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Oral Roberts University
Motto:	Educating the whole person
Established	1963
Type:	Private
Endowment:	$33 million[3]
President:	Billy Joe Daugherty (acting)
Undergraduates:	3200[4]
Postgraduates:	590[5]
Location	Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Campus:	Suburban
Nickname:	Golden Eagles
Website:	www.oru.edu

Oral Roberts University or ORU, based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is a charismatic Christian university with an enrollment of about 5,300 students from most US states along with a number of international students.^[1] The university is named for its founder, evangelist Oral Roberts. Image File history File links ORU_Logo. ... For other uses, see Motto (disambiguation). ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... For other uses, see 1963 (disambiguation). ... A private university is a university that is run without the control of any government entity. ... A financial endowment is a transfer of money or property donated to an institution, with the stipulation that it be invested, and the principal remain intact. ... University President is the title of the highest ranking officer within a university, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Chancellor or rector. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... Degree ceremony at Cambridge. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Oklahoma Coordinates: , Country State Counties Tulsa, Osage, Rogers Government  - Mayor Kathy Taylor (D) Area  - City 186. ... For other uses, see Oklahoma (disambiguation). ... Illustration of the backyards of a surburban neighbourhood Suburbs are inhabited districts located either on the outer rim of a city or outside the official limits of a city (the term varies from country to country), or the outer elements of a conurbation. ... The athletic nickname, or equivalently athletic moniker, of a university or college within the United States of America is the name officially adopted by that institution for at least the members of its athletic teams. ... For other uses, see Golden Eagle (disambiguation). ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Nickname: Location in the state of Oklahoma Coordinates: , Country State Counties Tulsa, Osage, Rogers Government  - Mayor Kathy Taylor (D) Area  - City 186. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      The charismatic movement began... For the community in Florida, see University, Florida. ... Look up evangelist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article is about Oral Roberts, the Christian televangelist. ...

Education

ORU claims "educating the whole person" as one of its core values. According to the university, this means educating the mind, body and spirit. For example, all students are required to attend a physical education course every semester and are expected to maintain personal physical fitness. Students also must attend chapel services twice a week and there are student chaplains for each wing or floor of on-campus housing. For other uses, see Mind (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Body (disambiguation). ... The English word spirit comes from the Latin spiritus (breath). // The English word spirit comes from the Latin spiritus, meaning breath (compare spiritus asper), but also soul, courage, vigor, ultimately from a PIE root *(s)peis- (to blow). In the Vulgate, the Latin word translates Greek (πνευμα), pneuma (Hebrew (רוח) ruah), as... Physical education (PE) is the interdisciplinary study of all area of science relating to the transmission of physical knowledge and skills to an individual or a group, the application of these skills, and their results. ... Physical fitness is an attribute required for service in virtually all military forces. ... A chapel is a private church, usually small and often attached to a larger institution such as a college, a hospital, a palace, or a prison. ...

ORU offers undergraduate programs in theology, business, music, communication arts, modern languages, behavioral sciences, graphics, education, chemistry, computer science, mathematical science, engineering, physics, English, history, humanities, government and nursing. The university also has a seminary and a limited graduate education program including a business school. In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... Theology finds its scholars pursuing the understanding of and providing reasoned discourse of religion, spirituality and God or the gods. ... In economics, a business is a legally-recognized organizational entity existing within an economically free country designed to sell goods and/or services to consumers, usually in an effort to generate profit. ... For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). ... Communication Arts is a magazine that highlights and features articles about graphic design, photography, and advertising. ... A modern language is any human language that is used by societies in the world today. ... Behavioural sciences (or Behavioral science) is a term that encompasses all the disciplines that explores the behaviour and strategies within and between organisms in the natural world. ... Graphic redirects here. ... For other uses, see Chemistry (disambiguation). ... Computer science, or computing science, is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their implementation and application in computer systems. ... Mathematics is commonly defined as the study of patterns of structure, change, and space; more informally, one might say it is the study of figures and numbers. Mathematical knowledge is constantly growing, through research and application, but mathematics itself is not usually considered a natural science. ... Engineering is the discipline of acquiring and applying knowledge of design, analysis, and/or construction of works for practical purposes. ... A magnet levitating above a high-temperature superconductor demonstrates the Meissner effect. ... English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S., Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, India, South Africa, and the Middle East, among other areas), English linguistics (including English phonetics, phonology... This article is about the study of the past in human terms. ... For other uses, see Humanities (disambiguation). ... Nursing is a profession focused on assisting individuals, families, and communities in attaining, re-attaining, and maintaining optimal health and functioning. ... For the Ecuadorian artist, see Manuel Rendón Seminario. ... In economics, a business is a legally-recognized organizational entity existing within an economically free country designed to sell goods and/or services to consumers, usually in an effort to generate profit. ...

Student codes

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, gambling and a range of sexual acts including homosexual behavior. In early 2004 the student dress code was much relaxed for the first time in forty years and described as business casual. For most of the school's history men were required to wear button-down shirts and ties while women were required to wear skirts (an exception for winter months was added in 2000). In 2006 campus-wide dress code rules were eased even further, allowing students to wear jeans to class and dress even more casually in non-academic settings. Restrictions on men concerning hair length, facial hair and earrings remain.^[2] An honor code or honor system is a set of rules or principles governing a community based on a set of rules or ideals that define what constitutes honorable behavior within that community. ... A lie is a statement made by someone who believes or suspects it to be false, in the expectation that the hearers may believe it. ... Look up Profanity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The cigarette is the most common method of smoking tobacco. ... Alcoholic beverages An alcoholic beverage is a drink containing ethanol, commonly known as alcohol, although in chemistry the definition of alcohol includes many other compounds. ... Gamble redirects here. ... This article is about human sexual perceptions. ... Homosexuality refers to sexual interaction and / or romantic attraction between individuals of the same sex. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Business casual, sometimes called smart casual, is a potentially confusing dress code, due to its oxymoronic construction. ...

Futuristic architecture

Main campus building, the Learning Resource and Graduate centers

The campus was built in 1963 with a noted futuristic look and architecture. By 2007 its appearance 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."^[3][4][5] Maintenance of the many unique but aging buildings, structures and architectural details on campus has been cited as a growing problem for the university.^[6] Download high resolution version (2048x1360, 1248 KB)Photograph of the Learning Resource Center - Graduate Center on the campus of Oral Roberts University taken in Tulsa, Oklahoma on 15 September 2004 by Dustin M. Ramsey. ... Download high resolution version (2048x1360, 1248 KB)Photograph of the Learning Resource Center - Graduate Center on the campus of Oral Roberts University taken in Tulsa, Oklahoma on 15 September 2004 by Dustin M. Ramsey. ... Perspective drawing from La Citta Nuova by SantElia, 1914. ... The Jetsons - Clockwise: Rosie, George, Jane, Judy, Elroy, and Astro The Jetsons was an animated prime-time television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions from 1962 to 1963. ... For the company founded by Disney, see The Walt Disney Company. ... Tomorrowland is one of the many themed lands at the many Disneyland parks run by The Walt Disney Company around the world. ...

The main entrance onto campus is a divided, landscaped roadway called The Avenue of Flags, lined with lighted flags representing the more than 60 nations from which ORU students have been drawn. The main academic building on campus 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-coloured windows and a lozenge shaped footprint which university publicity says was styled after King Solomon's Temple. The Howard Auditorium is a gold, Buckminster Fuller style geodesic dome which is used for movies, theatre productions, classes and seminars. Bi-weekly 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' 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. In 1981 the City of Faith Medical and Research Center opened adjacent to the south side of campus with a 60 story hospital but closed in 1989 because of financial problems. In 2007 some floors remained uncompleted since construction 26 years earlier. The facility is now mostly leased out as commercial office space under the name CityPlex. A 60 ft (18.2 m), 30 ton sculpture called Praying Hands cast in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico in 1980 which had originally stood in front of the complex (and was reportedly the largest bronze structure in the United States) was moved to the nearby campus entrance in 1992.^[7] A square foot is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 foot long. ... A lozenge (â—Š) is a form of rhombus. ... 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History

Main entrance to campus and The Avenue of Flags

Oral Roberts founded the institution in 1963, claiming God had told him, "Build Me a University. Build it on My Authority, and on the Holy Spirit," and "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." The first students enrolled in 1965. Download high resolution version (2048x1360, 1423 KB)Photograph of the Praying Hands bronze scructure at the main entrance to the campus of Oral Roberts University taken in Tulsa, Oklahoma on 15 September 2004 by Dustin M. Ramsey. ... Download high resolution version (2048x1360, 1423 KB)Photograph of the Praying Hands bronze scructure at the main entrance to the campus of Oral Roberts University taken in Tulsa, Oklahoma on 15 September 2004 by Dustin M. Ramsey. ... This article is about Oral Roberts, the Christian televangelist. ... For other uses, see 1963 (disambiguation). ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Relation to other religions Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      // In... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      In mainstream... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ...

The school was accredited in 1971 by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.^[8] It is also accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada.^[9] Oral Roberts' son Richard Roberts was named president in 1993. In October 2007 Roberts took a leave of absence, citing a lawsuit filed by former ORU professors. Tulsa evangelist Billy Joe Daugherty and Oral Roberts were named executive regent and interim president of the university amid a widely publicized scandal and Richard Roberts resigned the following month. The North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA) is one of six regional accreditation organizations recognized by the United States Department of Education. ... The Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada (ATS) is an organization of seminaries and other graduate schools of theology. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... This article is about Oral Roberts, the Christian televangelist. ...

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Oral Roberts University reportedly owes over $50 million

In October 2007 the school was reportedly "struggling financially" with over $50 million in debt.^[10] ORU's operating budget for 2007-2008 was more than $82 million. Image File history File links WikiNews-Logo. ... Wikinews is a free-content news source and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. ...

Medical and law schools closed

Along with its development of the City of Faith Medical and Research Center the university started the Oral Roberts University School of Medicine in 1981 but severe financial difficulties with both of these institutions led to the medical school's closure in 1989. 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.^[11] CityPlex Towers, formerly City of Faith Medical and Research Center, is a large office space complex in Tulsa, Oklahoma. ... Marion Gordon Pat Robertson (born March 22, 1930) is a televangelist from the United States. ... Regent University is an accredited private, interdenominational Christian university that was founded by the American televangelist Pat Robertson in 1978. ...

Controversy and scandal

Doctrine

ORU has been criticized for endorsing unorthodox doctrines of faith. Critics cite Oral Roberts' connection with Word of Faith doctrine and how this has been used for self promotion and justification of economic materialism. Oral Roberts helped pioneer the concept of "Seed Faith," which associated acts of God with the results of an individual's previous investment into God's will, like a plant growing from the investment of a seed. Critics claim this is equivalent to believing miracles can be bought and makes God into a manipulable party. “Orthodox” redirects here. ... For other uses, see Faith (disambiguation). ... Word of Faith, also known as Word-Faith or simply Faith, is a teaching within neo-pentecostal and charismatic churches worldwide. ... Materialism refers to how a person or group chooses to spend their resources, particularly money and time. ... Word of Faith, also known as Word-Faith or simply Faith, is a teaching within Pentecostal and charismatic churches worldwide. ... For other uses, see Miracle (disambiguation). ...

Some of the earliest criticisms of the Word of Faith movement came from ORU faculty members including Professor Charles Farah and one of his students, Daniel Ray McConnell. McConnell submitted a PhD thesis to the university detailing his assertion that the teachings of the movement are heretical. This was later published as A Different Gospel in 1988.^[12] Charles Farah, Jr. ...

Lawsuit, scandal and resignation of president

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In October 2007 a lawsuit was filed in Tulsa County by three former professors who claimed to have been wrongfully terminated. They 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. This occurred while the tax-exempt university was working lawfully with the Republican National Committee on out-of-state projects as part of a long-standing, pre-approved curriculum which had been in place for several years.^[13][14] Other allegations against Roberts include claims he used university funds to pay for his daughter's trip to The Bahamas by providing the university jet and billing other costs to the school, maintains a stable of horses on campus and at university expense for the exclusive use of his children, regularly summons university and ministry staff to the Roberts house to do his daughters’ homework, has remodeled his house at university expense 11 times in the past 14 years, allowed the university to be billed both for damage done by his daughters to university-owned golf carts and for video-taped vandalism caused by one of his minor daughters, later alleged to be Chloe Roberts (along with benefiting from school property she allegedly stole during the same incident, even after he was informed) and acquired a red Mercedes convertible and a white Lexus SUV for his wife Lindsay through ministry donors.^{[15] [16]} Image File history File links WikiNews-Logo. ... Wikinews is a free-content news source and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. ... Randi Miller is an American Republican County Commissioner for Tulsa County, Oklahoma. ... The Republican National Committee (RNC) provides national leadership for the Republican Party of the United States. ... The Lexus LX is a full-size luxury SUV sold by Lexus, the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Toyota. ...

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Swails, Brooker, Brooker v. Oral Roberts University

Lindsay Roberts, who is referred to in ORU publicity as the university's "first lady," is accused of spending tens of thousands of dollars of university funds on clothes, awarding nonacademic scholarships to the children of family friends and sending text messages, mostly sent between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m., on university-issued cell phones to people described in the lawsuit as "underage males."^[17] The lawsuit also alleges a longtime maintenance employee was fired for the purpose of giving the job to an underage male friend of Lindsay Roberts.^[18] Image File history File links Wikisource-logo. ... The original Wikisource logo. ... This article is about scholarship (noun) and scholarship as a form of financial aid. ...

Richard Roberts told students during his weekly chapel, "This lawsuit ...is about intimidation, blackmail and extortion." Former ORU professor Tim Brooker, one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, questioned the university's survival. "All over that campus," said Brooker, "there are signs up that say, 'And God said, build me a university, build it on my authority, and build it on the Holy Spirit.' Unfortunately, ownership has shifted."^[19]

United Church of Christ Bishop Carlton Pearson, a former protege of Oral Roberts, said Richard Roberts was "born into privilege... What others may call extravagance he may not see it as extravagant." According to CNN, Pearson said he was disappointed but not surprised by the allegations, explaining, "These kinds of things are common among family-owned and operated businesses and ministries. They don't cross every T and dot every I."^[20] Disambiguation: This article is about the United States denomination known as United Church of Christ. ... Carlton Pearson is an evangelical minister based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. ...

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On 12 October the plaintiffs filed an amended lawsuit adding the university's Board of Regents (George Pearsons, Kenneth Copeland, Creflo Dollar, Michael A. Hammer, John Hagee, Marilyn Hickey, Oral Roberts, Richard L. Roberts, Jerry Savelle and Charles Watson) to the suit and alleging three days after the original lawsuit was filed, Roberts fired the university's financial comptroller (who had been employed by ORU for 26 years) and "witnesses have reported voluminous materials and documents were shredded and destroyed, constituting spoilation of evidence." The filing also alleged Lindsay Roberts had spent at least nine nights in the ORU guest house with an underage 16 year old male who also was allowed to live in the Roberts family residence on campus, a situation which made their oldest daughter so uncomfortable, she insisted deadbolt locks be installed on all bedroom doors in the house.^[21] Image File history File links WikiNews-Logo. ... Wikinews is a free-content news source and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. ... George Pearsons is a pastor at Eagle Mountain Church, an arm of Kenneth Copeland Ministries, in Newark, Texas. ... Kenneth Copeland (born December 6, 1936 in Lubbock, Texas) is a prominent and highly controversial Word of Faith television evangelist and the founder of a Christian religious organization called Kenneth Copeland Ministries. ... Creflo Augustus Dollar, Jr. ... John C. Hagee (b. ... – This does not cite its references or sources. ... This article is about Oral Roberts, the Christian televangelist. ... Richard Roberts (born November 12, 1948, Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American televangelist and a former president of Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. ... Jerry Savelle is president of Jerry Savelle Ministries International (JSMI), a ministry of many outreaches devoted to meeting the needs of believers all over the world. ... Charles Chuck Watson ( 1899 - January 1, 2005) was the founder of The Natural Gas Clearinghouse. ...

In a written response to the later allegations Lindsay Roberts said, "I live my life in a morally upright manner and throughout my marriage have never, ever engaged in any sexual behavior with any man outside of my marriage as the accusations imply. Allegations against me in a lawsuit yesterday are not true. They sicken me to my soul." In a separate written statement the university denied "purposely or improperly" destroying documents.^[22]

Resignation of Richard Roberts

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On 17 October Richard Roberts announced a "temporary leave of absence" as president of the university, citing the "toll" the lawsuit and attendant allegations have taken on him and his family. Billy Joe Daugherty of Victory Christian Center 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.^[23] Image File history File links WikiNews-Logo. ... Wikinews is a free-content news source and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. ... George Pearsons is a pastor at Eagle Mountain Church, an arm of Kenneth Copeland Ministries, in Newark, Texas. ...

In November 2007 former board of regents member Harry McNevin claimed that during the 1980s the ORU Board of Regents "rubber-stamped" the "use of millions in endowment money to buy a Beverly Hills property so Oral Roberts could have a West Coast office and house."^[24] McNevin also said a country club membership was purchased for Oral Roberts' home. "His idea was if he could get on the golf course with these people, he could get donations for the university," said McNevin. These lavish expenses led McNevin to resign from the board in 1987.

In a wrongful termination lawsuit filed against the university on 21 November former ORU senior accountant Trent Huddleston claimed he had been ordered to help Roberts and his wife "cook the books" by misclassifying nearly $123,000 in funds allegedly spent by the university on remodeling the Roberts home.^[25]

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On 13 November the tenured faculty of Oral Roberts University "nearly unanimously" approved a nonbinding vote of no confidence in Richard Roberts.^[26] Image File history File links WikiNews-Logo. ... Wikinews is a free-content news source and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. ...

Roberts tendered his letter of resignation to the university's board of regents on 23 November, effective immediately. In a prepared email statement released by the university he said, "I love ORU with all my heart. I love the students, faculty, staff and administration and I want to see God's best for all of them." The regents said they would meet the following week to discuss the search for a new president. Executive regent Billy Joe Daugherty continued as interim president (working with chancellor Oral Roberts). ^[27]

"You can't take the sacrifices of God's people and use them any old way," McNevin commented after Roberts' resignation. "It's been 20 years that they've been doing the same things that I became aware of." Cornell Cross II, an ORU senior majoring in government said, "This is not over, there a lot of things that need to continue. The culture of fear that has been allowed to fester at ORU has to be looked into."^[28]

On 27 November Pearsons said the university planned to separate its finances and leadership from the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association, to the apparent approval of many students and faculty members.^[29]

Athletics

Main article: Oral Roberts Golden Eagles

Oral Roberts University is a member of The Summit League. 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. The Oral Roberts Golden Eagles are the 16 intercollegiate teams representing the Oral Roberts University that compete in the U.S. National Collegiate Athletic Associations Division I. Oral Roberts competes in the Mid-Continent Conference in all sports. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Summit League (or The Summit) is an NCAA Division I college athletic conference which operates primarily in the Midwestern United States, with outlying teams in Louisiana and Utah. ...

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 current 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, lifeskills and integrity. This article is about the race of Titans in Greek mythology. ... For other uses, see Golden Eagle (disambiguation). ... Millie, once mascot of the City of Brampton, is now the Brampton Arts Councils representative. ... Papier-mâché (French, chewed-up paper) is a construction material that consists of pieces of paper, sometimes reinforced with textiles, stuck together using a wet paste (e. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Backronym and Apronym (Discuss) Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations, such as NATO, laser, and ABC, written as the initial letter or letters of words, and pronounced on the basis of this abbreviated written form. ...

The men's basketball team coached by Scott Sutton has gone to several NCAA tournaments. ORU's women's basketball team has appeared in four NCAA Tournaments in the past eight seasons. Scott Sutton is the mens basketball coach of the Oral Roberts University Golden Eagles. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ...

The baseball team made it to the 1978 College World Series and has recently won 10 straight conference championships while advancing to 10 NCAA Tournaments. The baseball team has now and then been ranked in the national top 25.^{[citation needed]}

References in popular culture

• The Simpsons character Ned Flanders is a graduate of Oral Roberts University.^[30]
• Stephen Colbert picked ORU to win the 2006 NCAA Tournament because they have a 900 foot Jesus on their team.^[31]
• The Broadway musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels references Oral Roberts University in the song "Oklahoma?"
• A character from the movie Club Dread is attending Oral Roberts, leading another character to mistake the school's name for the sexual act called Dirty Sanchez.

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Notable alumni

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• Swails, Brooker, Brooker v. Oral Roberts University, et al, October 2007 from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma