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Nominate an OKWU Eagle
Alumni Award nominations are open. Every year OKWU recognizes the outstanding achievements of our Alumni Awards and Athletic Hall of Fame. The winners are celebrated during Homecoming Weekend. Help make this a special year with a nomination.
Share Your News
Let us celebrate your achievements by submitting a family or career update in The Tower.
Alumni Facebook
Like the Oklahoma Wesleyan University Alumni Facebook page for pictures, news, and updates.
Our LinkedIn group offers professional networking opportunities for students and alumni. Join now!
2025 Tower Magazine
120th anniversary celebration of OKWU stories, alumni news, and university updates.
Our goal is big – $68 million dollars by 2030 so that we can secure the next 100 years of Oklahoma Wesleyan. The NOW Campaign is about two things – people and programs. We believe in this generation and want to invest in them with scholarships, endowments, improved facilities, and more.
Homecoming 2025
OCTOBER 2-4, 2025
Come celebrate and relive your college days. Mark your calendars and be part of the fun! Learn more and register today!
We want to hear from you!
Alumni Dependent Scholarship
Have a child coming to OKWU? The Alumni Dependent scholarship offers $400 annually to students whose parents attended OKWU or one of its antecedent schools. The parent must have successfully completed 12 hours at OKWU or one of its antecedent schools. The scholarship cannot be combined with the percentage of tuition or athletic agreements.
Alumni Engagement Opportunities
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Be an OKWU Prayer Warrior
Join in prayer for OKWU via Zoom for 15 minutes on Thursdays at 12 p.m. (noon) (CT). Join us here.
Pray that God will:
- Send OKWU everything needed
- Do His supernatural work in and through us every day
Nominate Outstanding Alumni for Awards
Nominate Eagles making a difference for God.
Alumni Awards and Athletic Hall of Fame Inductions provide an opportunity to celebrate those who are advancing the work of the Kingdom of God in their sphere of influence.
Recommend a Student
Attend Athletic Events
Cheer for OKWU athletes when they compete in your area.
- Monitor the Eagles’ webpage to view schedules, rosters, and team news
- Invite alumni friends to join you in attending local competitions
- Introduce yourself to coaches and players
Inform Professors of Employment and Internship Opportunities for OKWU Students
Convey information about openings for student internships and employment to professor(s) who teach in the related field(s) of study.
Host Your Class Reunion During Homecoming
Email OKWU’s Alumni Director to assist in promoting your class reunion: alumni@okwu.edu
- Support the Alumni Director in creating a list of contacts from your reunion year
- Invite classmates to register for and attend Homecoming
- Assist in hosting your class reunion during Homecoming
Make a Difference Financially
Contribute to the ongoing scholarship and financial needs of the university.
Your generosity is part of God’s provision, enabling OKWU to influence culture with the grace and truth of Jesus Christ.
Home on the Range: An Interview with David Preston
David Preston, great-grandson of H.V. Foster, owns the Delk-designed Foster Ranch in Bartlesville in part with his relatives and brothers. Having been born in the area, he later moved to Memphis, Tennessee before attending the University of Kansas and then...
The Mansion in the Media
Serving as the central building of Oklahoma Wesleyan's campus, La Quinta Mansion has become fairly iconic in the community. From the time it was built, architecture enthusiasts, historical societies, artists, and the university alumni have appreciated it. Here a...
Then and Now: La Quinta Through the Years
The occupants of La Quinta Mansion have changed several times throughout its history, from the Foster family to military prep recruits to university students. This last group has occupied the Mansion the longest, with several schools calling it home. Here we look at...
La Quinta’s Timeline
By Lauren Parkinson Just in case anyone is not familiar with La Quinta’s history and the people involved with the building, this timeline may prove useful for clearing up the many different forms the Mansion has taken.
Honest H.V. Foster
Written by: Anlan Cheney Henry Vernon Foster represented many things to many people, his family and closest friends included. Most who know of H.V. Foster know him by the surface success: a shrewd oilman who became a Bartlesville beneficiary and who helped put the...
The Legacy of La Quinta Mansion
La Quinta Mansion has stood for over eighty years in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Having first been built in the 1930s for the local oilman H.V. Foster, it changed ownership several times afterwards until it eventually came to serve as a campus center for several different...
Wake Up Dead Man
In January of 2021, David Sieminskie was close to death. Infected with COVID-19, he lay in the Intensive Care Unit of Hillcrest Medical Center, deeply sedated and struggling to breathe. His prognosis was grim, and Micah Neuenschwander, one of his nurses, knew it...
What does community mean to me?
Growing up, I was told that in order to impact the world, you needed to first start with your community. I never knew what that meant. Living through the global pandemic was a tough battle—I struggled with the sense of being trapped. Not having a community to go to...
New Doctorate Program
Impacting the Future of Healthcare OKWU is blazing new trails, launching the first-ever doctoral program in the university's 115-year history. With a 100% online curriculum, the brand-new Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree will equip nurses to serve at the...
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