News Category Archive: News
“Go Home!” A Call to Preach
This post originally appeared October 22, 2019 on joshuamcnall.com. One of the biblical descriptions of Satan is that “He is filled with fury, because he knows his time is short” (Rev. 12:12). I thought of that tendency recently as I watched a viral video of a...
Alumni Honored During Homecoming Weekend
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...
In New Book, OKWU Student Struggling for Identity
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...
A Life of Service: Roger Metcalf Honored with President’s Award
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...
Following God to Japan and Beyond
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...
OKWU Digital Cinema Wins Big at CV Indie Film Awards
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,...
OKWU Inaugurates Dr. Jim Dunn as Sixth President
“With Dr. Jim Dunn, we are hitting a grand slam home run.”