Olivet Nazarene University

Lynda Allen

Professor Allen has been teaching full time in the Department of Business since 2002. Prior to that time, she taught for 10 years on a part-time basis. Her areas of specialty include management and marketing. Professor Allen has an MBA and is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in organizational leadership.

Professor Allen is a Sam Walton Fellow. Since 2003, she has led the ONU Students in Free Enterprise team to regional championships in Chicago and the national competition in Kansas City each spring. The SIFE team develops and leads a variety of community outreach programs that teach the concepts of the free enterprise system. These projects are as diverse as teaching the concept of budgeting to fourth graders to grant writing for a non-profit charitable community organization.