Professor Joan Carter, who is also the dean of the OU Art & Design College, taught the course on "Christian Art History". The 2-hour class covered Byzantine and Western Christian Art, and students learned to analyze the art form and patterns in the art pieces, which were viewed through a projector.
Olivet's Student Orientation provides new students with an introduction to the unique educational experience at Olivet University, and assists with the transition to the University community. This year Olivet has enhanced the orientation with an online component made up of intentional programming designed to integrate students into the unique spiritual, intellectual and social environment available to everyone at Olivet.
On March 15, Dr. William Wagner, dean of Olivet Theological College and Seminary, expressed his love for Olivet University by presenting a hand-carved wooden plague of the university's Coat of Arms as a gift to the school.
Olivet University's main campus facilities are now located at 250 4th Street in downtown San Francisco, formerly used as the site of the University of California Berkeley San Francisco Extension Campus.
Jubilee College of Music administration and staff are preparing for the Spring 2005 semester. With the newly reinforced faculty and staff, this new semester is running to a firm and promising start.
Twenty students of various ethnic and linguistic backgrounds participated in Olivet Theological College and Seminary's inaugural Doctor of Ministry program lecture series, which concluded on Feb. 26.
Students enrolled for Fall 2005 will greet an expanded and more professionally diverse faculty in Jubilee Collge of Music. Professors with expertise in the fields of voice, piano, guitar, and composition are being considered for next semester.
Renovations for Olivet University's William Carey Library that began late last year are expected to be completed in time to greet new and returning students beginning classes for the 2005 spring semester.
On Friday, Nov. 12 Olivet University's E-library was dedicated as the William Carey Library in honor of the legendary English Protestant missionary William Carey, known as "the father of modern missions."