Former names | Roger Williams University |
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Motto | Veritas vos liberabit |
Motto in English | The truth will set you free |
Type | Private university |
Established | 1865 |
Religious affiliation | American Baptist Churches USA |
Endowment | $14.3 million (2016)[1] |
Chancellor | William Tsutsui |
President | Bambi Burgard (OUKS) Dennis Tyner (OUAZ) Chantell Link (OU Online) |
Provost | Joann Bangs |
Rector | John Holzhüter |
Students | 4,671 |
Undergraduates | 3,589 |
Postgraduates | 1,082 |
Location | , , United States 38°36′09″N 95°15′56″W / 38.602589°N 95.265542°W |
Colors | Main campus: Black and gold Surprise campus: Red and orange |
Nickname | Braves Spirit |
Sporting affiliations | Ottawa main campus: NAIA – KCAC Surprise campus: NAIA – GSAC |
Website | www |
Ottawa University (OU) is a private Baptist university with its main campus in Ottawa, Kansas. It also has a second residential campus in Surprise, Arizona, and adult campuses in the Kansas City and Milwaukee metropolitan areas, as well as online. It was founded in 1865 and is affiliated with the Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma and the American Baptist Churches USA. The residential campus in Ottawa has a student enrollment of more than 875 students, while the OUAZ campus in Surprise has more than 900. In total, Ottawa University serves more than 4,000 students across all of its campuses and online.[2]