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April 2010

FEATURED ARTICLES

UPCOMING EVENTS

04/17
Ladies Day 2010

04/30
Olivet Open 2010

06/25
Alumni and Friends: A Night at the Ballpark

STAY CONNECTED

THIS MONTH IN PHOTOS

MARCH 2010 ONU PODCASTS

3/31/2010
The Bread
Rev. Mark Holcomb

3/30/2010
House of Prayer
Dr. Carl Leth

3/25/2010
Dangers of Conformity
Ray McElroy

3/24/2010
Blink, Wink, Sync
Dr. Gregg Chenoweth

3/4/2010
Why the New Testament Can Be Trusted
Sean McDowell

3/3/2010
The Nature of Truth
Sean McDowell

3/2/2010
Grace
Woody Webb

ONLINE STORE

CLASS NOTES

The school guy

Richard Nye’64 isn’t just like everybody else. When other teachers were heading into retirement, he decided to start all over — by launching a school.

Fruitful frustration
Dana Scheller ’07 didn’t feel right about her options after college. Then her dad suggested a plan that meant a lot of risk. She decided to take the leap of faith.

HEADLINES

4/9/2010
University receives National Science Foundation Grant to create new course

4/8/2010
Hannagan tosses sixth perfect game in ONU history

4/7/2010
Olivet honors ENC president as ‘inspiring example’ to young women

4/1/2010
Students reinvent ‘spring break’ with global missions

3/30/2010
Gidcumb Grabs NAIA, CCAC, and NCCAA National Softball Player of the Week Honors

3/28/2010
Internationally known conductor to lead free concert at Olivet

3/26/2010
Anderson named CCAC Softball Player of the Week

3/19/2010
Green Room to present Tennessee Williams classic

3/18/2010
Olivet awards Phillips with Lifetime Achievement Leadership Award

3/17/2010
Holcomb to ‘facilitate and encourage spiritual growth’ as new Olivet chaplain

3/15/2010
Community invited to hear award-winning author speak at Olivet

3/10/2010
Men's Basketball: Tigers head to KC; Hodge leads ONU to 15th NAIA Division I National Tournament

3/5/2010
Olivet student’s research on burnout in ministry wins award

SPOTLIGHT

Brian Wilken
Operations Research Analyst

Brian Wilken ’01 never even planned on attending college. Yet now he holds a college degree and a brainiac math job with the U.S. Air Force.

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ASK THE EXPERT

Dr. Don Daake
Business Professor

Business professor Dr. Don Daake offers an unexpected insight for both business and life: sometimes, change isn’t always good.

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Next week: Dr. Dale Hathaway shares some interesting math tidbits. Even if you don’t like math, you might like this.

Send us your questions!

STUDENT TO WATCH

Katelyn Dean’10
Senior

Katelyn Dean launched a ministry at Olivet that will be helping children for years to come. Not bad for someone who wasn’t sure if they were in the right place.

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