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Ottawa University

Former names	Roger Williams University
Motto	Veritas vos liberabit
Motto in English	The Truth Will Set You Free
Type	Private
Established	1865
Endowment	$14.3 million (2016)[1]
Chancellor	Kevin Eichner
President	Reggies Wenyika
Provost	Terry Haines
Rector	John Holzhüter
Students	630
Undergraduates	600
Postgraduates	30
Location	Ottawa , Kansas , United States 38°36′09″N 95°15′56″W / 38.602589°N 95.265542°W / 38.602589; -95.265542
Colors	Black and Gold
Nickname	Braves
Sporting affiliations	NAIA – KCAC
Website	www.ottawa.edu

Ottawa University (OU) is a private Baptist liberal arts university in Ottawa, Kansas. It has other campuses in other places throughout the Unites States. It was created in 1865. It is grouped with the American Baptist Churches USA. Ottawa has about 700 students on its main campus in Ottawa, 500 on its campus in Surprise, and about 4,000 students across all of its campuses and online.^[2]

Campus[change | change source]

The original campus is in Ottawa, Kansas. It is referred to as OUKS.

A second campus opened in August 2017 in Surprise, Arizona. It is referred to OUAZ.

OU has adult campuses in Overland Park, Kansas; Phoenix, Surprise and Queen Creek, Arizona; Brookfield, Wisconsin; and Jeffersonville, Indiana.^[3]

Credit[change | change source]

Ottawa University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Its education programs in Kansas are accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education and the Kansas State Department of Education.^[4]

References[change | change source]

Other websites[change | change source]

• Official website
• Ottawa Athletics website