Oklahoma City University
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| Established: | 1904 |
| Type: | Private |
| Endowment: | $84 mill. |
| President: | Dr. Tom J. McDaniel |
| Postgraduates: | 3500 undergraduate |
| Location: | Oklahoma City, OK, USA  |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Colors: | White and Blue |
| Mascot: | Stars |
| Athletics: | NAIA, Sooner Athletic Conference |
| Website: | www.okcu.edu |
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Oklahoma City University, abbreviated OCU, is a coeducational, urban private university located in Oklahoma City, in the Midtown district. The university is affiliated with the United Methodist Church and offers a wide variety of degrees in the liberal arts and sciences disciplines. The university has more than 3,500 undergraduate students. OCU is the only Oklahoma institution listed in the top tier of the regional, master level university category by U.S. News and World Report magazine's "America's Best Colleges" issue. It is currently ranked as 23-rd among Master's Universities in the West region.
OCU offers a wide selection of fine arts and theatre amenities. The university hosts many theatre, musical, and dance events for the community each year, including a Christmas event. The most recent addition to the campus of OCU is the world acclaimed Wanda L. Bass School of Music, in which guests can hear the Oklahoma City University Symphony Orchestra [1] perform the likes of Mozart and Beethoven and see La Boheme performed by the OCU Musical Theatre Company [2]. Students of OCU have performed in various parts of Asia including Malaysia, Singapore and the People's Republic of China. Jo Rowan and John Bedford have brought students from OCU to perform for Royalties and Ministers of Malaysia, Singapore and China. In Kuala Lumpur they have raise hundred of thousands of dollars for various charitable organisations including the Malaysian Red Cross/Crescent, The Spastic Children's Association of Selangor and the Federal Territory, The Tun Abdul Hamid Scholarship foundation and the National Heart Institute.
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[edit] Academics
[edit] Colleges and Schools
- Meinders School of Business (the state's largest and well known MBA program)
- Oklahoma City University School of Law (one of 3 state's law school, ranked by US News and World Report)
- Petree College of Arts & Sciences (famous biology, chemistry and math programs in the state)
- Kramer School of Nursing
- Ann Lacy School of American Dance and Arts Management (the only American Dance school in the U.S.)
- Wanda L. Bass School of Music (All-Steinway piano school)
- Department of Theatre
- Wimberly School of Religion and Graduate Theological Center
[edit] Degrees Awarded
OCU offers more than sixty undergraduate majors, twelve graduate degrees, and the Prior Learning + University Studies (PLUS) program (for working adults to earn a Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree).
[edit] Graduate Programs
- Juris Doctor (J.D.)
- Master of Arts in Performing Arts (M.A.)
- Master of Arts in Religion (M.A.R.)
- Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (M.A.)
- Master of Business Administration (MBA)
- Master of Criminal Justice Admin.(M.C.J.A.)
- Master of Education (M.Ed.)
- Master of Liberal Arts (M.L.A.)
- Master of Music (M.M.)
- Master of Religious Education (M.R.E.)
- Master of Science in Accounting (M.S.A.)
- Master of Science in Computer Science (M.S.)
- Master of Science in Nursing (M.S.N.)
[edit] Athletics
OCU athletes participate in the NAIA and Sooner Athletic Conference. Both men's and women's teams are nicknamed the "Stars". OCU currently competes in baseball, men's and women's basketball, collegiate cheerleading, men's and women's rowing, men's and women's wrestling, men's and women's golf, mens' and women's soccer, softball, women's volleyball. Oklahoma City University Athletics has a rich tradition of success. OCU teams have won thirty two (32) National Championships since 1988, more than any other small college in the state. Its tradition spans the glory days of legendary coaches Abe Lemons, Paul Hansen, and Doyle Parrack to our most recent 2007 National Championships in Men’s Golf, Men’s Basketball, Softball, and Women’s Golf.
OCU is a vibrant growing institution with an outstanding academic reputation. Evidence of the university’s growth can be seen in the more than $100 million in new campus construction that has taken place in the past five years alone. OCU enrolls approximately 4,000 students making it one of the state’s largest private institutions and more than 15,000 OCU alums reside in the region. OCU Athletics Corporate Partners receive valuable exposure in OCU Athletic venues and alongside our championship teams. More than 300,000 people attend athletic or other events hosted by OCU Athletics each year including more than 50,000 who attended the 2007 OCU Head of the Oklahoma Regatta, the largest of its kind in the region. The Official website for OCU Athletics is [3]
[edit] Campus
[edit] Location
OCU is near the Oklahoma State Capitol campus in the heart of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area, only five minutes from downtown Oklahoma City. The campus is amid historic and cosmopolitan inner-city neighborhoods with a number of urban eateries and cultural attractions near the campus one would expect in such a city. Local neighborhoods include the Mesta Park and Heritage Hills Historical neighborhoods. Here you will find some of the grandest houses in Oklahoma City along with tree-lined boulevards and heavily landscaped streets. The campus lies immediately west of the rapidly developing chinatown known as Asia District, and the Plaza District, the Paseo, and the GLBT district at (NW 39th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue) are also nearby. The hip uptown district is in the area on NW 23rd Street as you head toward the capitol complex. Other areas of interest include the N. Western District, popular with the creative class, the posh inner-suburb of Nichols Hills, and midtown as you head toward downtown.
[edit] Housing
There are a number of housing options on the campus of Oklahoma City University, include dormitories, apartments, and the Greek system. There are also countless housing options off-campus ranging from boarding houses and flats in the Asia District and 39th Street, to apartment complexes and rental houses in Uptown and the Plaza District. Housing options tend to be rather inexpensive with more than abundant urban attractions in the vicinity.
[edit] Residential Halls
There are a wide variety of dormitories on campus, some of which are coed. Banning Hall is the honors hall, offering housing for freshmen and upperclass coeds. Smith Hall is the men’s hall. Draper Hall is OCU’s coed law and graduate hall, offering private rooms and an optional meal plan. Walker Hall is currently OCU’s only highrise dorm on campus, at seven stories. It offers housing to freshmen and upperclass women.
OCU’s New Residence Hall is an exciting addition to on campus housing. It is a coed facility for freshmen and upperclass students, complete with underground parking.
CAMPUS DORMITORIES
- Banning Hall
- Draper Hall
- Harris Hall
- Smith Hall
- Walker Hall
- Centennial Hall (aka "New Dorms")
[edit] Apartments
There are two apartment complexes on campus, University Manor and Cokesbury Court. They are available to upperclass students only and offer an alternative to the residential dorms. University Manor consists of one-bedroom units with single or double occupancy. All unitilities are paid (except phone, cable, internet) and each unit has its own kitchen area, central heating and air conditioning, and private parking. There is also a laundry facility. Cokesbury Court offers residential hall type living in separate apartment units. All apartments have full service kitchens and built-in dining/ study area. There is a hot tub or a pool as well as a BBQ pavilion and a clubhouse with big screen television entertainment.
[edit] Greek System
Fraternities and Sororities are an integral part of the university. Today OCU is home to five National Greek-letter organizations, which collectively constitute the largest membership-based and multi-faceted community on campus. Collectively, they represent almost 20% of the campus population. The following is a list of the Greek houses at OCU:
[edit] Campus Life
Opportunities for cultural enrichment and entertainment also abound on the OCU campus, according to management of the facilities, including concerts, play performances, operas, films, sporting events, and seminars by world-renowned speakers and business leaders. A sample of the guest speakers at OCU include Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel prize winner Elie Wiesel, poets Laureate Ted Kooser and Billy Collins, author Kurt Vonnegut, journalist Helen Thomas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, and Republican politician Karen Hughes.
[edit] Organizations
Oklahoma City University has over 100 student organizations. Focuses of these organizations range from ethnic to political, religious to special interests. OCU Student Union houses many of these organizations' offices.
The student union provides a place for students to relax, sleep, study, watch television, or socialize. The Tom McDaniel Union provides diverse activities and programs in the union such as movies, bands, dances, give-aways, or other activities. Intramural sports are a popular activity on campus with over 35 different sports available.
The following is a short list of student clubs and organizations at OCU:
- Accounting Club
- Alpha Chi Omega
- Alpha Mu Gamma
- Alpha Phi
- Alpha Psi Omega
- Amnesty International
- Art Club
- Black Student Association
- Blue Crew
- Blue Key
- Catholic Student Union
- College Republicans
- Delta Alpha Chi
- Delta Mu Delta
- Diabetes Solutions-OK-OCU
- EAHRWL
- Fellowship of Christian Athletes
- Financial Management Association
- Forensics/Debate Team
- Gamma Phi Beta
- Graduate Student Association
- Hispanic Student Association
- Phi Kappa Phi
- Kappa Sigma
- Kramer Student Nurse's Association
- Lambda Chi Alpha
- Meinders Student Advisory Board
- MSB Graduate Student Association
- Mu Kappa Tau
- Multicultural Student Association
- Native American Society
- OCU Filmmaker's Guild
- OCU Rhythms
- OCU Stripped
- Oklahoma Intercollegiate Legislature
- Omicron Delta Epsilon
- Pep Dancers
- Phi Alpha Theta
- Phi Eta Sigma
- Project 21
- Psi Chi
- Sigma Alpha Iota
- Sigma Tau Delta
- Sisterhood of African American Students
- Spirit of Grace Liturgical Dance
- STAR
- Student African American Brotherhood
- Student Business Ethics Consortium
- Student Oklahoma Education Association
- Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
- Students of Arts Management
- TESOL Club
- Thai Student Association
- Theta Alpha Kappa
- Taiwanese Student Association
- Tri-Beta
- UMSF/Wesley Foundation
- Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE)
- Young Democrats
[edit] Notable Faculty
- Inez Silberg "Deceased" Famous voice professor
- Florence Birdwell Famous voice professor for Music Theater
- Dr Edward Knight
- John Starkey
- Lloyd Musselman
- Larry Keller Well known voice professor (Classical specialist, also work for healthy Music Theater production)
- Mark Davies
- Abigail Keegan
- Becky Haney
- Ismail Kombe (Mathematics)
- Robin Meyers
- Saeed Shadfar (Bio-Physics)
- Jo Rowan
- Ali Alli
- Salwa Khoddam
- Harbour Winn
- Leo Werneke
- Terry Conley
- Klaus Rossberg (Physics)
- Kelly Stoner
- Dennis Arrow
- Shafa Hossein
- Marvel Williamson
- Robert Trail (Mathematics)
- Dr. Donna Dykes, Professor Emerita (Religion)
- Fritz Kiersch, director of Children of the Corn (film)
[edit] Notable Alumni
- Michael D. Brown - former FEMA Director
- Susie Berning - professional golfer.
- Freddy Sanchez - 2006 National League Batting Champion
- Sarah Coburn - Operatic Soprano {Metropolitan Opera}
- Kristin Chenoweth - 1999 Tony Award winning actress
- Kelli O'Hara - Tony Award-nominated actress
- Lorenzo Gordon - Professional basketball player
- Leona Mitchell - Operatic Soprano/Met Star
- Jane Jayroe - Miss America 1967
- Susan Powell - Miss America 1981
- Shawntel Smith - Miss America 1996
- Makenna Smith - Miss Oklahoma 2007
- Michelle Millben - Miss Black Oklahoma 2005
- Monique Cooper - Miss Black Oklahoma 2006
- Tinasha Williams - Miss Black Oklahoma 2007
- Molly Colvard - Miss Teen Oklahoma 2006
- Sheri Allen Yengst - Board of Directors for the Alpha Phi Foundation Board, Chicago IL [4] Chairman of NightStar Education Foundation [5]
- Lara Teeter - Tony Award-nominated actor, theatre director, and college professor
- Oklahoma City University Alumni Association in Malaysia. [6]
- Oklahoma City University Alumni Association in Singapore. [7]
- Steven Sanders - Operatic Tenor
- Chris Merrit - World renowned Operatic Tenor
[edit] References
- [8] – from the official website of OCU
- [9] -current business accreditation
- [10] –ranking West/ Master's by US News and World Report
[edit] External links
- Official University Web Site
- National Lawyers Guild - Oklahoma City University Law School chapter
- Gamma Phi Beta Sorority - Beta Omicron Chapter
- - Lambda Chi Alpha Theta Delta Chapter
- Alpha Phi Sorority - Delta Delta Chapter
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Meinders School of Business • Petree College of Arts and Sciences • Ann Lacy School of American Dance and Arts Management • Wanda L. Bass School of Music • Kramer School of Nursing • Wimberly School of Religion and Graduate Theological Center • Margaret E. Petree College of Performing Arts • School of Law • |
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Baseball • Basketball • Golf • Rowing • Soccer • Softball • Wrestling • Volleyball |
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