Oklahoma Wesleyan University

In 1958, the current day campus was purchased by Colorado Springs Bible College, which began operating as Central Pilgrim College in 1959. The campus purchase included La Quinta Mansion, the former home of oilman H.V. Foster and his family. The school changed its name to Bartlesville Wesleyan College in 1968, the same year of the merger of the Pilgrim Holiness and Wesleyan Methodist denominations to become the Wesleyan Church.In 1972, Miltonvale merged with Bartlesville Wesleyan College. That same year, BWC was accredited as a four-year, degree-granting institution.
Over the years the campus grew to include new dorm buildings, the Campbell Science Building, and the Haltom Campus Center. BWC's first ever intercollegiate athletic team was the 1971 men's basketball team. The campus athletic center, Mueller Sports Center, was completed in 1979. The Chapel Fine Arts Center was dedicated in 2000.
In August 2001, Bartlesville Wesleyan College became Oklahoma Wesleyan University (OKWU).
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