Oklahoma Wesleyan University
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| Motto | A university where Jesus is Lord |
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| Type | Private |
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Wesleyan Church |
| Endowment | $5,461,866 (as of 2014) |
| President | Everett Piper |
| Location | Bartlesville, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Colors | University Navy and Red |
| Athletics | NAIA – KCAC |
| Nickname | Eagles |
| Website | www |
Oklahoma Wesleyan University (OKWU) is an evangelical Christian university of the Wesleyan Church located in Bartlesville, in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.
The President of Oklahoma Wesleyan University (OKWU) is Dr. Everett Piper (Ph.D, Michigan State University), who came to OKWU from Spring Arbor University in 2002.
OKWU offers over 50 majors through its traditional campus program. It has 1205 undergraduate students, with approximately 600 on the main campus in Bartlesville.
In 2016, it was ranked #12 among Regional Colleges in the western region, according to U.S. News and World Report.
Oklahoma Wesleyan University was founded by the Wesleyan Church to provide higher education within a Christian environment for Wesleyan youth. Central Pilgrim College its predecessor, was founded on the campus in Bartlesville, Oklahoma from a series of mergers of several schools: the Colorado Bible College (Colorado Springs, Colorado), the Pilgrim Bible College (Pasadena, California), and the Holiness Evangelistic Institute (El Monte, California). Central Pilgrim College was renamed Bartlesville Wesleyan College in 1968, following a merger of the Pilgrim Holiness Church and the Wesleyan Methodist Church to become the Weslayan Church. In August 2001, Bartlesville Wesleyan College became Oklahoma Wesleyan University.
In 1972, OKWU merged with a Kansas school, Miltonvale Wesleyan College. OKWU then became a four-year college having about 1300 students.
The following is a list of antecedent schools:
On August 31, 2015 Oklahoma Wesleyan announced the withdrawal of its membership from the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU), citing the CCCU's "reluctance to make a swift decision" as an unwillingness to defend the biblical definition of marriage, in response to the decisions of two member schools (Goshen College and Eastern Mennonite University) which changed their hiring policies to include same-sex couples. “In doing so CCCU has not adequately represented Oklahoma Wesleyan and our legal interests,” President Everett Piper said. Calling the decision to withdraw a difficult one, Piper nonetheless said the decision had the support of the school’s faculty, staff, and trustees.
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