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Jake Carter said he doesn’t know how he caught it. But the Ottawa University senior did catch it – a dangerous form of influenza, his doctors told him. “I just thought I had the flu,” Carter, who is from Overbrook, said. “I went to the doctor and he told me […]

We have had our first medically diagnosed case of the H1N1 virus. Based upon our recommendations, the student is self-isolating off campus while recovering from the flu in an effort to minimize the spread of the germ. Let me remind you that anyone diagnosed with the H1N1 flu should immediately […]

The number of students at Ottawa University is expected to stay around the same as a year ago. The fall 2008 semester brought in a total of 554 students. Housing at OU has been bursting the past few years. This year there are 345 students living in the dorms, all […]

Ottawa University students, administration, faculty and staff will see many changes in the coming year. The business office in the basement of the Administration Building will be transformed into the new Adawe LifePlan Center. The word ‘adawe’ comes from the Ottawa Tribe in Oklahoma and means to trade or exchange. […]

It’s about growth, Kevin Eichner says. Eichner, president, said the university’s summer restructurewill help fuel that growth. Eichner announced to faculty in May, that a new Center for Holistic Education would be created to help tie the university’s three schools – School of Arts and Sciences, School of Business and […]

The Campus newspaper leaders are hoping to make some changes this year. Senior Amanda Roseberry was named editor-in-chief of at the end of last semester and senior Cyrus Oliver was named webmaster. “I’m looking forward to building camaraderie among the staff,” Roseberry said. In addition to team building, Roseberry said […]

Sweaty palms, shakiness, the urge to throw up – all signs of nervousness. Placed in a new and unfamiliar situation, many people show these symptoms. But Director of Student Life Lisa Thomsen says her crew of leaders set out to ease the transition with the new student orientation rather than […]

GRAND RAPIDS — If it weren’t for the victim’s mother, two men who pled guilty in the beating death of Jonathan “Jono” Krystiniak would lead far different lives in the future, a Kent County Circuit judge said Tuesday during the sentencings. “At 19, you can’t appreciate how much of a […]

Due to a recent directive, changes made on Ottawa University’s academic calendar have bumped up the end of the semester to May 1 and graduation on May 8 for the 2009-10 school year. The academic affairs office has given a mandate requiring that the college and adult campus calendars parallel. […]