
Olivet University is a warm and friendly place to pursue a serious Christian education. Olivet University students come from a wide range of age groups, geographical areas, educational backgrounds, and cultural heritages.

All applicants to Olivet University should evidence strong Christian character, potential for effectiveness in Christian ministry, and the scholastic ability and emotional maturity to handle a higher education experience.

Olivet professors understand their academic work to be in the service of the church. Most faculty members have experienced ministry first-hand and all are currently engaged in the life of the church from the local to the national level.

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As a Christian institution, we strive to create and promote an atmosphere consistent with the Christian faith, which encourages the student to develop his/her fullest potential, both in and out of the classroom.
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On September 13, 2013, Olivet University held its Fall 2013 Commencement service at 5 p.m. PST. The University's two-hour Convocation service was held in Olivet's San Francisco Chapel, which was filled with hymns of praise Friday evening as Dr. Merril Smoak, Dean of the Jubilee College of Music led the audience in song.
The Zinzendorf School of Doctoral Studies commenced its annual event earlier this week attended by an international lineup of faculty and students. The weeklong event brings together presentations on dissertations, examinations ...
Olivet College of Business will introduce a new course this Fall Semester for operations management. Taught by Dr. Neslihan Aydogan-Duda. The course will be an introduction to the concepts, principles, problems, and practices of operations management.
Olivet University's institute of technology presents a new course for Fall 2013 on data mining, which makes possible the discovery of interesting and important patterns from large amounts of data.
The UX 2013 conference last week in San Francisco indicated a growing need and popularity of the user interface design profession in the IT industry. Students from Olivet's Design and IT college attended the international event as it brought together some of the industry's top talent and influential representatives to speak on current trends.
In sports, people use the term "crunch time" to describes the last minute turning point in the game that decides who wins and who loses. This August is "crunch time" for many D. Min. candidates who plan on completing their Foundation Papers and Project Proposals for this fall's Doctoral Colloquium and be on track for their paper reviews in the Spring quarter.
IT and design Students collaborated on a one-month intensive coding camp this summer quarter in order to sharpen their front-end web development and creativity skills for fall. The Coding Camp collaboration was spearheaded by the college directors from Olivet University's Institute of Technology and Olivet College of Art & Design.
OTCS Dean, Dr. Donald Tinder, gave a lecture on the history of Christianity in China on Monday, Aug. 14 to a group of people who are scheduled to go to mainland China this coming autumn to teach in Chinese universities.
International students from Olivet University's School of Media and Communication are seeking opportunities this summer to serve in the news and journalism industry. Through Olivet School of Media and Communication's internship program, international students can thrive in gaining experience while putting their foreign language skills to use.
Students from the Olivet College of Business (OCB) traveled to different cities this summer to fulfill their ministry practice requirements with Olivet University's affiliated business ministries.
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