Ottawa University

Ottawa University
Former names
Roger Williams University
Motto
Veritas vos liberabit
Motto in English
The truth will set you free
TypePrivate university
Established1865; 159 years ago (1865)
Endowment$14.3 million (2016)[1]
ChancellorWilliam Tsutsui
PresidentBambi Burgard (OUKS)
Dennis Tyner (OUAZ)
Chantell Link (OU Online)
ProvostJoann Bangs
RectorJohn Holzhüter
Students4,671
Undergraduates3,589
Postgraduates1,082
Location, ,
United States

38°36′09″N 95°15′56″W / 38.602589°N 95.265542°W / 38.602589; -95.265542
ColorsMain campus:
Black and gold
   
Surprise campus:
Red and orange
   
NicknameBraves
Spirit
Sporting affiliations
Ottawa main campus:
NAIAKCAC
Surprise campus:
NAIA – GSAC
Websitewww.ottawa.edu Edit this at Wikidata

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]

  1. ^ "Ottawa University". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  2. ^ "Ottawa University History and Ottawa Tribe Heritage". Ottawa University. Retrieved October 4, 2017.