Oklahoma City University
Mission
Oklahoma City University prepares all learners to Create, Lead, and Serve. We provide a diverse, inclusive culture committed to producing graduates who think critically and innovatively, communicate effectively, and use their knowledge and talents to make a local and global impact. Oklahoma City University is committed to an education that:Provides students with the skills and confidence to adapt to and excel in a complex and dynamic worldInvests continually in its students, staff, faculty, alumni, and programming to enrich academic and co-curricular offeringsFosters partnerships within and beyond the university to enrich lifelong learningDevelops informed global citizens ready to engage with their communities and contribute to the worldDevelops graduates who are ethical, highly employable professionalsHonors our United Methodist history and tradition of scholarship and service
Ruling year
1959
Principal Officer
Martha Burger
Main address
2501 N. Blackwelder Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73106 USA
Formerly known as
Epworth University
Oklahoma Methodist University
Oklahoma City College
EIN
73-0579265
NTEE code
University or Technological (B43)
Higher Education Institutions (B40)
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
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Undergraduate Programs
Oklahoma City University offers more than 70 undergraduate programs in nursing, performing arts, business, and arts and sciences. At OCU we believe that the liberal arts form the basis for learning and thinking in undergraduate studies. We believe that general education should not only provide knowledge and skills, but also promote personal values and communal development. We believe that general education should be multidimensional, cumulative and integrated throughout the university through all disciplines and at all levels.
Graduate Programs
Oklahoma City University offers 20 graduate degrees, including a law degree, MBA, Physician Assistant Studies, and doctoral programs in nursing and physical therapy. Most of OCU's graduate degrees have an "area of emphasis." This helps students to choose the field of study for which they are best suited within a degree program. This focused area of study will develop and complement students' interests, abilities and goals and will ultimately give them the best possible preparation for careers in their respective fields.
Adult Degree Completion Program
The Adult Degree Completion Program at Oklahoma City University features a flexible and accelerated format with eight-week classes on weekday nights, weekends and online. Programs are offered in Arts & Sciences and Nursing. Through portfolios, some students can receive credit for college-level work experience and learning.
Where we work
Accreditations
Higher Learning Commission of North Central Association of Colleges and Schools - 10 Year Accreditation 2011
Affiliations & memberships
Greater Oklahoma City Chamber 2018
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Oklahoma City University prepares all learners to Create, Lead, and Serve. We provide a diverse, inclusive culture committed to producing graduates who think critically and innovatively, communicate effectively, and use their knowledge and talents to make local and global impact.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Focus Area 1: Student Success
• Oklahoma City University will prepare students for lifelong success in career and service: in the classroom, in experiential learning opportunities that connect students to practitioners, in co-curricular experiences, and in development of professional relationships on- and off-campus.
Focus Area 2: Learning and Living Infrastructure
• Oklahoma City University will be a vibrant and safe learning and living campus.
Focus Area 3: Culture of Excellence
• Oklahoma City University will foster a culture that supports a diverse, collaborative, innovative, and creative faculty, staff, and administration who are strategic, pragmatic, and fiscally responsible.
Focus Area 4: Engaged Community and Service
• As Oklahoma City's university we will serve our local communities and expand our national and global engagement.
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Operations
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Oklahoma City University
Board of directorsas of 11/20/2019
Mr. Paul McLaughlin
MLP Holdings, LLC.
Term: 2019 - 2023
Louise Bass
Saint Paul Lutheran Church
Derek Belase
Oklahoma Conference of the United Methodist Church
Henry Browne
Retired, Great Plains Coca-Cola Bottling
Phil Busey
Delaware Resource Group
Emmanuel Edem
Norman and Edem, PLLC
Tricia Everest
Jason Foreman
Chair, OCU Faculty Senate
Gerald Gamble
Gerald L. Gamble Co., Inc.
Jane Jayroe Gamble
Community Volunteer
Jack Golsen
SBL, LLC
Norma Gravely-Quinn
Oklahoma Conference, United Methodist Church
Mo Grotjohn
The Meinders Foundation
Nicholas Harroz
Mariner Wealth Advisors
Gary Homsey
Homsey Law Center
Michael "Mickey" Homsey
Michael S. "Mickey" Homsey and Associates
Joe Homsey
J.R. Homsey and Associates
Ann Johnstone
Community Volunteer
Bill Junk
Oklahoma United Methodist Foundation
Lou Kerr
The Kerr Foundation
Ann Lacy
Emerita
Kurt Leichter
Emeritus
Jenee Naifeh Lister
Merrill Lynch
Robert Long
St. Luke's United Methodist Church
Paul McLaughlin
MLP Holdings, LLC
William "Bill" Mee
PRO Realty
Herman Meinders
The Meinders Foundation
Ronald "Ron Norick
Norick Investments, LLC; Emeritus
James "Jimmy Nunn
Oklahoma Episcopal Area of the United Methodist Church
Richard Parry
Tom Johnson Investment Management, LLC
George Randall
Mid-Kansas ENT Associates
Patrick Rooney
First National Bank of Oklahoma
Margaret "Meg Salyer
Accel Financial Services
William "Bill Shdeed
Emeritus, Shdeed Law Firm
Jeanne Smith
Clinical Social Work
Jerry Vannatta
Retired, OU College of Medicine
James Wade
Emeritus
David Wilson
Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference, United Methodist Church
Donald Kim
Bethesda Medical Group
Cathy Leichter
Marketing Challenge
Judy Love
Loves Travel Stops & Country Stores, Inc.
T.W. Shannon
Bank2
LaVetra Stevenson
Oklahoma City University
Trae Trousdale
Community Volunteer
Kathy Williams
Community Volunteer
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