There are many advantages to being an ORU alumnus! These are just some of the benefits…
- You can apply for a free Alumni Card, which grants you access to the Prayer Tower’s Observation Deck and lets you check out gaming equipment at the Hammer Center.
- You can purchase a $10 Alumni Library Card (renewable annually) that will allow you to check out books from the ORU Library. Learn more about this card on this page.
- Access to visit and utilize the Armand Hammer Alumni-Student Center
- National and Tulsa Area Discounts, including hotels close to campus
- Receive the ORU Excellence Magazine
- Access to search for jobs via Handshake
- Invitations to attend Alumni & Community Luncheons
- Opportunity to Nominate a student for a Quest Scholarship
- Invitation to attend a Chapel Service
- Opportunity to nominate Alumni of the Year Honorees
- Invitation to attend Fall/Spring Revival services
- Access to the ORU Library, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday
- Invitations to attend Homecoming
- Access to eat in SAGA (it’s good, we promise!)
- Invitations to attend the complimentary Alumni Parent & Legacy Student Move-In Lunch (alumni parents & their students)
- Option to Order an ORU Yearbook (The Perihelion)
- Invitations to attend the complimentary Alumni Parent & Legacy Student Commencement Day Breakfast (alumni parents & their graduates)
- Access to The Oracle, ORU’s student newspaper
- Opportunity to recommend a Chapel Missions Offering project for funding
- Access to pray in the Prayer Tower (open 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday)
- Access to recruit ORU students/grads for jobs on the ORU Golden Hire Network
- Vote for the Alumni Association Board of Directors
- Serve on the Alumni Association Board of Directors
- Serve on an Alumni Association Board of Directors committee
- Invitations to attend ORU Music/Dance/Theater productions
- Access to ORU’s annual Nanny Fair
- Invitation to serve in the Wingbackers Program (adopt a wing or floor)
- Invitation to serve in the International Family Connect program (adopt an international student)
- Volunteer opportunity at Graduation Celebration (for graduating seniors)
- Volunteer opportunity at ORU’s Christmas Lighting (distribute decorated mugs to students as gifts)
- Opportunity to be listed in the Alumni Directory
- Invitations to attend the President’s Performing Arts and Lecture Series
- Receive updates from the university through e-mail, social media, and the alumni.oru.edu website
- Access to the Communique, ORU’s Communication and Media department magazine for alumni
Alumni Association Benefits on Behalf of Alumni:
- Alumni Association gives four cash awards each year to outstanding faculty members
- Alumni Association gives cash awards each year to ORU staff members for outstanding service: the Servant Excellence Awards
- Alumni Association provides funding for the annual Faculty Retreat
- Alumni Association gives Bibles to new graduates at the Commencement ceremony
- Alumni Association raises funds for the Last Mile and Quest Whole Leader scholarships
- Alumni Association raises funds for the Extraordinary Family Crisis Scholarship
- Alumni Association sponsored two rooms in the Global Learning Center
- Alumni Association gives journals to freshmen
- Alumni Association gives decorated mugs to students as part of the campus Christmas Lighting event
- Alumni Association sponsors Grad Celebration (welcoming graduating seniors into the Alumni Association)
- Alumni Bookcase on the 2nd floor of the Hammer Center—a designated space to feature alumni-authored books!