Qualla: Oral Roberts University https://qualla.com/oral-roberts-university en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:04 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/9/y/7/v/oral-roberts-university-wp/photograph-praying-han.jpg Qualla: Oral Roberts University https://qualla.com/oral-roberts-university Oral Roberts University: Introduction https://qualla.com/oral-roberts-university/ Photo credit Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0. The campus has been compared to the set of The Jetsons. Gold-tinted windows. Pylon-like columns. A Buckminster Fuller-style geodesic dome in gold. A 200-foot Googie-style tower meant to evoke an abstract cross and Crown of Thorns. And at the entrance, a 60-foot, 30-ton bronze sculpture of two enormous praying hands. Oral Roberts University in south Tulsa is one of the most visually distinctive college campuses in America, a space-age vision of evangelical ambition realized by architect Frank Wallace, who described his buildings as 'sculptures' and traced his artistic sensibility to 'whittling since I was a kid.'

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/y/7/v/oral-roberts-university-wp/9y7v-oral-roberts-university-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Oral Roberts University: A Mandate from God https://qualla.com/oral-roberts-university/ Photo credit Photo by and ©2004 Dustin M. Ramsey (Kralizec!), CC BY-SA 2.5. Charismatic Christian preacher Oral Roberts founded the university in 1963 with a commission he attributed directly to God: 'Raise up your students to hear My voice, to go where My light is dim, where My voice is heard small, and My healing power is not known, even to the uttermo...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/y/7/v/oral-roberts-university-wp/9y7v-oral-roberts-university-a-mandate-from-god.mp3 0:06 2 full Oral Roberts University: Rise, Crisis, and Rescue https://qualla.com/oral-roberts-university/ Photo credit Mara3229, CC0. The university built the City of Faith Medical and Research Center in 1981, an ambitious complex that included a 60-story clinic, a 30-story hospital, and a 20-story research center. Financial difficulties shuttered both the hospital and the medical school by 1989. The buildings,...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/y/7/v/oral-roberts-university-wp/9y7v-oral-roberts-university-rise-crisis-and-rescue.mp3 0:06 3 full Oral Roberts University: March Madness Miracle https://qualla.com/oral-roberts-university/ Photo credit Raecoli, Public domain. On March 19, 2021, the ORU Golden Eagles men's basketball team shocked the nation by defeating number-two seed Ohio State in the NCAA tournament as a 15th seed. They then beat seventh-seeded Florida to reach the Sweet Sixteen, becoming only the second 15th seed ever to advance th...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/y/7/v/oral-roberts-university-wp/9y7v-oral-roberts-university-march-madness-miracle.mp3 0:06 4 full Oral Roberts University: Sculptures on the Prairie https://qualla.com/oral-roberts-university/ Photo credit Raecoli, Public domain. Frank Wallace designed most of the campus buildings, drawing on Tulsa's art deco heritage and the individualistic style of architect Bruce Goff. The main academic building, styled after King Solomon's Temple according to university publicity, covers 900,000 square feet with a loz...

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