Center-Sponsored Mock Trial Team Recognized in Special Ceremony
During a special ceremony held at Olivet Nazarene University on April 21, the Center-sponsored Olivet mock trial team, known as the ONU Trial Tigers, were recognized for being Olivet’s inaugural mock trial team. Team captain, Sophomore Chesley Rowlett, surprised each member with individual plaques, plus one large plaque commemorating the ONU Trial Tigers’ founding team members of 2015-16. Following the ceremony, several members of the Center-Olivet Law and Politics Society who were on hand expressed interest in joining the Trial Tigers...
read moreCenter Welcomes First Asian Judge of Kansas
On Saturday, April 2, the Center co-sponsored a prominent Christian judge as the keynote speaker of the 23rd Annual Community Prayer Breakfast. The prayer breakfast was held in Chalfant Hall on the campus of Olivet Nazarene University and attracted around 150 attendees, including many leaders in the surrounding communities of Bourbonnais, Bradley, and Kankakee. Judge Tommy B. Webb’s compelling message, entitled “You Can Make a Difference,” focused on his childhood in Korea as a destitute orphan during the Korean War. Judge Webb shared of...
read moreCenter-Sponsored First Mock Trial Team Receives “Spirit Award” Honorable Mention
On Friday, February 19, 2016, nine Olivet Nazarene University students traveled to Joliet, IL to participate in a two-day regional mock trial competition of the American Mock Trial Association (AMTA). Olivet’s mock trial team – known as the ONU Trial Tigers – was comprised, mainly, of History and Political Science majors and Legal Studies minors, some of whom are also members of the Law and Politics Society, a campus club affiliated with The Center for Law and Culture. Among the 25 colleges that participated in the Joliet regional...
read moreCenter Staff & Friends Meet Colonel Oliver North at Sanctity of Human Life Event
On Thursday, March 3, 2016, members of the faculty and staff of Olivet Nazarene University and The Center for Law and Culture, traveled to Merrillville, Indiana, to attend a dinner sponsored by the Northwest Indiana Women’s Center. The featured speaker for the event was Colonel Oliver North, a combat-decorated Marine in the Vietnam War, former counterterrorism coordinator on the National Security Council staff under President Ronald Reagan, bestselling author, and host of Fox News Channel’s documentary series War Stories. Col. North spoke...
read moreStudents Represent Center-Olivet Partnership in Washington, D.C.
As part of Olivet’s Legal Studies program, students are selected each January to participate in a week-long Federal Seminar study trip to Washington, D.C. The seminar occurs in conjunction with the National Association of Evangelicals’ (NAE) Student Leadership Conference, which attracts students from several evangelical colleges and universities. During the conference, students attend seminars hosted by members of the United States Congress, Supreme Court Justices, ambassadors, and other U.S. government and policy officials, along...
read moreCenter Co-Sponsors Visit from Dr. Ben Carson
The Center, along with Freedom’s Journal Institute, was delighted to co-sponsor U.S. presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson as the featured speaker at Olivet Nazarene University’s chapel service on October 1. Carson told a capacity crowd at Olivet’s Centennial Chapel that the United States was “a place of dreams” for him as he overcame poverty, pursued higher education, and rose to the top of his profession as a pediatric neurosurgeon. He shared details of his life story, describing his childhood in inner-city tenements in his native...
read moreCenter Celebrates Constitutional Heritage & Introduces New Initiatives
American founder and legal scholar, James Wilson, once wrote that “Law and liberty cannot rationally become the objects of our love unless they first become the objects of our knowledge.” Similarly, famous American founder, Thomas Jefferson, taught that “An enlightened citizenry is indispensable for the proper functioning of a republic.” In that spirit, the Center for Law and Culture celebrated Constitutional Heritage Week, a national event honoring the signing of the United States Constitution on September 17, 1787. The event educates...
read moreCenter Sponsors Table at Luncheon with Governor Mike Huckabee
On July 31, 2015, the Center for Law and Culture was part of an inspiring event featuring 2016 presidential hopeful, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee. The RISE Initiative conference in Tinley Park, Illinois, was hosted by Freedom’s Journal Institute (FJI). Founded by Dr. Eric Wallace, FJI is dedicated to equipping Christians and churches to engage in the political process and to shape public policy. With an emphasis on empowering the black community, FJI’s RISE principles include Responsible government, Individual liberty and...
read moreLJC Institute Graduation Dinner Features Noted U.S. Historian
On May 29, 2015, over 80 people attended an uplifting Institute graduation dinner which featured inspiring testimonials from three Law, Justice, and Culture Institute graduates—Christian Perry, of Trinity Christian College; Ike Fink, of Olivet Nazarene University; and Noemi Venegas, of Judson University. The evening’s keynote message was delivered by Dr. Fred Beuttler, former Historian for the United States House of Representatives. Dr. Beuttler highlighted significant examples of Christian faith in action in our nation’s Capital....
read moreInspiring Virtuous Leadership in 2015: Center Sponsors Twelfth Institute
Fifteen talented students, representing seven institutions, gathered at Olivet Nazarene University for two weeks in May for the Center’s twelfth Law, Justice, and Culture Institute. The institutions represented included three new schools – Eastern Nazarene College, South Dakota State University, and the United States Military Academy – as well as Judson University, Olivet Nazarene University, Trinity Christian College, and Wheaton College. In order to make a way for the nation’s best and brightest students, the Center stepped out...
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