What do you think sets OBU apart from other universities? As associate VP for student development, my responsibilities also include giving leadership and facilitating collaboration within spiritual life and student life on campus. What are some of your main job responsibilities as dean of students and associate VP for student development? Which areas do you oversee?Īs dean of students, I give oversight to the student services aspect of the University, which includes residential life, student activities, career development, international student services, diversity and multicultural student services and the RAWC. The enemy wants to steal, kill and destroy, and he is relentless at times. It is heartbreaking at times to hear their stories and know what they have been through and are currently going through. Students have incredible challenges today, perhaps more than during any other time in history. I love students and have dedicated more than 30 years of my life to seeing God raise up students to go into the harvest. Watching our students as they dive into the various opportunities afforded to them to grow into the men and women that God has designed them to be never gets old, whether that is a small group in the dorms, a ministry group off campus, a GO Trip, a student organization, or in the classroom. What are some of the most rewarding aspects of being dean of students at OBU? I am grateful to be a part of the University’s mission as we seek to “transform lives” and serving in this role gives me a great vantage point to do so.
The opportunity to help shape and support the culture at OBU is a major part of my calling and to do that from the dean’s chair is both challenging and exciting. What motivates you about being dean of students at OBU? For 24 years, Odus Compton, ‘87, associate vice president of student development and dean of students, has served as a role model, minister, encourager and mentor through his many roles at OBU, significantly impacting the lives of students and encouraging them to live in faithful service to Christ.
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