On Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, Ohio Christian University is hosting a celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. Festivities begin at 7:00 p.m. in the Maxwell Library and finish by 8:30 p.m.
The evening is headlined by special guest speaker Reverend Gerhard Kraus of Trinity Lutheran Church in Circleville. Rev. Kraus' presentation on the Reformation will be followed by a panel Q&A session with Rev. Kraus, Prof. Ben Williamson, and OCU students Marcus Chong and Abigail Adams.
Themed refreshments will be served. Crossroads Church in Circleville is providing “Candy Care Packages” to the first forty students to arrive.
Attendees will also receive a bound copy of papers written by current Church History students in response to recent scholarship on the Reformation.
The entire campus and Circleville community are invited.
Please join us as we celebrate an event that continues to resonate five hundred years later!
Articles of Interest
File the FAFSA in just 22 minutes
Published: February 3, 2021
Filing the FAFSA isn’t as complicated or time-consuming as it seems – you
only need about 6 documents and 22 minutes! In the time it takes you to catch
up on your social media feed, you can take the critical first step in getting
the money you need to attend college.
Here’s a checklist of everything you need:
An FSA ID. Your FSA ID allows you to log in to your account, sign the FAFSA
and make changes or add schools. You and your parent must create separate FSA
IDs. Create this first!
You and your parent’s Social Security or Alien Registration number.
Here’s what to do if your
Filing the FAFSA isn’t as complicated or time-consuming as it seems – you
only need about 6 documents and 22 minutes! In the time it takes you to catch
up on your social media feed, you can take the critical first step in getting
the money you need to attend college.
Here’s a checklist of everything you need:
An FSA ID. Your FSA ID allows you to log in to your account, sign the FAFSA
and
Filing the FAFSA isn’t as complicated or time-consuming as it seems – you
only need about 6 documents and 22 minutes! In the time it takes you to catch
up on your social media feed, you can take
Archived Articles of Interest
Lifelong Learning
Published: January 2, 2018
by Dr. Hank Kelly, OCU Provost
As the soil of the Earth needs to be fed to blossom, our brains are the
absorbent sponge waiting to be fed with new ideas and concepts. Water it
daily to stimulate growth, and you will yield a bountiful harvest of
information and knowledge. –Matt Mayberry
An education is important and prepares you to succeed in life, but if you do
not continue to learn, increasing in knowledge and skills, you will
eventually stagnate. All too often promising leaders plateau early in their
careers—because they stopped learning. Even if you never change jobs
again,
by Dr. Hank Kelly, OCU Provost
As the soil of the Earth needs to be fed to blossom, our brains are the
absorbent sponge waiting to be fed with new ideas and concepts. Water it
daily to stimulate growth, and you will yield a bountiful harvest of
information and knowledge. –Matt Mayberry
An education is important and prepares you to succeed in life, but if you do
not continue to learn,
by Dr. Hank Kelly, OCU Provost
As the soil of the Earth needs to be fed to blossom, our brains are the
absorbent sponge waiting to be fed with new ideas and concepts. Water it
daily to stimulate
Student Profile: AYA Math Teacher Ed Major Leads by Example
Published: December 26, 2017
Clarissa Crowley, one of the first Adolescence to Young Adult Education (AYA)
Mathematics majors at Ohio Christian University, set her sights high when she
decided to major in STEM education to transform young lives.
Serving as a ‘guinea pig’ for the new AYA curriculum with its advanced,
yet enticing, and rigorous materials, Crowley’s goal for herself is not
only propelling her into the future, but also enabling her to demonstrate
faith-based leadership to her peers.
Becoming a servant leader wasn’t always in the cards for Crowley. Higher
education seemed unobtainable to her until a
Clarissa Crowley, one of the first Adolescence to Young Adult Education (AYA)
Mathematics majors at Ohio Christian University, set her sights high when she
decided to major in STEM education to transform young lives.
Serving as a ‘guinea pig’ for the new AYA curriculum with its advanced,
yet enticing, and rigorous materials, Crowley’s goal for herself is not
only propelling her into the
Clarissa Crowley, one of the first Adolescence to Young Adult Education (AYA)
Mathematics majors at Ohio Christian University, set her sights high when she
decided to major in STEM education to
Christmas in the Wesleyan Tradition
Published: December 6, 2017
An Interview with Prof. Larry Olson, Chair, Department of Psychology
Q: Thanks for taking time to discuss how studying theories of personality
helps us better understand human behavior and society, especially from a
Christian perspective where faith in Christ transforms personality. Now, as
we celebrate Christmas and the new year, can you explain how studying
psychology illuminates and inspires the individual in society, the human
condition?
LO: Sure. Great question! In our Integration of Faith and Psychology
course, we talk about personality theories. Why do we need them?
An Interview with Prof. Larry Olson, Chair, Department of Psychology
Q: Thanks for taking time to discuss how studying theories of personality
helps us better understand human behavior and society, especially from a
Christian perspective where faith in Christ transforms personality. Now, as
we celebrate Christmas and the new year, can you explain how studying
psychology illuminates and
An Interview with Prof. Larry Olson, Chair, Department of Psychology
Q: Thanks for taking time to discuss how studying theories of personality
helps us better understand human behavior and society
Hope Springs Anew–OCU Responds to Opioid Crisis
Published: November 28, 2017
As the tragic effects of opioid addiction continue to grip the nation, in
Ohio efforts to address them are well underway through initiatives by
organizations such as Propel Ohio and Ohio Christian University.
On Nov. 17, Teacher Education Professors Valerie Jones and Angela Flowers,
along with student majors Maddy McCain and Emily Morton, attended Propel
Ohio’s Collegiate Leadership Conference on the effect of poverty and the
opioid crisis on Ohio youth. They joined some 600 attendees in the
University of Akron’s historic Quaker Station conference center to hear
Ohio Senators Sherrod
As the tragic effects of opioid addiction continue to grip the nation, in
Ohio efforts to address them are well underway through initiatives by
organizations such as Propel Ohio and Ohio Christian University.
On Nov. 17, Teacher Education Professors Valerie Jones and Angela Flowers,
along with student majors Maddy McCain and Emily Morton, attended Propel
Ohio’s Collegiate Leadership
As the tragic effects of opioid addiction continue to grip the nation, in
Ohio efforts to address them are well underway through initiatives by
organizations such as Propel Ohio and Ohio Christian
A Wesleyan’s Debt to Luther on Reformation's 500th Anniversary
Published: October 30, 2017
By Prof. Ben Williamson
One is tempted to ask what has Wittenberg to do with Circleville? The answer
is Wittenberg’s impact on the spiritual ancestors of the American Holiness
Movement cannot be overstated. Discoveries made by Luther that led to the
moment on October 31, 1517, when he nailed his “95 Theses” to the
Wittenberg Chapel door had a profound effect upon John Wesley. All
Wesleyans are children of the Reformation.
The three great hallmarks of Reformation theology are: Salvation by grace
through faith alone, Sola Scriptura (scripture alone), and the priesthood of
all
By Prof. Ben Williamson
One is tempted to ask what has Wittenberg to do with Circleville? The answer
is Wittenberg’s impact on the spiritual ancestors of the American Holiness
Movement cannot be overstated. Discoveries made by Luther that led to the
moment on October 31, 1517, when he nailed his “95 Theses” to the
Wittenberg Chapel door had a profound effect upon John Wesley. All
Wesleyans
By Prof. Ben Williamson
One is tempted to ask what has Wittenberg to do with Circleville? The answer
is Wittenberg’s impact on the spiritual ancestors of the American Holiness
Movement cannot be
