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Oral Roberts University

7777 South Lewis, Tulsa, OK 74171
918-495-6161
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Ranked #19 of 46 attractions in Tulsa
Type: Educational Sites
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Rocky Hill, Connecticut
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed May 15, 2013 NEW

We took a short tour of the campus, and took some pictures of the most outstanding buildings and statues. You can see it in a short time, its worth the visit

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Tulsa, Oklahoma
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed May 8, 2013

ORU has a lovely campus. The students are nice and outgoing and proud of their university. The spirit of ORU is in the kindness & sincerity of the students & professors. They are Christians & not afraid to admit it.

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Moses Lake, Washington
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed May 6, 2013

Oral Roberts is always fun to show to folks from out of town, but the access has changed unless you have a way to get the elders out and about. We did like the Doughtery entrance. Being in Spring, the campus was especially pretty.

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Texas
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15 attraction reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed April 8, 2013

Everything about ORU is impressive, from the landscaping to the futuristic buildings you will be embraced and amazed. We traveled to an event for our son who will be a student there for the next four years. Nothing can be as comforting as knowing that your child is right where they are supposed to be. (It doesn't hurt that we... More

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed April 6, 2013

Beautiful! New student center. Amazing prayer tower. The aquaduct runnig through is beautiful. The buildings have been refreshed.

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Lawrence, Kansas
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Reviews in 15 cities Reviews in 15 cities
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed March 24, 2013

I should preface this by saying that I happened to be staying across the street so I decided to walk around campus. This is an interesting place, architecturally. I have lived in East Europe and can state that this looks like Soviet architecture--so to see this concentrated in America is very fascinating. It's definitely worth a walk around the campus... More

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Tulsa, Oklahoma
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed February 25, 2013

Oral Roberts was ahead of his time when he built the campus. An architectual buffet. A pretty campus in spring and summer. Be sre to go up into the prayer tower, as you have a great view of Tulsa and surrounding areas....

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed February 20, 2013

I didn't have a lot of time to explore but I was able to take some very nice photos of the praying hands statue and some of the architecture.

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Tulsa, Oklahoma
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed November 8, 2012

It feels a bit like certain parts of Caracas, Venezuela or some other badly-planned deteriorating city with gaudy buildings.. The buildings are poorly designed and poorly maintained and many are somewhat reminiscent of the horrible brutalism architecture style. They've kept the bare minimum up to date, but mostly it feels like an ugly empty 3rd-world-quality development. The prayer tower is... More

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Tulsa, Oklahoma
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed October 29, 2012

Beautiful. This is a really beautiful campus and more than worth the time to come and visit. Just look for the praying hands.

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