TULSA, Okla. -- The excitement continues to grow on the campus of Oral Roberts University. On Wednesday, Jan. 28, Dr. Mark Rutland was chosen as ORU's third president by the ORU Board of Trustees. In a closing meeting on Thursday, it was announced that the Green family will donate $10 million for renovations on the ORU campus this summer.
"This gift will help to improve the quality of education for students at the new ORU," said Board Chair Mart Green. "Our family is excited to continue partnering with ORU financially to ensure this great university continues to provide an excellent, whole-person education."
This additional gift will build on the $10.4 million of tremendous renovations that have already been realized on the campus from last summer as a result of the initial gift of the Green family. Some of the renovations from last summer included renovations and remodeling in the library; restoration of the porches of the Learning Resources Center and Graduate Center; a new gazebo; additional walkways and sitting areas; new wiring to the dormitories; new microfridge units in every dorm room; total renovation of Zoppelt Auditorium; new lobby furniture in many of the dormitories; and new carpet, furniture, game tables and flat panel televisions in the lobby of the Towers dormitories. Projects intended for this summer are being determined.
In other Board news, two members have been added to the ORU Board of Reference. The two additions are Stephen Strang, founder of Charisma magazine and founder and president of Strang Communications Company, and Terry Law, founder and president of World Compassion.
Oral Roberts University is an interdenominational Christian liberal arts university located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Founded in 1963 by evangelist Oral Roberts, ORU serves students from throughout the U.S. and more than 60 countries, representing 40 denominations. Offering 65 undergraduate majors, 14 master's programs and two doctoral degrees, plus NCAA Division I athletics, ORU is preparing its students spiritually, mentally, and physically to go into every person's world. For more information about ORU, visit www.oru.edu.
"This gift will help to improve the quality of education for students at the new ORU," said Board Chair Mart Green. "Our family is excited to continue partnering with ORU financially to ensure this great university continues to provide an excellent, whole-person education."
This additional gift will build on the $10.4 million of tremendous renovations that have already been realized on the campus from last summer as a result of the initial gift of the Green family. Some of the renovations from last summer included renovations and remodeling in the library; restoration of the porches of the Learning Resources Center and Graduate Center; a new gazebo; additional walkways and sitting areas; new wiring to the dormitories; new microfridge units in every dorm room; total renovation of Zoppelt Auditorium; new lobby furniture in many of the dormitories; and new carpet, furniture, game tables and flat panel televisions in the lobby of the Towers dormitories. Projects intended for this summer are being determined.
In other Board news, two members have been added to the ORU Board of Reference. The two additions are Stephen Strang, founder of Charisma magazine and founder and president of Strang Communications Company, and Terry Law, founder and president of World Compassion.
Oral Roberts University is an interdenominational Christian liberal arts university located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Founded in 1963 by evangelist Oral Roberts, ORU serves students from throughout the U.S. and more than 60 countries, representing 40 denominations. Offering 65 undergraduate majors, 14 master's programs and two doctoral degrees, plus NCAA Division I athletics, ORU is preparing its students spiritually, mentally, and physically to go into every person's world. For more information about ORU, visit www.oru.edu.
