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Oral Roberts University

January 30, 2023

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Oral Roberts University (ORU) is a private evangelical university in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Founded in 1963, the university is named after its founder and word of faith preacher Oral Roberts.

Oral Roberts University
MottoEducating the whole man
TypePrivate university
Established1963; 60 years ago (1963)
Religious affiliation
Evangelical
Academic affiliations
CIC
CCCU
Endowment$45 million (2019)[1]
PresidentWilliam Wilson
Students4,000
Undergraduates2,782[2]
Postgraduates553[2]
Location
Tulsa, Oklahoma
,
U.S.
CampusSuburban
Colors    Navy and gold[3]
NicknameGolden Eagles
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division I – The Summit
Websitewww.oru.edu

Sitting on a 385-acre (1.56 km2) campus, ORU offers over 70 undergraduate degree programs along with 20 graduate programs across six colleges.[4][5][6] ORU is classified among "Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields".[7][8] Most popular majors include ministry and leadership, nursing, engineering, psychology, and business administration.[8] The university enrolls approximately 4,000 students.[2][9][10]

Students may take part in mission trips as part of 60 clubs that are available through the university. In 2018, over 500 students completed trips across five continents. Students are required to attend weekly chapel services.[8]

History

Foundation and early years

 
Main entrance to campus and The Billy Joe Daugherty Circle

Ground was officially broken for Oral Roberts University in 1962 in the southern part of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The university received its charter the following year from the State of Oklahoma and Oral Roberts University officially opened in 1965 with an enrollment of 300 students and seven major completed buildings.[11] The university was founded by Oral Roberts "as a result of the evangelist Oral Roberts' obeying God’s mandate to build a university on God’s authority and the Holy Spirit. God’s commission to Oral Roberts was to 'Raise up your students to hear My voice, to go where My light is dim, where My voice is heard small, and My healing power is not known, even to the uttermost bounds of the earth. Their work will exceed yours, and in this I am well pleased'."[12] Roberts placed special importance on the Prayer Tower, even though the concept of a building specifically dedicated to prayer at the center of the campus caused considerable tension, as some academic leaders were afraid the school would be unable to receive accreditation with such a building. But the tower, designed by architect Frank Wallace, was completed in 1967 at a cost of $2 million, a further source of contention. After its completion, Roberts called for a three-day period of prayer and fasting.[11] At the university's dedication ceremony in 1967, the evangelist Billy Graham was the keynote speaker.[11]

The first partial graduation took place in 1968 and the first full graduation in 1969.[11] In 1971, Oral Roberts University was accredited by the North Central Association.[13]

ORU was accredited in 1971 by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.[14] It is also accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada.[15]

During the first decade of the school's existence many of the campus's iconic structures were completed, such as the Howard Auditorium, the Graduate Center, the Mabee Center, and Christ's Chapel.[11]

The O. W. Coburn School of Law opened in 1979. In 1986 the university "shut down its ailing law school and sent its library to Pat Robertson's Bible-based college in Virginia", which subsequently founded the Regent University School of Law.[16]

Campus expansion and later years

 
CityPlex Towers originally known as City of Faith Medical and Research in Tulsa, Oklahoma

The university built the City of Faith Medical and Research Center hospital in 1981 and started the Oral Roberts University School of Medicine in 1978. Severe financial difficulties with both of these institutions led to their closure in 1989. Oral Roberts's son Richard was named president in 1993.

In January 1996, Golden Eagle Broadcasting, a small digital satellite Christian and family programming television network owned and operated by Oral Roberts University, was founded.[17]

On February 5, 1997, several ORU students reportedly disrupted services at a mosque near the University of Tulsa. The students mistakenly thought it was the 27th night of Ramadan when it was actually the 28th day of Ramadan. A university spokesman indicated that the students would not be disciplined and that university officials were discussing with the students their accounts of the events, which differed from what those attending services at the mosque reported. On February 7, 1997, the Islamic Society of Tulsa received a formal apology from Reverend Bill Shuler, who led religious services on campus.[18]

Due to alleged discrimination against LGBT students at ORU, Soulforce placed the university on its 2006 Equality Ride route, with a rally taking place on March 20, 2006.[19] University administration refused the activists entrance to the campus, which resulted in several activists being arrested after they entered despite the university administration's decision. Soulforce members objected to the university's honor code pledge's ban on homosexual activity. All students are required to sign and abide by the honor code which places the same restriction on all sexual activity outside "traditional marriage of one man and one woman."[20]

While homosexual activity is against the school's honor code, many LGBTQ students have still attended the school. Over time, ORU alumni have made groups such as ORU-OUT and gay-straight alliances to allow LGBTQ students and alumni to have social support groups.[21][22] Since ORU-OUT's founding, some of the university's LGBTQ+ alumni have publicly marched in Tulsa's pride parade.[23]

In February 2007, ORU announced that it would offer new art degrees.[24]

 
Oral Roberts University large praying hands entrance from the air summer 2017

In 2010, ORU teamed up with the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference to open a bilingual Hispanic Center on campus.The goals of this partnership include targeting a 25% Hispanic population within the student body and to reduce the approximately 50% high school dropout rate among Hispanic students.[25]

ORU was granted an exception to Title IX in 2017 which allows it to legally discriminate against LGBT students for religious reasons. It is ranked among the "Absolute Worst Campuses for LGBTQ Youth" by Campus Pride.[26]

ORU and G12 Vision announced in 2019 they had reached an agreement over a partnership. It was hoped that the agreement would make ORU's theological education more accessible worldwide.[27]

ORU moved to virtual classes for the remainder of the 2020 spring semester after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.[28] In fall 2020, students were required to get tested for COVID-19 before moving into the dorms. All students and staff were required to wear masks on campus at all times.[29] The university also rearranged class schedules in order for the semester to end early.[30]

In 2021, the university expanded its campus through the addition of 3 new buildings: a welcome center (which broke ground in April), Media Arts Center, and library. The expansion was part of ORU's $75 million campaign, which allocated $60 million to these new structures with the remainder going towards student scholarships.[31] ORU also announced in April 2021 the development of the Mike Carter Athletic Center, which is expected to be over 40,000 square feet, and renovation of the Mabee Center.[32]

Resignation of Richard Roberts

In October 2007, three former professors filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against ORU in Tulsa County. The professors also alleged university president Richard Roberts misused university assets and illegally ordered the university to participate in Republican candidate Randi Miller's political campaign for Tulsa mayor.[33][34][35][36][37]

 
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Lindsay Roberts, the wife of Richard Roberts, was accused of spending university funds on clothes, awarding nonacademic scholarships to the children of family friends and sending text messages on university-issued cell phones to "underage males."[36] The lawsuit also alleged a longtime maintenance employee was fired for the purpose of giving the job to an underage male friend of Lindsay Roberts.[38][39]

The plaintiffs filed an amended lawsuit adding the university's Board of Regents (Oral and Richard Roberts, along with George Pearsons, Kenneth Copeland, Creflo Dollar, Michael A. Hammer, John Hagee, Marilyn Hickey, Jerry Savelle and Charles Watson) to the suit and alleged that Roberts fired the university's financial comptroller and "voluminous materials and documents were shredded and destroyed, constituting spoliation of evidence." The filing also alleged Lindsay Roberts had spent nights in the ORU guest house with a 16-year-old male who also was allowed to live in the Roberts family residence on campus.[40][41]

On October 17, 2007, Richard Roberts announced a "temporary leave of absence" as president of the university, citing the "toll" the lawsuit and attendant allegations had taken on him and his family. Billy Joe Daugherty became Executive Regent of the Board of Regents and Interim President. Chairman of the Board George Pearsons noted the temporary resignation was not an admission of guilt.[42]

In November 2007, the tenured faculty of Oral Roberts University approved by a simple majority a non-binding vote of no confidence in Richard Roberts.[43] Roberts tendered his letter of resignation to the board of regents on November 23.[44][45] Pearsons said the university planned to separate its finances and leadership from the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association, to the apparent relief of many students and faculty members.[46] On January 10, 2008, ORU settled with plaintiff John Swails, who was reinstated to his previous teaching position.[47][48] The school also announced a formal search committee for a new president, to be headed by board of regents member and Tulsa resident Glenda Payas.[49]

Tulsa evangelist Billy Joe Daugherty was named interim President and executive regent. The same month, the school was reportedly "struggling financially" with over $50 million in debt.[50]

Finances

ORU's operating budget for 2007-08 was over $82 million. On January 14, 2008, ORU's board of regents voted unanimously to accept $62 million from the Mart Green family, the owners of Oklahoma City-based Hobby Lobby, Mardel educational, and various Christian supply stores, an offer which included changes to the university's governing board. In October of that year, an ORU spokesman said the university was still $52.5 million in debt. The school accepted an additional $8 million from the Greens in November.[51][52] Of the $82 million given to Oral Roberts University, approximately half went toward eliminating its debt. The remaining half was allocated to "campus renovations, technology upgrades, academic enhancement, financial aid for new and returning students, marketing and operations", according to the university website.[53] In February 2008, the Renewing the Vision campaign was initiated in an effort to erase this debt. To free the university from its burgeoning debt, the board of trustees announced plans for a $25 million matching campaign,[53] in which the board agreed to match dollar-for-dollar all donations.[53] In addition to eliminating debt, funds from the Renewing the Vision campaign contributed to the 2008 summer campus renovations, as well as scholarships provided by the university.[53] During the summer of 2008, $10 million went to campus upgrades and deferred maintenance. Many dormitories were extensively renovated and most other buildings received restoration and upgrades.[54] In January 2009, the university's presidential search committee recommended Mark Rutland, President of Southeastern University of the Assemblies of God in Florida, to succeed Richard Roberts, which the trustees approved.[55][56] On January 14, Rutland confirmed that he had been offered the position and intended to accept it.[57] The university began to implement the employment reduction plans, laying off 53 employees and cutting about 40 unfilled positions.[58] On January 29, 2009, the Green family committed $10.4 million to additional campus renovations and upgrades to take place during summer 2009. Following Mart Green's contribution, the university's debt was reduced to $25 million.[59]

 
The Prayer Tower.

On April 15, 2009, Chairman of the Armand Hammer Foundation and university trustee Michael Armand Hammer made a $1 million donation to the school's Whole Person Scholarship.[60] As of June 3, 2009, donations and pledges had reduced the university's debt to $720,000.[61] On September 23, 2009, it was announced at the end of the university's chapel service that the school was debt-free.[62] The announcement was made two days before Rutland's September 25, 2009 inauguration ceremony, held at the Mabee Center.[63][64]

In December 2010, ORU announced that the Green family would make another $10 million gift in 2011, to be used for renovations and technology improvements. The gift raised the Greens' total donations to $110 million.[65]

LGBTQ discrimination on campus

On August 25, 2015, ORU Administration learned of Sabrina Bradford's recent marriage to a woman and two days later she was informed she was not welcome back on campus.[66] In March 2006 eight peaceful protesters were arrested while rallying across the street from ORU's main entrance.[67] Ronnie Roberts, the son of Oral Roberts, came out as gay to the Rev. Troy Perry, founder of the Metropolitan Community Church, in the early 1980s. Six months later, Ronnie Roberts committed suicide.[68] As of December 7, 2021, an online petition to "Tell Oral Roberts University: Change your anti-LGBTQ honor code" had gained over 10,000 signatures.[69][70] March 2021 - The Religious Exemption Accountability Project, or REAP, filed a class action lawsuit Hunter v. the U.S. Department of Education on March 26, 2021, against this campus and other named campuses citing the abuses that thousands of LGBTQ+ students endured at these colleges and universities over the years. LGBTQ+ students document their own direct discrimination, harassment and negative harms in the filing.  Those abuses include “conversion therapy, expulsion, denial of housing and health care, sexual and physical abuse and harassment.” The abuses also include the “less visible, but no less damaging, consequences of institutionalized shame, fear, anxiety, and loneliness.” [71] On November 1, 2017, Billy Wilson preaches chapel service titled, "Holy Sex" and says, “If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable, they are put to death."[72] Within three months of graduation, Andrew Hartzler joined a class-action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education, seeking to strike down a religious exemption provision in U.S. civil rights law that allows ORU and other schools to receive federal funds despite such discriminatory policies. The lawsuit contends it is a violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment and of the students’ equal protection rights.[73]

Presidential inauguration of William Wilson and recent history

On January 31, 2013, ORU announced that William "Billy" Wilson, executive director of the International Center for Spiritual Renewal and vice-chair of the ORU board of trustees, had been selected to succeed Rutland as president, effective July 1, 2013.[74] A day earlier, the ORU student newspaper had briefly posted an erroneous report on its website, mistakenly identifying someone else as the new president. Rutland criticized the report at a student assembly and the newspaper's longtime faculty adviser left the school the next day.[75]

In 2018, the university announced that it would retain Wilson as president for 10 years or at least until 2028.[76] Under Wilson's presidency, ORU completed a $50 million developmental campaign, which helped construct its Global Learning Center and ONEOK Sports Complex.[76] Student enrollment rose from approximately 3,000 in 2008 to over 4,100 in 2019.[77]

In 2020, the university began its $75 million Impact 2030 campaign, a program focusing on making ORU a “maximum global impact” by 2030. A component of achieving this global impact will be ORU's goal of educating students from 195 nations.[78] Fundraising this campaign is due to span over three years and be divided as such: $60 million for buildings, $10 million for international scholarships in order to enroll at least one student from every country around the world, and $5 million for reconverting the university's current library into the Center for Global Leadership. The David Green family has promised to match every campaign gift up to $45 million with a 3-to-1 match.[77]

Campus

 
Main campus building, the Learning Resource and Graduate centers

The campus began construction in 1963 with a futuristic look and architecture, which historian Margaret Grubiak noted as being inspired by the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.[79] Architects Stanfield, Imel & Walton of Tulsa designed the 1963 master plan, but most of the buildings were designed by Tulsa architect Frank Wallace.[80] In 1981, the City of Faith Medical and Research Center opened. The buildings were south of the ORU campus, and were originally built as a 60-story clinic, a 30-story hospital, and a 20-story research center. The original tenants left in 1989 because of financial problems and a lack of demand for medical services. As of 2007, some floors (in the 20-story building) have never been leased. The facility is now mostly leased out as commercial office space under the name CityPlex Towers. A 60 ft (18.2 m), 30 ton bronze sculpture Healing Hands, by sculptor Leonard McMurray (cast in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico in 1980) and originally in front of the towers, was moved to the ORU campus entrance in the summer of 1991.[81] By 2007, the campus was described as "a perfect representation of the popular modernistic architecture of the time... the set of The Jetsons" but also "shabby" and "dated, like Disney's Tomorrowland."[35][82][83] Interviewed in 2010, Wallace characterized his ORU buildings as "sculptures", noting that an inspiration for his artistic sensibility was "whittling since I was a kid".[84] It has also been suggested that the buildings may have been inspired by Tulsa's art deco architectural heritage,[85][86] along with Bruce Goff's individualistic style and creative use of new materials.[87]

Maintenance of the many unique but aging buildings, structures, and architectural details on campus was cited as a growing problem for the university.[88] In 2008, $10 million was set aside from Green family donations for long-deferred maintenance on many campus buildings, along with the Prayer Tower. The Green family donated another $10 million for work during the summer of 2009.[89]

In 2011, the Prayer Tower was renovated and returned to its original function as a place for prayer.[90]

ORU opened its Global Learning Center and the ONEOK Sports Complex, a track stadium with tennis courts in 2017.[91][92] The campus added its first student housing since 1976, the Niko Njotorahardjo Residence Hall, in 2019. It also started a $75 million fund for scholarships and campus expansion.[93][94]

 
Howard Auditorium and the Prayer Tower (the gas flame at the top of the tower is barely visible in this photograph)

The front entrance onto campus is a divided, landscaped roadway, originally called The Avenue of Flags and now renamed Billy Joe Daugherty circle, lined with lighted flags representing the more than 60 nations from which ORU students have come.

The main academic building is the John D. Messick Learning Resource Center / Marajen Chinigo Graduate Center, an immense 900,000 square foot (80,000 m2) facility with many pylon-like columns, gold-tinted windows and a lozenge-shaped footprint that university publicity says was styled after King Solomon's Temple. The Howard Auditorium is a gold, Buckminster Fuller-style geodesic dome used for movies, theatre productions, classes and seminars. Biweekly university chapel services are held in Christ's Chapel, a 3,500-seat building constructed in drape-like fashion as an echo of Oral Roberts's early tent revivals. The Googie style Prayer Tower at the center of campus was intended to resemble "an abstract cross and Crown of Thorns" and also houses a visitor center. The Mabee Center is an 11,000-seat arena on the southwestern edge of campus and is used for basketball games, concerts, church services and satellite television productions. Timko-Barton Hall houses musical and theatrical performance halls as well as classrooms devoted to the university's programs in the performing arts. The building's performance halls are often the scene of concerts and recitals by performing arts students.

The Kenneth H. Cooper Aerobics Center houses basketball courts, an elevated running track, a free-weights and exercise room, a swimming pool and classrooms for students who are enrolled in health fitness courses (a requirement for all students). J.L. Johnson Stadium is a 2,200 seat baseball stadium located on the north of the campus.

The Armand Hammer Alumni-Student Center was designed by KSQ Architects, PC, and constructed and completed in 2013. It is the first building to be built on the ORU campus in decades. It totes the largest TV in Oklahoma, a "living room" for students, a gaming center equipped with Wiis and Xboxes, pool tables, ping pong, and more. The building is a modern design fitting for the campus. Students also enjoy addition restaurants and a coffee shop. The Armand Hammer Student-Alumni Center also houses student government offices as well as board rooms for special meetings. No classes meet in this building; it is strictly for the use and enjoyment of the student body.

The Hamill Student Center is between Ellis Melvin Roberts and Claudius Priscilla Roberts Halls and houses restaurants on its lower level. Zoppelt Auditorium is on the ground level and is often used as a lecture hall for classes, forums and special events. Campus Security and the "Fireside Room" are also on ground level with the university cafeteria (called "Saga" by students) on the upper level.[95]

Housing

There are eight residence halls on campus. The university has strict guidelines concerning student access to the upper floors of residence halls by members of the opposite sex, which is limited to designated occasions called "Open Dorms."

  • Claudius Priscilla Roberts Hall is a seven-story building built in 1965 that can house up to 600 women.[95] Called "Claudius" by students, the building is named after Oral Roberts's mother.
  • Ellis Melvin Roberts Hall is a seven-story building also built in 1967 that can house up to 600 men.[95] Called "EMR" by campus residents, this dormitory is similar to Claudius Priscilla Roberts Hall but has some differences, notably walls made of concrete blocks rather than sheet rock, two elevators instead of one and laundry facilities in the basement instead of on every floor. According to the university, these two tri-winged buildings are meant to reflect the Trinity.[96]
 
The four "Towers" residence halls, Michael Cardone, Wesley Leuhring, Susie Vinson and Frances Cardone.
  • Frances Cardone Hall (originally Ethel Hughes Hall) is a 12-story building for up to 372 women.[95] This is one of the four "Towers" dormitories, meant to represent the Star of David.[97] The building is called "Frances" by university students.
  • Michael Cardone, Sr. Hall (originally Edward Hughes Hall) is the twin dormitory to Frances and houses up to 372 men.[95] It is linked to the three other Towers dormitories by a central hallway and the main lobby area, called the "Fishbowl" for its glass exterior walls.
  • Susie Vinson Hall is one of two shorter "Towers" housing 244 women on eight stories and known as "Susie."[95]
  • Wesley Leuhring Hall, called "Wesley" by students, is the twin dormitory of "Susie" and is alike in both capacity and design.[95] In the summer of 2017, Wesley was converted into a women's dorm and was to be called "Susie North."
  • Gabrielle Christian Salem Hall is a three-story split-level dormitory west of Timko-Barton Hall and called "Gabby" by the students. It can house up to 240 women and has secured doors that open using university-issued cards. There are in-room bathroom facilities on the first and second floors.[95]
  • Niko Njotorahardjo Hall, named after the founder and senior pastor of an Indonesian church and ministry, opened for the fall 2019 semester. It was ORU's first new student housing project since 1976 and contains 240 beds in apartment and dorm style rooms.[98]

Chapel

The university has weekly chapel services in Christ's Chapel, which are recorded and broadcast live through the university's television station and also via satellite.[99]

A typical chapel service features contemporary worship, a missions offering, special music, and a sermon, typically from President William Wilson, as well as special guests, including some of the world's biggest and most well-known pastors, evangelists, and spiritual leaders. Attendance at Chapel is mandatory and attendance is taken by student leadership.[20]

Academics

 
Christ's Chapel as seen from the gardens surrounding the Prayer Tower.

ORU is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Some programs have additional specialized accreditation as shown in this list of the academic colleges and accreditors:

College/Program Accrediting Body
College of Business Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP)
College of Education National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation (OCTP)
College of Science and Engineering Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)
Anna Vaughn College of Nursing National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) and the Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN)
College of Theology and Ministry Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada (ATS)
Social Work Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)

In addition to its undergraduate programs, the university also has a graduate seminary and graduate programs in business, education, and computer science.[100]

ORU has signed an early assurance program with the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences in 2011, allowing high achieving students to receive conditional admission to OSU's osteopathic medical school program.[101] ORU is also one of the few undergraduate colleges in the southwest to have a human cadaver dissection class.[citation needed] While ORU is considered a Christian university, the College of Science and Engineering does not ignore evolutionary theories to teach creationism.[citation needed]

From its founding, ORU has placed emphasis on Charismatic doctrines of Christianity; its initial presidential leadership, including Oral Roberts and his son Richard Roberts, also espoused the doctrine of seed faith.[102] This belief was closely connected to fundraising efforts by both Oral and Richard.[103]

While the majority of ORU staff were happy with including other doctrines of faith, some such as Charles Farah have disagreed publicly, indirectly leading to the publishing of a PhD thesis from a student a number of years later about his opinions on seed faith.[104]

Student life

The university's residential policy requires all unmarried undergraduate students younger than 25 to live on campus, although exceptions are made for those students who live with their parents in the Tulsa area.[105] Men and women are housed in separate dormitory facilities on campus with student access to housing of the opposite sex largely restricted. In addition to having a chaplain on every "wing" of each dormitory, there are also residential advisers for each floor, who enforce curfew, take attendance at Chapel services, and serve as "go-to persons" for students on their floors. Every Monday night is a mandatory Hall Meeting at which announcements are made by dorm leadership.[106]

All students are required to sign a pledge stating they will live according to the university's honor code. Prohibited activities include lying, cursing, smoking, drinking, and a range of sexual acts, including homosexual behavior and sex outside marriage.[20] In early 2003, the student dress code was relaxed for the first time in 40 years and described as business casual. For most of the school's history, men were required to wear collared shirts and ties and women were required to wear skirts (an exception for winter months was added in 2000). In 2006, campus-wide dress code rules were eased further, allowing students to wear jeans to class and dress more casually in non-academic settings. Since 2009, men are allowed to have neatly trimmed facial hair. Restrictions on men's hair length were relaxed in 2013.[107][108]

Athletics

Main article: Oral Roberts Golden Eagles

Oral Roberts University is a member of The Summit League after leaving its former conference home, Southland Conference, in July 2014.[109] Its athletic programs include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer and tennis along with track and field for men and women. There is also a baseball program for men and volleyball for women.

ORU's early sports team nicknames were the Titans for men and the Lady Titans for women, adopted in 1965 by a vote of the student body. On April 30, 1993, all teams for both men and women became known as the Golden Eagles. ORU's mascot is Eli the golden eagle, who hatched out of his papier-mâché egg on November 17, 1993, before the start of an exhibition basketball game as the official symbol of a new era in ORU athletics. The mascot's name is an acronym for education, life skills and integrity.

Notable players include: Max Abmas (men's basketball), Jose Trevino and Alex “Chi Chi” Gonzalez (baseball), Kevi Luper (women's basketball), Jeffery Gibson (track and field), Jack Whitt (track and field), and Austin Hannah (golf).[110][111]

Basketball

Main articles: Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball and Oral Roberts Golden Eagles women's basketball

The women's basketball team has appeared in four NCAA tournaments in the past eight seasons. In 2018, former NBA player Lee Mayberry was appointed as assistant coach for the women's basketball team.[112]

Paul Mills has been the head coach of the Golden Eagles men's basketball team since 2017.[113] On March 19, 2021, the ORU men's basketball team defeated the #2 seed Ohio State in the 2021 NCAA tournament as a #15 seed in the first round. This was the first time a #15 seed won an NCAA tournament game since Middle Tennessee defeated Michigan State in the first round of the 2016 NCAA tournament.[114] ORU then defeated #7 seed Florida in the Round of 32 to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. It is only the second #15 seed to ever reach the Sweet Sixteen, after Florida Gulf Coast in 2013.[115] Player Max Abmas was named the Summit League Men's Basketball Player of the Year in March 2021.[116]

Baseball

Main article: Oral Roberts Golden Eagles baseball

The ORU baseball team has played in 21 NCAA regional tournaments. ORU advanced to the College World Series in 1978. In 2006, ORU advanced to the NCAA Super Regional against Clemson. ORU baseball once won 12 consecutive conference championships and played in 12 consecutive NCAA regional tournaments (1998 to 2009).[117]

Notable alumni

Name Known for Relationship to Oral Roberts University
Daniel Amen Psychiatrist and author[118][119] Doctorate, ORU School of Medicine, 1982
Jared Anderson Musician
Michele Bachmann U.S. Congress member J.D., 1986, from ORU affiliate Coburn School of Law[120]
Scott Thompson Baker Actor[121]
Andretti Bain NCAA champion sprinter, Olympic medal winner for Bahamas in 2008[122]
David Barton Author and commentator[123][124]
Doug Bernier Major League Baseball[125]
Steve Holm Major League Baseball[126]
Todd Burns Major League Baseball[127]
John Allen Chau Missionary who illegally approached the Sentinelese[128]
Kenneth Copeland Minister[129]
Billy Joe Daugherty Pastor, television personality, and interim president of the university
Jon Egan Worship artist B.A., Organizational/Interpersonal Communications 2001[130]
Kathie Lee Gifford American singer, songwriter, and actress[131]
Chi Chi Gonzalez Major League Baseball
Brian Graden Television executive B.A., Business 1985[132]
Michael Graham Talk radio host and author
Ted Haggard Evangelical minister[131] Graduate of 1978[133]
Adam Hamilton Pastor (U.M.C.) and author B.A., Pastoral Ministry, 1985.[134][135]
Kari Jobe Singer[136]
Keith Lockhart Major League Baseball[127]
Ron Luce Founder / President, Teen Mania Ministries B.A., Theology, 1983[137]
Ron Meridith Major League Baseball[127]
Keith Miller Major League Baseball[127]
Don Moen Musician
Mike Moore Major League Baseball[127]
Prince Mumba Runner, represented Zambia at the 2004 and 2012 Olympics[138]
Joel Osteen Pastor attended one semester
Paul Osteen Medical Missionary[139] B.S., M.D.
Ross Parsley Pastor B.A., Organizational/Interpersonal Communications[140]
Carlton Pearson Bishop
Lora Reinbold Alaskan politician B.S., business administration, 1987[141]
Richard Roberts Evangelist and former Oral Roberts University president B.A., M.Th., D.Min.[142]
Alberto Rodriguez Humanitarian Worker [143][144] B.S in Finance.
Clifton Taulbert Author B.A.
Ryan Tedder Singer, songwriter, producer
Haywoode Workman National Basketball Association[131]
Kelly Wright Television reporter
Bob Zupcic Major League Baseball[127]
Ulf Ekman Swedish founder of world of life church in Uppsala
Brian Nhira American pop singer
Teresa Knox Businesswoman
Paul Friedlander Swazi golfer

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oral, roberts, university, coordinates, 05056, 95245, 05056, 95245, private, evangelical, university, tulsa, oklahoma, founded, 1963, university, named, after, founder, word, faith, preacher, oral, roberts, mottoeducating, whole, mantypeprivate, universityesta. Coordinates 36 03 02 N 95 57 09 W 36 05056 N 95 95245 W 36 05056 95 95245 Oral Roberts University ORU is a private evangelical university in Tulsa Oklahoma Founded in 1963 the university is named after its founder and word of faith preacher Oral Roberts Oral Roberts UniversityMottoEducating the whole manTypePrivate universityEstablished1963 60 years ago 1963 Religious affiliationEvangelicalAcademic affiliationsCICCCCUEndowment 45 million 2019 1 PresidentWilliam WilsonStudents4 000Undergraduates2 782 2 Postgraduates553 2 LocationTulsa Oklahoma U S CampusSuburbanColors Navy and gold 3 NicknameGolden EaglesSporting affiliationsNCAA Division I The SummitWebsitewww wbr oru wbr eduSitting on a 385 acre 1 56 km2 campus ORU offers over 70 undergraduate degree programs along with 20 graduate programs across six colleges 4 5 6 ORU is classified among Baccalaureate Colleges Diverse Fields 7 8 Most popular majors include ministry and leadership nursing engineering psychology and business administration 8 The university enrolls approximately 4 000 students 2 9 10 Students may take part in mission trips as part of 60 clubs that are available through the university In 2018 over 500 students completed trips across five continents Students are required to attend weekly chapel services 8 Contents 1 History 1 1 Foundation and early years 1 2 Campus expansion and later years 1 3 Resignation of Richard Roberts 1 4 Finances 1 5 LGBTQ discrimination on campus 1 6 Presidential inauguration of William Wilson and recent history 2 Campus 2 1 Housing 2 2 Chapel 3 Academics 4 Student life 5 Athletics 5 1 Basketball 5 2 Baseball 6 Notable alumni 7 References 8 External linksHistory EditFoundation and early years Edit Main entrance to campus and The Billy Joe Daugherty Circle Ground was officially broken for Oral Roberts University in 1962 in the southern part of Tulsa Oklahoma The university received its charter the following year from the State of Oklahoma and Oral Roberts University officially opened in 1965 with an enrollment of 300 students and seven major completed buildings 11 The university was founded by Oral Roberts as a result of the evangelist Oral Roberts obeying God s mandate to build a university on God s authority and the Holy Spirit God s commission to Oral Roberts was to Raise up your students to hear My voice to go where My light is dim where My voice is heard small and My healing power is not known even to the uttermost bounds of the earth Their work will exceed yours and in this I am well pleased 12 Roberts placed special importance on the Prayer Tower even though the concept of a building specifically dedicated to prayer at the center of the campus caused considerable tension as some academic leaders were afraid the school would be unable to receive accreditation with such a building But the tower designed by architect Frank Wallace was completed in 1967 at a cost of 2 million a further source of contention After its completion Roberts called for a three day period of prayer and fasting 11 At the university s dedication ceremony in 1967 the evangelist Billy Graham was the keynote speaker 11 The first partial graduation took place in 1968 and the first full graduation in 1969 11 In 1971 Oral Roberts University was accredited by the North Central Association 13 ORU was accredited in 1971 by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools 14 It is also accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada 15 During the first decade of the school s existence many of the campus s iconic structures were completed such as the Howard Auditorium the Graduate Center the Mabee Center and Christ s Chapel 11 The O W Coburn School of Law opened in 1979 In 1986 the university shut down its ailing law school and sent its library to Pat Robertson s Bible based college in Virginia which subsequently founded the Regent University School of Law 16 Campus expansion and later years Edit CityPlex Towers originally known as City of Faith Medical and Research in Tulsa Oklahoma The university built the City of Faith Medical and Research Center hospital in 1981 and started the Oral Roberts University School of Medicine in 1978 Severe financial difficulties with both of these institutions led to their closure in 1989 Oral Roberts s son Richard was named president in 1993 In January 1996 Golden Eagle Broadcasting a small digital satellite Christian and family programming television network owned and operated by Oral Roberts University was founded 17 On February 5 1997 several ORU students reportedly disrupted services at a mosque near the University of Tulsa The students mistakenly thought it was the 27th night of Ramadan when it was actually the 28th day of Ramadan A university spokesman indicated that the students would not be disciplined and that university officials were discussing with the students their accounts of the events which differed from what those attending services at the mosque reported On February 7 1997 the Islamic Society of Tulsa received a formal apology from Reverend Bill Shuler who led religious services on campus 18 Due to alleged discrimination against LGBT students at ORU Soulforce placed the university on its 2006 Equality Ride route with a rally taking place on March 20 2006 19 University administration refused the activists entrance to the campus which resulted in several activists being arrested after they entered despite the university administration s decision Soulforce members objected to the university s honor code pledge s ban on homosexual activity All students are required to sign and abide by the honor code which places the same restriction on all sexual activity outside traditional marriage of one man and one woman 20 While homosexual activity is against the school s honor code many LGBTQ students have still attended the school Over time ORU alumni have made groups such as ORU OUT and gay straight alliances to allow LGBTQ students and alumni to have social support groups 21 22 Since ORU OUT s founding some of the university s LGBTQ alumni have publicly marched in Tulsa s pride parade 23 In February 2007 ORU announced that it would offer new art degrees 24 Oral Roberts University large praying hands entrance from the air summer 2017 In 2010 ORU teamed up with the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference to open a bilingual Hispanic Center on campus The goals of this partnership include targeting a 25 Hispanic population within the student body and to reduce the approximately 50 high school dropout rate among Hispanic students 25 ORU was granted an exception to Title IX in 2017 which allows it to legally discriminate against LGBT students for religious reasons It is ranked among the Absolute Worst Campuses for LGBTQ Youth by Campus Pride 26 ORU and G12 Vision announced in 2019 they had reached an agreement over a partnership It was hoped that the agreement would make ORU s theological education more accessible worldwide 27 ORU moved to virtual classes for the remainder of the 2020 spring semester after the outbreak of the COVID 19 pandemic in the United States 28 In fall 2020 students were required to get tested for COVID 19 before moving into the dorms All students and staff were required to wear masks on campus at all times 29 The university also rearranged class schedules in order for the semester to end early 30 In 2021 the university expanded its campus through the addition of 3 new buildings a welcome center which broke ground in April Media Arts Center and library The expansion was part of ORU s 75 million campaign which allocated 60 million to these new structures with the remainder going towards student scholarships 31 ORU also announced in April 2021 the development of the Mike Carter Athletic Center which is expected to be over 40 000 square feet and renovation of the Mabee Center 32 Resignation of Richard Roberts Edit In October 2007 three former professors filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against ORU in Tulsa County The professors also alleged university president Richard Roberts misused university assets and illegally ordered the university to participate in Republican candidate Randi Miller s political campaign for Tulsa mayor 33 34 35 36 37 Wikisource has original text related to this article Swails Brooker Brooker v Oral Roberts University Lindsay Roberts the wife of Richard Roberts was accused of spending university funds on clothes awarding nonacademic scholarships to the children of family friends and sending text messages on university issued cell phones to underage males 36 The lawsuit also alleged a longtime maintenance employee was fired for the purpose of giving the job to an underage male friend of Lindsay Roberts 38 39 The plaintiffs filed an amended lawsuit adding the university s Board of Regents Oral and Richard Roberts along with George Pearsons Kenneth Copeland Creflo Dollar Michael A Hammer John Hagee Marilyn Hickey Jerry Savelle and Charles Watson to the suit and alleged that Roberts fired the university s financial comptroller and voluminous materials and documents were shredded and destroyed constituting spoliation of evidence The filing also alleged Lindsay Roberts had spent nights in the ORU guest house with a 16 year old male who also was allowed to live in the Roberts family residence on campus 40 41 On October 17 2007 Richard Roberts announced a temporary leave of absence as president of the university citing the toll the lawsuit and attendant allegations had taken on him and his family Billy Joe Daugherty became Executive Regent of the Board of Regents and Interim President Chairman of the Board George Pearsons noted the temporary resignation was not an admission of guilt 42 In November 2007 the tenured faculty of Oral Roberts University approved by a simple majority a non binding vote of no confidence in Richard Roberts 43 Roberts tendered his letter of resignation to the board of regents on November 23 44 45 Pearsons said the university planned to separate its finances and leadership from the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association to the apparent relief of many students and faculty members 46 On January 10 2008 ORU settled with plaintiff John Swails who was reinstated to his previous teaching position 47 48 The school also announced a formal search committee for a new president to be headed by board of regents member and Tulsa resident Glenda Payas 49 Tulsa evangelist Billy Joe Daugherty was named interim President and executive regent The same month the school was reportedly struggling financially with over 50 million in debt 50 Finances Edit ORU s operating budget for 2007 08 was over 82 million On January 14 2008 ORU s board of regents voted unanimously to accept 62 million from the Mart Green family the owners of Oklahoma City based Hobby Lobby Mardel educational and various Christian supply stores an offer which included changes to the university s governing board In October of that year an ORU spokesman said the university was still 52 5 million in debt The school accepted an additional 8 million from the Greens in November 51 52 Of the 82 million given to Oral Roberts University approximately half went toward eliminating its debt The remaining half was allocated to campus renovations technology upgrades academic enhancement financial aid for new and returning students marketing and operations according to the university website 53 In February 2008 the Renewing the Vision campaign was initiated in an effort to erase this debt To free the university from its burgeoning debt the board of trustees announced plans for a 25 million matching campaign 53 in which the board agreed to match dollar for dollar all donations 53 In addition to eliminating debt funds from the Renewing the Vision campaign contributed to the 2008 summer campus renovations as well as scholarships provided by the university 53 During the summer of 2008 10 million went to campus upgrades and deferred maintenance Many dormitories were extensively renovated and most other buildings received restoration and upgrades 54 In January 2009 the university s presidential search committee recommended Mark Rutland President of Southeastern University of the Assemblies of God in Florida to succeed Richard Roberts which the trustees approved 55 56 On January 14 Rutland confirmed that he had been offered the position and intended to accept it 57 The university began to implement the employment reduction plans laying off 53 employees and cutting about 40 unfilled positions 58 On January 29 2009 the Green family committed 10 4 million to additional campus renovations and upgrades to take place during summer 2009 Following Mart Green s contribution the university s debt was reduced to 25 million 59 The Prayer Tower On April 15 2009 Chairman of the Armand Hammer Foundation and university trustee Michael Armand Hammer made a 1 million donation to the school s Whole Person Scholarship 60 As of June 3 2009 donations and pledges had reduced the university s debt to 720 000 61 On September 23 2009 it was announced at the end of the university s chapel service that the school was debt free 62 The announcement was made two days before Rutland s September 25 2009 inauguration ceremony held at the Mabee Center 63 64 In December 2010 ORU announced that the Green family would make another 10 million gift in 2011 to be used for renovations and technology improvements The gift raised the Greens total donations to 110 million 65 LGBTQ discrimination on campus Edit On August 25 2015 ORU Administration learned of Sabrina Bradford s recent marriage to a woman and two days later she was informed she was not welcome back on campus 66 In March 2006 eight peaceful protesters were arrested while rallying across the street from ORU s main entrance 67 Ronnie Roberts the son of Oral Roberts came out as gay to the Rev Troy Perry founder of the Metropolitan Community Church in the early 1980s Six months later Ronnie Roberts committed suicide 68 As of December 7 2021 an online petition to Tell Oral Roberts University Change your anti LGBTQ honor code had gained over 10 000 signatures 69 70 March 2021 The Religious Exemption Accountability Project or REAP filed a class action lawsuit Hunter v the U S Department of Education on March 26 2021 against this campus and other named campuses citing the abuses that thousands of LGBTQ students endured at these colleges and universities over the years LGBTQ students document their own direct discrimination harassment and negative harms in the filing Those abuses include conversion therapy expulsion denial of housing and health care sexual and physical abuse and harassment The abuses also include the less visible but no less damaging consequences of institutionalized shame fear anxiety and loneliness 71 On November 1 2017 Billy Wilson preaches chapel service titled Holy Sex and says If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman both of them have done what is detestable they are put to death 72 Within three months of graduation Andrew Hartzler joined a class action lawsuit against the U S Department of Education seeking to strike down a religious exemption provision in U S civil rights law that allows ORU and other schools to receive federal funds despite such discriminatory policies The lawsuit contends it is a violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment and of the students equal protection rights 73 Presidential inauguration of William Wilson and recent history Edit On January 31 2013 ORU announced that William Billy Wilson executive director of the International Center for Spiritual Renewal and vice chair of the ORU board of trustees had been selected to succeed Rutland as president effective July 1 2013 74 A day earlier the ORU student newspaper had briefly posted an erroneous report on its website mistakenly identifying someone else as the new president Rutland criticized the report at a student assembly and the newspaper s longtime faculty adviser left the school the next day 75 In 2018 the university announced that it would retain Wilson as president for 10 years or at least until 2028 76 Under Wilson s presidency ORU completed a 50 million developmental campaign which helped construct its Global Learning Center and ONEOK Sports Complex 76 Student enrollment rose from approximately 3 000 in 2008 to over 4 100 in 2019 77 In 2020 the university began its 75 million Impact 2030 campaign a program focusing on making ORU a maximum global impact by 2030 A component of achieving this global impact will be ORU s goal of educating students from 195 nations 78 Fundraising this campaign is due to span over three years and be divided as such 60 million for buildings 10 million for international scholarships in order to enroll at least one student from every country around the world and 5 million for reconverting the university s current library into the Center for Global Leadership The David Green family has promised to match every campaign gift up to 45 million with a 3 to 1 match 77 Campus Edit Main campus building the Learning Resource and Graduate centers The campus began construction in 1963 with a futuristic look and architecture which historian Margaret Grubiak noted as being inspired by the 1933 Chicago World s Fair 79 Architects Stanfield Imel amp Walton of Tulsa designed the 1963 master plan but most of the buildings were designed by Tulsa architect Frank Wallace 80 In 1981 the City of Faith Medical and Research Center opened The buildings were south of the ORU campus and were originally built as a 60 story clinic a 30 story hospital and a 20 story research center The original tenants left in 1989 because of financial problems and a lack of demand for medical services As of 2007 some floors in the 20 story building have never been leased The facility is now mostly leased out as commercial office space under the name CityPlex Towers A 60 ft 18 2 m 30 ton bronze sculpture Healing Hands by sculptor Leonard McMurray cast in Ciudad Juarez Mexico in 1980 and originally in front of the towers was moved to the ORU campus entrance in the summer of 1991 81 By 2007 the campus was described as a perfect representation of the popular modernistic architecture of the time the set of The Jetsons but also shabby and dated like Disney s Tomorrowland 35 82 83 Interviewed in 2010 Wallace characterized his ORU buildings as sculptures noting that an inspiration for his artistic sensibility was whittling since I was a kid 84 It has also been suggested that the buildings may have been inspired by Tulsa s art deco architectural heritage 85 86 along with Bruce Goff s individualistic style and creative use of new materials 87 Maintenance of the many unique but aging buildings structures and architectural details on campus was cited as a growing problem for the university 88 In 2008 10 million was set aside from Green family donations for long deferred maintenance on many campus buildings along with the Prayer Tower The Green family donated another 10 million for work during the summer of 2009 89 In 2011 the Prayer Tower was renovated and returned to its original function as a place for prayer 90 ORU opened its Global Learning Center and the ONEOK Sports Complex a track stadium with tennis courts in 2017 91 92 The campus added its first student housing since 1976 the Niko Njotorahardjo Residence Hall in 2019 It also started a 75 million fund for scholarships and campus expansion 93 94 Howard Auditorium and the Prayer Tower the gas flame at the top of the tower is barely visible in this photograph The front entrance onto campus is a divided landscaped roadway originally called The Avenue of Flags and now renamed Billy Joe Daugherty circle lined with lighted flags representing the more than 60 nations from which ORU students have come The main academic building is the John D Messick Learning Resource Center Marajen Chinigo Graduate Center an immense 900 000 square foot 80 000 m2 facility with many pylon like columns gold tinted windows and a lozenge shaped footprint that university publicity says was styled after King Solomon s Temple The Howard Auditorium is a gold Buckminster Fuller style geodesic dome used for movies theatre productions classes and seminars Biweekly university chapel services are held in Christ s Chapel a 3 500 seat building constructed in drape like fashion as an echo of Oral Roberts s early tent revivals The Googie style Prayer Tower at the center of campus was intended to resemble an abstract cross and Crown of Thorns and also houses a visitor center The Mabee Center is an 11 000 seat arena on the southwestern edge of campus and is used for basketball games concerts church services and satellite television productions Timko Barton Hall houses musical and theatrical performance halls as well as classrooms devoted to the university s programs in the performing arts The building s performance halls are often the scene of concerts and recitals by performing arts students The Kenneth H Cooper Aerobics Center houses basketball courts an elevated running track a free weights and exercise room a swimming pool and classrooms for students who are enrolled in health fitness courses a requirement for all students J L Johnson Stadium is a 2 200 seat baseball stadium located on the north of the campus The Armand Hammer Alumni Student Center was designed by KSQ Architects PC and constructed and completed in 2013 It is the first building to be built on the ORU campus in decades It totes the largest TV in Oklahoma a living room for students a gaming center equipped with Wiis and Xboxes pool tables ping pong and more The building is a modern design fitting for the campus Students also enjoy addition restaurants and a coffee shop The Armand Hammer Student Alumni Center also houses student government offices as well as board rooms for special meetings No classes meet in this building it is strictly for the use and enjoyment of the student body The Hamill Student Center is between Ellis Melvin Roberts and Claudius Priscilla Roberts Halls and houses restaurants on its lower level Zoppelt Auditorium is on the ground level and is often used as a lecture hall for classes forums and special events Campus Security and the Fireside Room are also on ground level with the university cafeteria called Saga by students on the upper level 95 Housing Edit There are eight residence halls on campus The university has strict guidelines concerning student access to the upper floors of residence halls by members of the opposite sex which is limited to designated occasions called Open Dorms Claudius Priscilla Roberts Hall is a seven story building built in 1965 that can house up to 600 women 95 Called Claudius by students the building is named after Oral Roberts s mother Ellis Melvin Roberts Hall is a seven story building also built in 1967 that can house up to 600 men 95 Called EMR by campus residents this dormitory is similar to Claudius Priscilla Roberts Hall but has some differences notably walls made of concrete blocks rather than sheet rock two elevators instead of one and laundry facilities in the basement instead of on every floor According to the university these two tri winged buildings are meant to reflect the Trinity 96 The four Towers residence halls Michael Cardone Wesley Leuhring Susie Vinson and Frances Cardone Frances Cardone Hall originally Ethel Hughes Hall is a 12 story building for up to 372 women 95 This is one of the four Towers dormitories meant to represent the Star of David 97 The building is called Frances by university students Michael Cardone Sr Hall originally Edward Hughes Hall is the twin dormitory to Frances and houses up to 372 men 95 It is linked to the three other Towers dormitories by a central hallway and the main lobby area called the Fishbowl for its glass exterior walls Susie Vinson Hall is one of two shorter Towers housing 244 women on eight stories and known as Susie 95 Wesley Leuhring Hall called Wesley by students is the twin dormitory of Susie and is alike in both capacity and design 95 In the summer of 2017 Wesley was converted into a women s dorm and was to be called Susie North Gabrielle Christian Salem Hall is a three story split level dormitory west of Timko Barton Hall and called Gabby by the students It can house up to 240 women and has secured doors that open using university issued cards There are in room bathroom facilities on the first and second floors 95 Niko Njotorahardjo Hall named after the founder and senior pastor of an Indonesian church and ministry opened for the fall 2019 semester It was ORU s first new student housing project since 1976 and contains 240 beds in apartment and dorm style rooms 98 Chapel Edit The university has weekly chapel services in Christ s Chapel which are recorded and broadcast live through the university s television station and also via satellite 99 A typical chapel service features contemporary worship a missions offering special music and a sermon typically from President William Wilson as well as special guests including some of the world s biggest and most well known pastors evangelists and spiritual leaders Attendance at Chapel is mandatory and attendance is taken by student leadership 20 Academics Edit Christ s Chapel as seen from the gardens surrounding the Prayer Tower ORU is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission Some programs have additional specialized accreditation as shown in this list of the academic colleges and accreditors College Program Accrediting BodyCollege of Business Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs ACBSP College of Education National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education NCATE and the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation OCTP College of Science and Engineering Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology ABET Anna Vaughn College of Nursing National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission NLNAC and the Oklahoma Board of Nursing OBN College of Theology and Ministry Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada ATS Social Work Council on Social Work Education CSWE In addition to its undergraduate programs the university also has a graduate seminary and graduate programs in business education and computer science 100 ORU has signed an early assurance program with the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences in 2011 allowing high achieving students to receive conditional admission to OSU s osteopathic medical school program 101 ORU is also one of the few undergraduate colleges in the southwest to have a human cadaver dissection class citation needed While ORU is considered a Christian university the College of Science and Engineering does not ignore evolutionary theories to teach creationism citation needed From its founding ORU has placed emphasis on Charismatic doctrines of Christianity its initial presidential leadership including Oral Roberts and his son Richard Roberts also espoused the doctrine of seed faith 102 This belief was closely connected to fundraising efforts by both Oral and Richard 103 While the majority of ORU staff were happy with including other doctrines of faith some such as Charles Farah have disagreed publicly indirectly leading to the publishing of a PhD thesis from a student a number of years later about his opinions on seed faith 104 Student life EditThe university s residential policy requires all unmarried undergraduate students younger than 25 to live on campus although exceptions are made for those students who live with their parents in the Tulsa area 105 Men and women are housed in separate dormitory facilities on campus with student access to housing of the opposite sex largely restricted In addition to having a chaplain on every wing of each dormitory there are also residential advisers for each floor who enforce curfew take attendance at Chapel services and serve as go to persons for students on their floors Every Monday night is a mandatory Hall Meeting at which announcements are made by dorm leadership 106 All students are required to sign a pledge stating they will live according to the university s honor code Prohibited activities include lying cursing smoking drinking and a range of sexual acts including homosexual behavior and sex outside marriage 20 In early 2003 the student dress code was relaxed for the first time in 40 years and described as business casual For most of the school s history men were required to wear collared shirts and ties and women were required to wear skirts an exception for winter months was added in 2000 In 2006 campus wide dress code rules were eased further allowing students to wear jeans to class and dress more casually in non academic settings Since 2009 men are allowed to have neatly trimmed facial hair Restrictions on men s hair length were relaxed in 2013 107 108 Athletics EditMain article Oral Roberts Golden Eagles Oral Roberts University is a member of The Summit League after leaving its former conference home Southland Conference in July 2014 109 Its athletic programs include basketball cross country golf soccer and tennis along with track and field for men and women There is also a baseball program for men and volleyball for women ORU s early sports team nicknames were the Titans for men and the Lady Titans for women adopted in 1965 by a vote of the student body On April 30 1993 all teams for both men and women became known as the Golden Eagles ORU s mascot is Eli the golden eagle who hatched out of his papier mache egg on November 17 1993 before the start of an exhibition basketball game as the official symbol of a new era in ORU athletics The mascot s name is an acronym for education life skills and integrity Notable players include Max Abmas men s basketball Jose Trevino and Alex Chi Chi Gonzalez baseball Kevi Luper women s basketball Jeffery Gibson track and field Jack Whitt track and field and Austin Hannah golf 110 111 Basketball Edit Main articles Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men s basketball and Oral Roberts Golden Eagles women s basketball The women s basketball team has appeared in four NCAA tournaments in the past eight seasons In 2018 former NBA player Lee Mayberry was appointed as assistant coach for the women s basketball team 112 Paul Mills has been the head coach of the Golden Eagles men s basketball team since 2017 113 On March 19 2021 the ORU men s basketball team defeated the 2 seed Ohio State in the 2021 NCAA tournament as a 15 seed in the first round This was the first time a 15 seed won an NCAA tournament game since Middle Tennessee defeated Michigan State in the first round of the 2016 NCAA tournament 114 ORU then defeated 7 seed Florida in the Round of 32 to advance to the Sweet Sixteen It is only the second 15 seed to ever reach the Sweet Sixteen after Florida Gulf Coast in 2013 115 Player Max Abmas was named the Summit League Men s Basketball Player of the Year in March 2021 116 Baseball Edit Main article Oral Roberts Golden Eagles baseball The ORU baseball team has played in 21 NCAA regional tournaments ORU advanced to the College World Series in 1978 In 2006 ORU advanced to the NCAA Super Regional against Clemson ORU baseball once won 12 consecutive conference championships and played in 12 consecutive NCAA regional tournaments 1998 to 2009 117 Notable alumni EditThis article s list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia s verifiability policy Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations September 2021 This article is in list format but may read better as prose You can help by converting this article if appropriate Editing help is available August 2021 Name Known for Relationship to Oral Roberts UniversityDaniel Amen Psychiatrist and author 118 119 Doctorate ORU School of Medicine 1982Jared Anderson MusicianMichele Bachmann U S Congress member J D 1986 from ORU affiliate Coburn School of Law 120 Scott Thompson Baker Actor 121 Andretti Bain NCAA champion sprinter Olympic medal winner for Bahamas in 2008 122 David Barton Author and commentator 123 124 Doug Bernier Major League Baseball 125 Steve Holm Major League Baseball 126 Todd Burns Major League Baseball 127 John Allen Chau Missionary who illegally approached the Sentinelese 128 Kenneth Copeland Minister 129 Billy Joe Daugherty Pastor television personality and interim president of the universityJon Egan Worship artist B A Organizational Interpersonal Communications 2001 130 Kathie Lee Gifford American singer songwriter and actress 131 Chi Chi Gonzalez Major League BaseballBrian Graden Television executive B A Business 1985 132 Michael Graham Talk radio host and authorTed Haggard Evangelical minister 131 Graduate of 1978 133 Adam Hamilton Pastor U M C and author B A Pastoral Ministry 1985 134 135 Kari Jobe Singer 136 Keith Lockhart Major League Baseball 127 Ron Luce Founder President Teen Mania Ministries B A Theology 1983 137 Ron Meridith Major League Baseball 127 Keith Miller Major League Baseball 127 Don Moen MusicianMike Moore Major League Baseball 127 Prince Mumba Runner represented Zambia at the 2004 and 2012 Olympics 138 Joel Osteen Pastor attended one semesterPaul Osteen Medical Missionary 139 B S M D Ross Parsley Pastor B A Organizational Interpersonal Communications 140 Carlton Pearson BishopLora Reinbold Alaskan politician B S business administration 1987 141 Richard Roberts Evangelist and former Oral Roberts University president B A M Th D Min 142 Alberto Rodriguez Humanitarian Worker 143 144 B S in Finance Clifton Taulbert Author B A Ryan Tedder Singer songwriter producerHaywoode Workman National 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