Oklahoma Christian University (OC) officials announced today that undergraduate tuition will not increase for the 2013-14 academic year. The cost of attendance for OC undergraduate students also stayed the same from 2011-12 to 2012-13. “Affordability is a big deal to us because affordability is a big deal to students and their families,” OC president John deSteiguer said. “Holding our total price is the right thing to do again because we want students to get a first-rate ...
Oklahoma Christian University’s three colleges honored distinguished alumni on Friday.
The special ceremonies were part of OC’s annual Homecoming weekend. The honorees were:
College of Arts and Sciences
Scott Filleman (05) - MusicAmanda Gauthier (11) - NursingJennifer Hill (94) - Psychology and Family StudiesRussell Hill (93) - History and Political ScienceLisa Landrum (89) - Biological SciencesDana McMichael (83) - Language and LiteratureBrian Simmons (87) - CommunicationRoy Stevens...
The Oklahoma Christian University community mourns the passing of a dear friend, Bobby Roberson.
Bobby passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 25 at the age of 81. His funeral service will take place this Friday, Sept. 28 at 2 p.m. in OC’s Scott Chapel.
Bobby and his wife of 21 years, OC Life Trustee Millie Prince Roberson, are longtime supporters of Oklahoma Christian. Bobby would fondly recall attending the 1958 ribbon-cutting ceremony featuring Pat Boone after the school moved from Bartlesville ...
While many professors enjoy time off in the summer for fun and recreation, OC’s Al Mikell used two weeks to help change the future of some rural villages in the Philippines. According to Mikell, his trip was a simple example of how highly trained, spiritually motivated faculty used OC’s excellent science facilities to make a difference in the world.
Mikell, an associate professor of biology, has helped improve a bio-filter that can be used to create clean drinking water. OC ...
From a gifted world pianist to a two-time Appalachian Trail hiker, Oklahoma Christian University’s new faculty bring diverse experiences and scholarship to the classroom this fall.
“We are incredibly honored to add these highly accomplished individuals to our university,” said Oklahoma Christian President Mike O’Neal. “Each of these faculty are dedicated to scholarship and service in the classroom. They will enhance our students’ abilities to positively affect...
Oklahoma City banking executive Patrick Rooney will deliver the commencement address at the summer graduation ceremony for Oklahoma Christian University. Graduation will take place Saturday, Aug. 20 at 10:30 a.m. in Hardeman Auditorium on campus.
Rooney is chairman and controlling shareholder of First National Bank of Oklahoma. He is also extensively involved in the community, serving as president of the Last Frontier Council Boy Scouts of America and chairman of the Oklahoma Student Loan ...
Oklahoma Christian University is one of the best colleges in the West according to the nationally known education services company, The Princeton Review. It is one of 121 institutions The Princeton Review recommends in its “Best in the West” section of its website feature, “2012 Best Colleges: Region by Region.”
“We are honored to be ranked among the best universities in the West region,” said Mike O’Neal, president of Oklahoma Christian. “...
Beverly Floyd is a schoolteacher. Keith Floyd is a self-employed electrician whose business has suffered due to changing technologies.
They’re in important professions. They’re doing things they love. But they don’t make the kind of money that makes having three college students easy (if there is such a thing).
The Floyds have had three kids make the short trip from Mesquite, Texas (a Dallas suburb) to Oklahoma Christian. All three were at OC together until Lindsey, the oldest,...
If every first-time college parent could sit at the feet of Paul and Julie Hinds of Portland, Oregon, they’d get a calming perspective in the midst of the frantic season of applications, scholarships amounts, interest rates, deadlines, campus visits and separation anxiety.
With six daughters, they’ve been there, done that … and have drawers full of OC t-shirts to prove it. Youngest daughter Emily graduated with an OC nursing degree this year, which marked the 20th anniversary ...
The OC school of engineering wrapped up a busy and successful academic year. A number of students placed at competitions, while students and faculty presented papers and served on influential committees and conferences. Below is a summary of major accomplishments.
Mechanical Engineering Student Accomplishments
In 2010, OC’s student team placed first in the oral presentation event at the Aero Design Competition, which helps develop the fundamental understanding of flight in a real-life ...
Eight engineering students from Oklahoma Christian placed at the annual Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Region 5 student contest in Dallas April 17-18.
Students Nathan West and Xu Chen placed second in the circuit design competition. Steven Bell placed second in the student paper category. His article was titled “An Overview of Optimal Graph Search Algorithms for Robot Path Planning in Dynamic or Uncertain Environments.”
J.P. Karenzi, Alain Shema, Alex ...
“If you are looking to change the world, OC is a great place to start.” You might expect to get such a statement in a cool magazine like Parent View. After all, it is designed by Oklahoma Christian in hopes of encouraging parents to send their kids to the university we love. But when you hear that from a student … and he says it almost as an understatement … you know it was a genuine assessment that came from the heart. That’s marketing you really can’t ...
We received this inspiring note from OC alumnus Salvador Cariaga, missionary in the Philippines, about the work of a recent OC grad, Ryan Jones.
Ryan Jones is a recent graduate of Electrical Engineering at Oklahoma Christian University. Immediately after graduation, he went to the Philippines to do summer mission work with us. He did everything we asked him to do except dance. One of the things he did while he was there was install and wire a solar panel for a widow who lived in the woods.
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