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Church Planting and Growth Part 6 - Olivet University

July 18, 2012

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Olivet Institute of Technology Presents Data Mining Course

Olivet Institute of Technology presents a new course for Fall 2013 on data mining, which makes possible the discovery of interesting and important patterns from large amounts of data. IT students develop an understanding of the strengths and limitations of popular data mining techniques and to be able to identify promising applications of data mining in the context of church development, Gospel Preaching, and spiritual growth. Data mining, or intelligent analysis of information stored in data sets, has recently gained a substantial interest among practitioners in a variety of human-society fields and industry sectors. Professor of the course, Dr. Jinhua Dong, comments on the need of providing the right tools within this area of study. "It, however, receives relatively less attention in Christian community," said Dr. Dong. "As the whole world gradually moves towards the 'network generation', it is imperative to have biblical scholars and leaders ...

Olivet University Enters New Academic Year with 2013 Convocation

On September 13, 2013, Olivet University held its Fall 2013 Commencement service at 5 p.m. PST. The University's two-hour Convocation service was held in Olivet's San Francisco Chapel, which was filled with hymns of praise Friday evening as Dr. Merril Smoak, Dean of the Jubilee College of Music led the audience in song. Convocation traditionally marks the official start of the fall quarter. The international gathering of over 200 students, staff, faculty and administrators welcomed men and women across the United States and as distant as New Zealand, Scotland, Germany, India, China, Kenya, Korea and Thailand. After a warming Invocation Prayer by Coordinator of Olivet's Ph.D. in Global Theological Studies Program Dr. Markus Wagner, University President Dr. Tracy Davis greeted the assembly, welcoming the guests, including representatives from Olivet's Global Partner the World Evangelical Alliance, Mr. Ndaba Mazabane, Chairman of the International Council...

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