Olivet News

Read all the latest news and featured stories from the Olivet community, including faculty, staff, alumni and friends.

Group of students conducting outdoor experiment

November 21, 2025

McGraw Endowment Funds Student Engagement in STEM

Olivet Nazarene University STEM students gain unique opportunities beyond the classroom thanks to the McGraw Endowment.

October 3, 2025

Olivet Summer Field Experience: Costa Rica

“Field experiences like this are essential for giving students a deeper understanding of ecology as well as a richer appreciation for God’s creation and a desire to love and protect it.”

June 11, 2025

Courage through Calling—Chloe Nagi ’23

Young Alumni Spotlight Series: Chloe shares about overcoming OCD-related fear and anxiety to embrace her calling in health care

June 10, 2025

Academic Year Culminates in Scholar Week

This year’s Scholar Week featured 32 presentations by 65 student and faculty presenters and drew more than 800 student and faculty attendees over a five-day span.

May 5, 2025

112th Commencement Ceremony Celebrates the Academic Accomplishments of 813 Olivet Graduates

Highlights from the Baccalaureate service and the Commencement ceremonies for the undergraduate and graduate classes of 2025.

April 28, 2025

‘Profound Joy’: Seeing the Hand of the Creator

“There are so many insects, and they’re all so interesting and unique. Missing the hand of the Creator in that is missing a great deal of joy.”

April 17, 2025

2025 Pence-Boyce Summer Research Projects Announced

Recipients of Pence-Boyce research grants pursue intensive projects.

April 16, 2025

STEM Honors | Olivet The Magazine

Collaborative discovery in lifesaving cancer research in PNG.

April 14, 2025

Olivet Student Medical Missions Team Serves in the Dominican Republic

A group of students partnered with GO Ministries to bring healthcare to remote communities.

April 2, 2025

Graceful Artistry with a Passion for STEM

Senior Grace Beatty takes full advantage of a liberal arts education

Teresa Woodruff receiving National Medal of Science

January 6, 2025

ONU alumna Dr. Teresa Woodruff receives National Medal of Science

Woodruff joins an elite group of Americans who have received two national medals of honor.

November 21, 2024

Chapel Pond Provides a Temporary Home for Endangered Species

“Olivet focuses on showing the goodness of God, and in this we can preserve the species that He has created.”

October 4, 2024

Olivet The Magazine | Word & Speech

In a world of noise and of words that mislead or control or manipulate, our mission as Christians remains bound to the word and to Christ, the Word.

September 17, 2024

Namibia Expedition

Once-in-a-Lifetime Experience for Olivet Explorers

September 13, 2024

A Banner Year for ONU: Academic Excellence Recognized and Awarded

Olivet Nazarene University has achieved a series of distinguished accolades and awards in 2024, underscoring the University’s commitment to academic excellence, innovation and dedication to the campus community.

August 21, 2024

Olivet The Magazine | Summer Research

There’s one academic season only a handful of students will experience during their Olivet years: a campus summer.

May 2, 2024