“Student Diplomats”

OTI students have been featured on numerous panels and media documentations. Roll your clicker over the photo to the left to see a video made after the first OTI trip to the Middle East in 2008, documenting how OTI got started and introducing many of the student and faculty founders.

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Experiential Education

OTI students engage some of the world's leading politicians, negotiators, and experts on a one-to-one level.

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Empowering Global Scholars

The Olive Tree Initiative is empowering global scholars with the tools, knowledgebase, and mindset to solve the world's most pressing issues.

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What we Can Do

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    Community Enrichment

    OTI's scope expands beyond the University, helping to educate and enrich the lives of the surrounding community members..

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    University Work

    “OTI's educational affiliation with world renowned research universities continues to expand, both nationally and internationally…”.

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    Turkey-Armenia Relations

    Students research current and historic relations between Turkey and Armenia, and take an inaugural trip the region to study diplomacy on the ground..

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    Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

    Student scholars compete to participate in the groundbreaking experiential education trips to study the very volatile Israeli-Palestinian conflict….

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