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Olivet Nazarene University

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Olivet Nazarene University (ONU) is a Christian liberal arts university located in the village of Bourbonnais, Illinois, United States. [1]

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Acre

The acre is a unit of land area used in the imperial and US customary systems.

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Adam Kotsko

Adam Kotsko (born July 19, 1980) is an American writer, theologian, religious scholar, and translator, working chiefly in the field of political theology.

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Adult education

Adult education is a practice in which adults engage in systematic and sustained self-educating activities in order to gain new forms of knowledge, skills, attitudes, or values.

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Alumnus

An alumnus ((masculine), an alumna ((feminine), or an alumnum ((gender-neutral) of a college, university, or other school is a former student. The word is Latin and simply means student. The plural is alumni for men and mixed groups and alumnae for women. The term is often mistakenly thought of as synonymous with "graduate," but they are not synonyms; one can be an alumnus without graduating. (Burt Reynolds, alumnus but not graduate of Florida State, is an example.) An alumnus can also be a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate.

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American Association of University Professors

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is an organization of professors and other academics in the United States.

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Athletic nickname

The athletic nickname, or equivalently athletic moniker, of a university or college within the United States is the name officially adopted by that institution for at least the members of its athletic teams.

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Auction

An auction is a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder.

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Bachelor's degree

A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin baccalaureus) or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin baccalaureatus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to seven years (depending on institution and academic discipline).

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Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy is a legal status of a person or other entity that cannot repay debts to creditors.

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Ben Heller

Benjamin Heller (born August 5, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB).

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Ben Zobrist

Benjamin Thomas Zobrist (born May 26, 1981), nicknamed Zorilla, is an American professional baseball second baseman and outfielder for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB).

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Bill Gaither (gospel singer)

William J. Gaither (born March 28, 1936) is an American singer and songwriter of Southern gospel and Contemporary Christian music.

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Biology

Biology is the natural science that studies life and living organisms, including their physical structure, chemical composition, function, development and evolution.

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Bourbonnais, Illinois

Bourbonnais (pronounced or) is a village in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States.

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Central Nazarene College

The Central Nazarene College was a junior college located in Hamlin, Texas.

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Charter

A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified.

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Chicago Bears

The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois.

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Chicago Cubs

The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois.

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Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference

The Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA.

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Chris Tomlin

Christopher Dwayne Tomlin (born May 4, 1972) is an American contemporary Christian music artist, worship leader, and songwriter from Grand Saline, Texas, United States who has sold over 7 million records.

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Christian denomination

A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity, identified by traits such as a name, organisation, leadership and doctrine.

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Church of the Nazarene

The Church of the Nazarene is an evangelical Christian denomination that emerged from the 19th-century Holiness movement in North America.

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Council for Christian Colleges and Universities

The Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU) is a higher education association of more than 180 Christian institutions around the world.

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David W. Graves

David W. Graves (born 1953) is an American educator and theologian who serves as a General Superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene.

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Distance education

Distance education or long-distance learning is the education of students who may not always be physically present at a school.

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Doctor of Education

The Doctor of Education (EdD or DEd; Latin Educationis Doctor or Doctor Educationis) is a doctoral degree that has a research focus in the field of education.

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Eastern Nazarene College

The Eastern Nazarene College (ENC) is a private, coeducational college of the liberal arts and sciences in Quincy, Massachusetts, near Boston, in the New England region of the United States.

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Edward F. Walker

Edward F. Walker (January 20, 1852 – 1918) was a minister and general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene.

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Faculty (academic staff)

Faculty (in North American usage) or academics (in British, Australia, and New Zealand usage) are the academic staff of a university: professors of various ranks, lecturers, and/or researchers.

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General Superintendent (Church of the Nazarene)

General Superintendent is the highest elected office within the Church of the Nazarene.

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Gentlemen's agreement

A gentlemen's agreement or gentleman's agreement is an informal and legally non-binding agreement between two or more parties.

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Georgetown, Illinois

Georgetown is a city in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States.

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Gold (color)

Gold, also called golden, is a color.

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Grammar school

A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching Latin, but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school, differentiated in recent years from less academic Secondary Modern Schools.

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Higher education

Higher education (also called post-secondary education, third-level or tertiary education) is an optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after completion of secondary education.

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Higher Learning Commission

The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) is an organization tasked with the regional accreditation responsibilities for post-secondary education institutions in the central United States.

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Holiness movement

The Holiness movement involves a set of beliefs and practices which emerged within 19th-century Methodism.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous territory of China on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary in East Asia.

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Illinois

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Indiana

Indiana is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America.

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International Justice Mission

International Justice Mission is an international, non-governmental 501(c)(3) organization focused on human rights, law and law enforcement.

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James Diehl

James H. Diehl (born 1937) is a minister and general superintendent emeritus in the Church of the Nazarene.

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John C. Bowling

John C. Bowling is the president of Olivet Nazarene University (ONU).

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John Wesley

John Wesley (2 March 1791) was an English cleric and theologian who, with his brother Charles and fellow cleric George Whitefield, founded Methodism.

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Kankakee County, Illinois

Kankakee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois.

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Kankakee, Illinois

Kankakee is a city in and the county seat of Kankakee County, Illinois, United States.

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Les Parrott

Les Parrott, Ph.D., is a bestselling author, a professor of psychology at Northwest University, an ordained Nazarene minister, creator of the SYMBIS Assessment, and founder of the Parrott Institute for Healthy Relationships at Olivet Nazarene University.

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Liberal arts college

A liberal arts college is a college with an emphasis on undergraduate study in the liberal arts and sciences.

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Liberal arts education

Liberal arts education (from Latin "free" and "art or principled practice") can claim to be the oldest programme of higher education in Western history.

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Los Angeles Angels

The Los Angeles Angels are an American professional baseball franchise based in Anaheim, California.

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Major (academic)

An academic major is the academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits.

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Master of Education

The Master of Education (M.Ed. or Ed.M.; Latin Magister Educationis or Educationis Magister) is a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries.

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Master's degree

A master's degree (from Latin magister) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

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Michigan

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States.

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Mid-States Football Association

The Mid-States Football Association (MSFA) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA.

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Mike Overy

Harry Michael Overy (born January 21, 1951) is a former professional baseball player who pitched in five games during the 1976 season for the California Angels of Major League Baseball.

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National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs, primarily across the United States but also outside the US.

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National Christian College Athletic Association

The National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) is an association of Christian universities, colleges, and Bible colleges in the United States and Canada whose mission is "the promotion and enhancement of intercollegiate athletic competition with a Christian perspective".

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National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a non-profit organization which regulates athletes of 1,281 institutions and conferences.

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NCAA Division III

Division III (D-III) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States.

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New York Yankees

The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx.

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Newsweek

Newsweek is an American weekly magazine founded in 1933.

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Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference

The Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference was an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA Division III.

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Northwest Nazarene University

Northwest Nazarene University (NNU) is a private Christian liberal arts college located in Nampa, Idaho, U.S.

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Olivet, Illinois

Olivet is a census-designated place in Elwood Township, Vermilion County, Illinois.

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Paul Cunningham (minister)

Paul G. Cunningham (born 1937) is a minister and general superintendent emeritus in the Church of the Nazarene.

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Peniel College

Peniel College was a Nazarene college located in Peniel, Texas.

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Private university

Private universities are typically not operated by governments, although many receive tax breaks, public student loans, and grants.

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Purple

Purple is a color intermediate between blue and red.

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R. Wayne Gardner

Robert Wayne Gardner (1894-?) was a minister, an academic, and the president of the Eastern Nazarene College.

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Richard G. Colling

Richard G. Colling is a former professor of biology and chairman of the biological sciences department at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Illinois, who was barred from teaching general biology after writing a book that attempts to reconcile Christian belief with a scientific understanding of evolution.

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Rolling Meadows, Illinois

Rolling Meadows is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States.

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Seattle Pacific University

Seattle Pacific University (SPU) is a private liberal arts university in Seattle, Washington, founded in 1891 in conjunction with the Oregon and Washington Conference of the Free Methodist Church as the Seattle Seminary.

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Shimer College

Shimer College (pronounced) was an American Great Books college located initially in Mount Carroll, then Waukegan and finally Chicago, Illinois.

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Sia (musician)

Sia Kate Isobelle Furler (born 18 December 1975) is an Australian singer-songwriter, record producer and music video director.

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Southern Nazarene University

Southern Nazarene University (SNU) is a Christian liberal arts college located in Bethany, Oklahoma, United States.

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St. Viator College

St.

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Suburb

A suburb is a mixed-use or residential area, existing either as part of a city or urban area or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city.

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Tiger

The tiger (Panthera tigris) is the largest cat species, most recognizable for its pattern of dark vertical stripes on reddish-orange fur with a lighter underside.

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Ultimate (sport)

Ultimate, originally known as Ultimate frisbee, is a non-contact team sport played with a flying disc (frisbee).

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Undergraduate education

Undergraduate education is the post-secondary education previous to the postgraduate education.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (sign: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ and referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, or American dollar) is the official currency of the United States and its insular territories per the United States Constitution since 1792.

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USA Ultimate

USA Ultimate is a not-for-profit organization that serves as the governing body of the sport of Ultimate (also known as ultimate frisbee) in the United States.

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Varsity team

Varsity is an alteration and shortening of the term university.

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Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States, in the Midwest and Great Lakes regions.

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2016 World Series

The 2016 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2016 season.

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References

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