Ottawa University Admissions - Ottawa, KS

05/27/2026

Today’s the day!! Join us in celebrating World Otter Day at the Kansas City Zoo! The North American River Otter is the sacred animal of the Ottawa Tribe, so this is very special for us here at OU! Happy World Otter Day! 💛🖤🦦

11/14/2025

Administration Building/University Hall
 
Ottawa University’s Administration Building (then referred to as “University Hall”) was first starting to be built in 1898. The north wing was completed in 1900, and the south wing was completed in 1902, right before disaster struck.

On September 10th, 1902, the building caught fire leaving only the walls left behind. This was the day before classes were scheduled to start for the school year. After a note was sent to John D. Rockefeller, a donation of $25,000 was given to Ottawa for the rebuild. This is equivalent to approximately $941,790 today. The rebuild was started in 1903 and completed in 1905. The President of OU at the time was John D. S. Riggs who served the University from 1896 to 1905.

📸 1: Admissions Building Today
📸 2: Admissions Classroom in 1900
📸 3: Admissions Building before the fire
📸 4: Admissions Building after the fire
📸 5: Registration card from 1903

08/04/2022

Best day of the year 🤩

06/17/2022

☀️2022 Summer Visit Day ☀️
These future Braves spent time touring campus, learning from current students and faculty, and they received a $500 scholarship just for attending! 🤑

Sign up for our Fall Visit Day here: https://www.ottawa.edu/ouks/admissions/visit-ou

06/02/2022

04/25/2022

Last week we celebrated 157 years of Ottawa University 🎉 check out these awesome photos of campus through the years courtesy of The Campus!

03/08/2022

Just your reminder that our new Braves Athletic Performance Center is 🔥

02/04/2022

The Ottawa University men's wrestling team captured its fourth straight KCAC regular season Championship!! Congratulations Braves!!

02/02/2022

Brrrrraves Nation ❄️🌨

01/28/2022

IT’S ALMOST HERE! Braves Visit Day is on February 21st. Come see what is all about! Seniors that attend will receive a $500 scholarship to 🤩 ready to see what it means to be a Brave? Sign up here: https://www.ottawa.edu/ouks/admissions/visit-ou