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News Tag Archive: OKWU Students
Criminal Justice Program Honors Fallen Officer
When a local officer was killed in the line of duty, OKWU honored his life by presenting his children with full-tuition scholarships.
OKWU Student Turning Pain Into Progress
Rather than shrinking from the neglect of her childhood, Tammi is preparing to use those experiences to help other vulnerable women.
Dreaming of Citizenship
“I can have a voice. I know it matters and I’m actually going to be able to, essentially, be heard.”
Student Magazine Honored at Communicator Awards
The Eagle, Oklahoma Wesleyan’s entirely student-led online magazine, recently received two Awards of Distinction from the 26th Annual Communicator Awards. The website was honored in the categories of University Websites and Education websites. “The...
An Eagle in the State Department
For Alyx Hoge, it all comes down to one thing: affecting real change for those without a voice. She grew up in the Dallas area, but it’s no surprise that Hoge ended up at OKWU. As a fourth-generation Eagle – she’s had parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents that...
Janice And Charles Drake Scholarships Awarded
Oklahoma Wesleyan University is proud to announce the recipients of the annual Charles and Janice Drake Scholarship for the 2020-2021 academic year. Congratulations to Tobin Brewer, Caleb McQuay, Marcus Randall, Leah Sawyer, Jaycee Shrum-Cook, and Autumn...
OKWU Announces Spring 2020 Academic Honors
An unprecedented global pandemic couldn’t stop the students of Oklahoma Wesleyan University from thriving academically. More than 200 students are being honored for their academic achievement during the Spring 2020 semester. The President’s and...
Criminal Justice Program Focused on Integrating Faith with Experience
As befitting a university built upon the foundation of biblical truth, justice is vital to the mission of OKWU. Campus organizations like the Orange Movement seek justice and mercy for the least and lost among society, but it doesn’t stop there. This passion extends all the way across the university to include a robust, experiential, and ever-expanding Criminal Justice major.
OKWU Student Living in the Confidence of God’s Plan
JoEllen Hindman is driven to excellence. From an early age, Hindman, a junior nursing major here at OKWU, wanted to take care of other people, and she eventually realized that it was God’s will for her to be a nurse. Since then, she has worked fervently to achieve it,...
Sam Thomas is Influencing a New Community
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...