OC is Home

Meet John deSteiguer
(he's the guy holding the house)

John is OC's seventh president. He's a visionary man, full of stories and gushing with charisma. Don't know him? You will. And you'll dig him.

John says "OC is home." At OC, adventures are had, faith is deepened, and life lessons learned. And at OC, after you leave prepared, a big family roots you on and waits with open arms. More than 2,000 students find a home at OC every year. And this home is theirs because alumni around the world believe in and give back to OC (click on drawings to learn more).

On August 27, we come together to celebrate John's inauguration and the future of our OC home. And on that day, we ask you to set your heart Homeward.

Photo of John deSteiguer holding a cutout of a house

From watering trees to fixing computers, making dinner to making budgets, teaching class to coaching ball, it takes a big family to keep home humming.

If 36 bus loads of college kids arrived at your doorstep for dinner, that'd be a lot of hungry mouths to feed. We give 'em their three a day for eight months of the year.

More than 80% of students sleep on campus, and nothing says home quite like a warm bed. Plus, if we ever laid them end to end, our students could bounce all the way to downtown Edmond.

Thousands of light bulbs. Thousands of computers. Heat and air for almost 1,800 living spaces and 17 academic and administrative buildings. Making home takes a lot of juice.

Between students, employees, alumni, supporting congregations, and their families, well more than 20,000 Christians are part of the OC family. And with a family that big, the prayers add up.

With 200 acres to water, more than 2,000 thirsty souls, and tens of thousands of loads of laundry to be done, we go through a lot of agua.

Tuition, room and board only cover 71% of the student experience. Endowment income, investments, and generous alumni and friends make the difference. And what a difference!

Some 1,200 OC graduates give back to efforts across campus. And we think they're simply the coolest, because without them home wouldn't happen.

On August 27, President John deSteiguer officially comes home. And there's never been a better time for alums around the world to join him and their alma mater on this journey Homeward.

Drawing of a speach bubble that reads 'How to make a home for a year'.

Help build a home for a year	$5 Lights a room for six weeks	$25 Waters 500 trees	$50 Feeds a student for a week
	Choose your own amount

OC Grows

It's John deSteiguer!
Your seventh OC president

And what's he got now? Looking skyward he shouts, "OC grows!" (Oh, it's a leaf. We get it.) And he's not kidding. Have you been on campus recently? Trails, apartments, labs, ballfields, clock towers, trees, books, people - it's been 10 years of spring around here.

But this campus is just getting started. We're adding 800 more students by 2017, doubling the endowment by 2022, and nipping this debt thing in the bud. Why are we so confident? Because we have 10,000+ awesome alumni across the globe. And when they unite, anything's possible.

So get ready. On August 27, it's inauguration time. It's grow time. It's time for setting our eyes to the sky and our spirits Homeward.

John deSteiguer holding a leaf-shaped sign

More and more people are seeing the value of living and learning in a Christian environment. Since 2002, annual undergraduate enrollment has jumped from 1,641 to 1,854.

The OC family is growing! If you can believe it, the last 10 years have given us more than 3,300 new graduates to love. That's more grads than we had in our first 25 years!

Let's face it. As the cost of living goes up, so does tuition. Nowhere is this felt more than at a private university. But tuition should be achievable, which is why our scholarship growth has outpaced tuition by nearly 2 to 1.

Why hello Nursing, Gaming and Animation, Performing Arts Management, Finance, International Business, and Preaching Ministry. Have you met Master of Divinity or Master of Science in Engineering?

Endowment's important. Invested for the benefit of scholarships, building projects, learning centers, mission efforts, and other campus needs, we can spend from earned interest annually. A decade's growth now gives your alma mater about $2.5 million more each year to do what needs doing.

Books, DVDs, journals, artifacts, online databases, oh my! Our hardworking librarians add more than 8,500 new resources for our students every year. (And you can use them, too.)

With our ultra-modern University House and five new apartment buildings, plus major renovations to Warlick, Fails, Tinius East, and the Honors House at Davisson Hall, on-campus living is better than ever.

It's true. Our beloved campus was once quite barren. But no more! In 10 years, we've pretty much planted a forest. Many trees are small right now, but we're all about growing.

You've seen how home happens and now how we grow. Look for more as we prepare to head homeward, August 27th.

Be the sunshine on our leaves	$5 Buys lunch for a prospective student	$25 Buys a book for the library	$50 Buys the tools your dept. needs most
	Choose your own amount

OC is Mission

Guess Who!
Why, it’s President John deSteiguer.

Starting to look familiar, isn’t he? And hey! He’s snagged quite the catch. (Can you believe he hefted that sucker with one hand?)

But he didn’t reel this one in alone. For more than 60 years, budding difference-makers at OC have learned to get out of the boat and cast their nets wide. And, as today’s catch illustrates, our OC fishermen (and fisherwomen) have truly gone global with the story and love of our savior.

Thousands more are getting inspired right now, and the difference they’re primed to make is thanks in no small part to the droves of OC anglers that came before them.

So get inspired. We’re not only on a mission—OC is Mission. And we’re taking Jesus worldwide as we head homeward, August 27.

John deSteiguer holding a fish-shaped sign

A favorite opening week tradition, Kite Day brings hundreds of boys and girls from Stanley Hupfeld Academy to OC for food, games, and kite-flying with our newest freshmen each year.

We’re being conservative on this one. With 429 missionaries logging more than 1,300 years in 60 countries, the story of our savior has found its way to myriad hearts across the globe.

From Thailand to Romania, Honduras to New Zealand, and a bunch of places in-between, the OC family is living and working for Jesus worldwide.

OC students, faculty, and alumni are on the front lines of the water crisis—bringing innovative clean water projects to the Philippines, Rwanda, and villages throughout Africa.

Whether it’s mountain villages in Honduras or OKC’s own Capitol Hill, our nursing students, faculty, and graduates are there—helping people in need and doing it all for free.

Perhaps you’ve seen our missionary map? We’ve proudly placed a pin for each of our 306 former and 123 active missionaries. That’s seven for every year we’ve called ourselves Eagles!

While OC’s only 62 summers young, the combined efforts of our missionaries have spanned more than a millennium. And you can touch a lot of lives in a millennium.

And those are just the ones we know about. Bottom line: OC students want to make a kingdom difference in our world, and we’re giving them the tools and training to act on that desire.

Go Fishing.	$5 Puts a Bible in wanting hands	$25 Stocks a hungry pantry	$50 Puts a student in the field for a day
	Choose your own amount

It's all about you

John's Headed Homeward
And so are we

The deSteiguer era is here, and the sun shines bright on the ol’ maroon and gray. Home is humming, growing, and shaping lives to impact the world.

But home depends on gung ho grads worldwide—praying, visiting, giving, and more. The “alumni participation rate” is how the world senses the OC love. Our rate has dropped, but, in 2012-2013, we’re turning it around.

OC Alumni Participation
(% of grads giving each year)

Alumnometer

1395 / 1300

Stand up and be counted as we set a record
for alumni participation in 2012-2013

Every alumni giver counts. Every gift makes a difference. Head homeward with us:

Give	Give	Give
Help build a home for a year.	Be the sunshine on our leaves.	Go fishing.

Not sure which fund to choose? Want to give anyway?

Give

We'll put it where it's most needed.

Meet John deSteiguer (he's the guy holding the house)

It's John deSteiguer!Your seventh OC president

Guess Who!Why, it’s President John deSteiguer.

John's Headed Homeward And so are we