Each year at Homecoming, Oklahoma Wesleyan University is proud to recognize outstanding alumni from the past. The awards presented are each slightly different in focus, but the goal remains the same: to honor those Eagles who have exemplified with excellence the...
Bongi Wenyika, a 2005 graduate of Oklahoma Wesleyan University’s Adult and Graduate Studies program, hasn’t had anything in life given to her. Born in Zimbabwe, she’s had to fight from the very beginning—for identity, meaning, purpose, and even her name, which was...
When Roger Metcalf, Chairman of Oklahoma Wesleyan University’s Board of Trustees since 2002, was first attending Bartlesville Wesleyan College in the 1970s to earn his Associates Degree, he had no idea the large part that the university was going to play in his...
Japan – a country without hope. Yuji Genda, a professor of Labor Economics at the University of Tokyo’s Institute of Social Science, recently published a study called “The International Survey of Life and Hope.” In this study, Genda compared and collected survey...
Oklahoma Wesleyan University’s Digital Cinema Class was honored on October 7th for its excellence in filmmaking, bringing home the award for Best Inspirational/Christian Film at the CV Indie Film Awards in Los Angeles, California. The film is called Desolate, and is,...
This fall, Oklahoma Wesleyan University announced the official opening of the Academic Center for Excellence, known as ACE around campus. After a smaller version of ACE was launched in 2018 and the impact on student success became clear, ACE was given the go-ahead to...
John Wesley’s aim was to revitalize dead religion. That’s also the driving passion of the New Room Conference, a gathering of over 2,300 Christian leaders from various Wesleyan denominations in Nashville, TN. Nineteen ministry majors and two faculty sponsors from OKWU...
“In 2 years, I have had the opportunity to dialogue and share a glimpse of hope to over 2,700 people,” said John Merritt, a ministry student at Oklahoma Wesleyan University (OKWU). “I felt the Lord calling me back into the gaming industry, a former hobby turned...
“Jesus saves” might be the most basic claim of Christianity. But how exactly does salvation work? A new book by OKWU professor, Joshua McNall, explores how the logic of redemption functions—both in Scripture and our lived experience. The Mosaic of Atonement: An...
Oklahoma Wesleyan University is pleased to announce its 2019/2020 visit days schedule. Visit options include: OKWU Visit Days give students a general overview of the OKWU experience with the opportunity to tour the campus, worship in chapel and interact with the...
On Saturday, August 24, 2019, Oklahoma Wesleyan University (OKWU) students, faculty, staff and alumni served its neighbors in the city of Bartlesville and the broader Washington County to serve the community and tangibly share Jesus’ love with fellow neighbors....