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TOP TEACHING PROGRAM
SCUBA CERTIFICATION
MINISTRY TRAINING
Recently listed as one of the Top U.S. Colleges & Universities for Teaching Education, Olivet’s School of Education continues to prepare educators to influence lives through their careers. “Olivet is blessed with a dedicated faculty that defines and shapes the ‘Olivet Difference’ for our students,” says Dr. Jim Upchurch, dean. “Our school district partnerships have enhanced and prepared our candidates for success in the classroom for the last 72 years.” Olivet’s Teacher Education programs hold the accreditation and approval of the Illinois State Board of Education, and the Teacher Education Unit is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).
Olivet’s first scuba certification class, in partnership with Haigh Quarry in Kankakee, included three sessions in the pool of the new Student Life and Recreation Center on campus. After completing two open-water dives at the Quarry, these divers will have a lifetime certification to dive anywhere in the world. “I signed up for the class to start my journey in becoming a dolphin trainer,” says Brenna Martin ’17, (zoology major from Bourbonnais, Ill.) “There’s nothing like getting a chance to observe a new world. I am definitely blessed to have this opportunity!”
Students who feel called to music ministry or youth ministry are now finding new ways to serve and gain valuable experience through Olivet’s Preaching Ambassadors program. Joining the students who are preparing to serve as pastors, they are leading worship, speaking with youth groups and preaching in churches across the Midwest. The Program has grown from two preaching ambassadors visiting 12 churches in 2009 to 35 students who will reach more than 200 churches this year.
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