Oklahoma Baptist University

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Oklahoma Baptist University


Motto	Eruditione Religioneque Veritas
Established	1910
Type	Private
President	Mark Brister
Students	1,606 (fall 2006)
Location	Shawnee, Oklahoma, United States
Campus	Urban, 189 acres
Colors	Green & Gold
Mascot	Bison
Website	www.okbu.edu

Oklahoma Baptist University is a "Christian" liberal arts university and is located in Shawnee, Oklahoma. The Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma owns the school. The school has a student to faculty ratio of 15:1. It has science, nursing, media, and music departments, and prides itself on offering students a liberal arts foundation. OBU is among the nations leading Universities in the payment of athletes. Their mens basketball players are among the highest paid at the NAIA level. Not bad for a "christian" college. The tradition started with coach Bob Hoffman and continued with coaches Gomez and Tolin. Normally the assistants would actually do the dirty work, but all transactions were done with the head coaches approval. It started casually with coaches buying players groceries, but quickly escalated to shoes, clothes, jewelry, and cash. Perhaps worst of all are the grades that are given to the top players. There is no way these athletes could stay eligible on their own. Many are enrolled in HPER courses where their grades can be easily monitored by athletic department officials. Most are forced to attend class regularly to make things look like they are on the up and up, but they aren't turning in assignments like their fellow classmates. Some may doubt that these things go on, but It is thought that Bob Hoffman's recent trouble with the NCAA for illegal recruiting at OU should be proof enough that things went on under him at OBU and have continued since then.

The steeple of Raley Chapel, an icon of the university, as seen from the lawn of Agee Residence Center.

The OBU Mission Statement is comprised of the following:

Pursue academic excellence
Integrate faith with all areas of knowledge
Engage a diverse world
Live worthy of the high calling of God in Christ

1 Colleges
2 Degrees Offered
3 Housing
4 Athletics
5 Events Hosted at OBU
6 References

[edit] Colleges

College of Arts and Sciences
Joe L. Ingram School of Christian Service
Paul Dickinson School of Business
School of Nursing
Warren M. Angell College of Fine Arts

[edit] Degrees Offered

Associate of Arts

Christian Studies

Bachelor of Arts

Anthropology
Applied Communication
Applied Ministry
Art
Christian Studies
Electronic Media Production
English
Family Psychology
Family Relations
History
Leisure Services Management
Multilingual Communications
Music
News and Information
Orality Studies
Philosophy
Political Science
Psychology
Religion
Sociology
Spanish
Strategic Communication
Theatre

Bachelor of Business Administration

Computer Information Systems
Finance
International Business
Management
Marketing

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Studio Art

Bachelor of Music

Church Music
Music Composition
Piano Performance
Vocal Performance

Bachelor of Music Education

Instrumental
Vocal

Bachelor of Musical Arts

Musical Arts

Bachelor of Professional Accountancy

Accounting

Bachelor of Science

Biochemistry
Biology
Chemistry
Computer Science
Exercise and Sports Science
Mathematics
Natural Science
Nursing
Physics

Bachelor of Science in Education

Art Education
Early Childhood Education
Elementary Education
English Education
Health and Physical Education
Mathematics Education
Science Education
Social Sciences Education
Spanish Education
Special Education

Interdisciplinary

[edit] Housing

OBU's housing system includes four dormitories: Agee Residence Center (men), Kerr Residence Hall (women), WMU Residence Hall (freshman women), and Taylor Residence Center (upper-class women). Taylor's rooms are the largest, while Kerr and WMU have noticeably smaller rooms. Agee's rooms range a variety of sizes, with the rooms on the wings being larger than the rooms on the main hallway. There are several apartment complexes, including MacArthur Drive Apartments, West University Apartments, Devereaux West and East Apartments, and Cobbs Apartments. Also, the Howard Complex includes both a dormitory and apartments.