s chicken-fried steak dinners for everyone, would the NAIA concede the national championship to OKWU?
Low interest and turnout at a recent tryout were among the reasons why director Denise Jarmola had to cancel the 2010 spring play.
“If you ask anyone on our team what its like to be a part of this team, they all will respond that we are not a team but a family of brothers that God has a hand of favor on. That gives us the strength to do amazing things and make history here at OKWU.”
“When we got outside it looked like a huge water fall coming off of the roof!”
Haiti is still facing many hurdles before any sense of normalcy can return.
Although many blacks see this month as a time to be proud of where they have come, it has also become a rude reminder of the hyphen that divides a black-American, from a white-American.
Better grades, hard work ethic, a winning season, and a group of gentlemen who glorify Christ on and off the field are team goals for this season.
With over 500 public appearances, a CD in the making, acquiring a manager, producer, and publicist, freshman Chantri Harper is a star in the making.
This year’s Oklahoma Wesleyan University baseball team has started on the right track with a current 3-0 record. It is a promising start for a great season for Kelley as well as the Eagles.
“We as Christians should always lend a hand when people are in need.”
For OKWU students, relationship questions are common topics of late night discussions in residence halls, cafeteria dinner ponderings, and even academic conversations in some classes. How did the couples we asked determine who they were going to marry?
Kelly Hunt, sophomore, and Kyle Gudmunson, freshman, are two students taking a chance on love by sitting at the Date Table. In January 2010, Doc Lacy’s campus coffee house unveiled the newest addition to OKWU’s romantic traditions.
Applications for Resident Assistants and Student Mentors are due Monday, February 15.
OKWU community members share the experiences they would like to relive… and those they would rather forget!
“If you had to chose…”
So what goes into the decision to close the university for a snow day?