News Category Archive: Alumni
Mar 25, 2020 | Academics, Alumni, Faculty, Featured Post, News
Dr. Keri Bostwick wears a lot of hats at Oklahoma Wesleyan University, working both as Dean of Assessment and Accreditation and as Dean of the School of Education and Exercise Science, all the while teaching master’s-level classes. And, after a lot of thought and hard work – and as a result of her reliance on God – Bostwick recently earned her doctorate.
Mar 24, 2020 | Alumni, Events, President News
The title of President Emeritus was bestowed on Dr. Everett Piper by the Board of Trustees of Oklahoma Wesleyan University on the evening of March 12, 2020. Marci Piper was also honored for her work as the Director of University Relations. Dr. Piper and Marci served...
Mar 13, 2020 | Alumni, Events, Featured Post, News
Oklahoma Wesleyan University is serious in its commitment to equipping leaders in the church, and one major arm of that ministry is the annual Dunn Institute. The Dunn Institute, established at OKWU in 2011 and named after the late Reverend John Dunn, was designed to...
Mar 10, 2020 | Alumni, Events, Featured Post, News
Feb 28, 2020 | Academics, Alumni, Featured Post, News, Student Features
Debra Klemme is on a mission to change her hospital’s nursing culture. She’s committed, she’s driven, she’s intense, and she credits OKWU with helping her get where she is today. Klemme works as the Assistant Chief Nursing Officer at Largo Medical Center,...
Feb 20, 2020 | Alumni, Events, Featured Post, News
Oklahoma Wesleyan has always taken seriously its responsibility to fight for the rights of vulnerable people across the planet. This week, that fight is taking center stage. Orange Week, an annual awareness campaign from OKWU’s Orange Movement, takes place February...
Feb 12, 2020 | Academics, Alumni, Faculty, Feature Story, News
“My path to get here was just following desire: my desire to learn, and my desire to teach, and my desire to model Christ.”
Feb 10, 2020 | Alumni, Events, Featured Post, News
Dunn leaves behind a tremendous legacy of faithful service.
Jan 29, 2020 | Academics, Alumni, Feature Story, News, Student Features
Sam Thomas made his mark at OKWU, and he’s continuing to make his mark in the next phase of his life. After years of studying, skateboarding, music-playing, coffee-making (coffee-drinking), and relationship-building on OKWU’s campus, Thomas, a 2019 graduate of OKWU’s...
Jan 15, 2020 | Academics, Alumni, Faculty, Feature Story, News
OKWU has been blessed with high-level faculty members who take a deep interest in the holistic development of students’ heads, hearts, hands, and habits. In an effort to highlight the tremendous work that they do, we’ve asked three of the longest-serving...
Dec 14, 2019 | Academics, Alumni, Events, Feature Story, News
Oklahoma Wesleyan University conferred degrees to more than 160 graduating students over the weekend. Commencement festivities were spread throughout two ceremonies. The OKWU Department of Nursing held its departmental pinning and commencement ceremony Friday,...
Dec 12, 2019 | Alumni, Events, Feature Story, News
Tamiko Turner didn’t graduate from Oklahoma Wesleyan University, but it’s her time at the university that shaped the pastor and person that she currently is. Turner now serves as the Next Gen Pastor at Cornerstone Wesleyan Church, in Kansas City, where she moved to...
