Student Services
Your experience is never alone. From the moment you come on campus, services are available to support your academic, professional, personal, and spiritual journey. Oak Valley is your college, and the services provided help personalize your experience.
Academic support is, primarily, accessed one-on-one through your professors. With a 7:1 student to faculty ration, you will find professors who know you by name and are available before or after class, offering coaching and guidance.
For writing services, you are introduced to a range of resources and support available during the first semester Freshman Writing Seminar.
Career Services provides tools and resources to research career paths and access career planning needs. Throughout the program you will create your resume, conduct informational interviews, participate in internships, and more. From your first semester, you begin developing a career strategy designed to help you explore various career options and select a path to guide you to a successful career search upon graduation.
Counseling, mentoring, and advising are always close by. You will be able to find someone, another student, professor, staff member, volunteer who is near to guide and direct you to the support you need. Whether you are looking for help with an assignment, seeking guidance for an internship, or needing a reference for graduate school, you will find the resources you need.
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Join us for Worship Tuesdays, right here on campus! During the break between courses, students gather to worship every single week. It is a wonderful time for students, faculty and staff to praise our Lord! Worship Tuesdays are hosted by our Oak Valley Worship Team. We are always looking for more to join. Once you are enrolled, we encourage you to join!
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Oak Valley College reflects a Christian community where faculty, students and staff support one another in a manner that is reflective of the Christian love, honor and respect that is found in the New Testament.
As an academic community, students should always be mindful of this purpose, namely to study, learn, and apply their God-given talents to their coursework. Student Government is meant to enhance, not distract, from the academic experience. Students are encouraged to consider how much time, energy and effort any outside commitments will have before committing to actively participate in extracurricular activity.
At the same time, it is each student’s duty and obligation to contribute to the community. Student Government, including service on Committees or in Clubs provides a suitable option to fulfill your obligation to support your Oak Valley College family.
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Twice a month Student Body Government host a Courtyard Hang. Students are able to gather to take the stress off of assignments, lectures and homework. Games are played, prizes are won and, of course, there are snacks!
Julia and Joseanna at Oak Valley’s 2021 Christmas Courtyard Hang.
“My favorite aspects of the OVC experience is when we pray before class. I have never experienced that at any other school. I chose Oak Valley College because it was affordable and very close. Also, I want to grow not only as a person but in a more spiritual way. I thought Oak Valley College would give me both". Hannah Morris, c/o 2019
“I love OVC because we have fun with the people that we’re with. I guess I like that we are a smaller group, it makes it easier to get to know each other". Stephen Mendoza, c/o 2019
“I think my favorite aspect of Oak Valley College is the Christian environment. I believe in getting a Christian education so that I might be able to glorify God in my life. I believe this will help me in the future". James Sheftick, c/o 2019
“I chose Oak Valley College because it is a Christian college, and because of the internship opportunity with Barnabas. I enjoy learning about the Old Testament, and look I forward to earning a business degree". Eliot Fitz, c/o 2019
“Oak Valley College is changing my future by giving me the direction that other schools have not. My experience here has helped me decide what I want to do in life. Before OVC I had no idea". Whitney Hetrick, c/o 2019
"I greatly appreciate that Oak Valley pushes me to learn more, do more, and be more". Rebekah Pastorelle , c/o 2021
“The experience at Oak Valley has felt great! Feels like family”. Angel Estrada, c/o 2021