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.”

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 23, 2025

Reason and Faith | Olivet The Magazine

Daniel Allen, Ph.D.: Reason and Faith Speaking Together

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.

woman presenting scientific information in front of large screen

April 4, 2025

Scholar Week 2025 Celebrates Student and Faculty Research

“Scholar Week is a public showcase of hard work that often happens individually or in small research teams.”

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.

October 7, 2024

Faculty Scholarship on Adjunct and Student Perspectives

Two articles published by Olivet professors this past summer in the peer-reviewed journal Christian Higher Education illustrate the application of scholarship to deepening the University’s learning environment.

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.

September 9, 2024

Olivet The Magazine | With Honors

As juniors in college, the more they delve into topics of inquiry that stimulate their minds and shape their perspectives on the world, the more they will build a well-rounded foundation for high-impact careers, fueled by a vision to improve the lives of others.

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.

June 3, 2024

Olivet The Magazine | Mission, Research & More

At Olivet, Dr. Vander Schaaf supervises student research projects and teaches courses in biology, microbiology and genetics. On the mission field in Papua New Guinea, Dr. Vander Schaaf assisted in surgeries. She had a front-row seat to the medical services the hospital provides every day. A biology research expert, she was stretched in new ways.

May 3, 2024

NASA Selects Olivet Nazarene University Senior for Prestigious Europa Clipper Intern Program

Ethan Piacenti will join 39 US STEM students this June for the inaugural NASA program.

May 2, 2024

Olivet Science Students Travel to View Eclipse

April 12, 2024

A Richer View of Creation: Olivet Professor Extends Range of Mesoamerican Bumble Bee

March 21, 2024

ELAIA: Honors Journal Volumes 5 and 6 published

ONU announces new volumes of ELAIA: The Honors Journal of Olivet Nazarene University

two men at a nature preserve studying wildlife

February 6, 2024

Olivet The Magazine | Restoring Ecological Treasures of the Grand Prairie

“Just as schools prefer teachers with classroom experience and hospitals prefer nurses with clinical experience, so, too, do conservation and field biology organizations prefer candidates with experience in the field.”