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 senior Yves Iradukunda won the Oklahoma Innovation Prize from Creative Oklahoma and Sandridge Energy at the State of Creativity Forum Tuesday. Iradukunda is pursuing a mathematics and computer science degree at Oklahoma Christian. He is president of OC’s chapter of Rwandans4Water and serves as executive officer of ELE Rwanda - Rwandan Emerging Leaders and Entrepreneurs. Last year, Iradukunda worked with other innovative students in Rwanda to build water ...
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...
Oklahoma Christian University once again had a strong showing in one of the top competitions for computer science programming last week.
OC was one of just six universities with two teams in the top 25 at the South Central Regional Association of Computing Machinery Computer Programming Contest. The other five were Baylor University, Louisiana State University, the University of Mississippi, the University of Texas-Austin, and the University of Texas-Dallas.
“Our students had a remarkable ...
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 ...
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. “...
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 ...
Two Oklahoma Christian University (OC) students, Jason Cain and Nickalaus Little, had an excellent showing at the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition this year. Out of 3,753 of the best math students from the United States and Canada, Cain ranked as #502 and Little ranked as #221. Little’s score was the highest from the Oklahoma-Arkansas segment. Other universities who participated in our region include OU, OSU, the University of Arkansas, and others.
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