University of Oklahoma
| University of Oklahoma | |
|---|---|
| motto | Civi et reipublicae (Citizens and the State) |
| founding | 1890 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Norman , Oklahoma , USA |
| president | David Boren |
| Students | 30,753 (2011) |
| Employee | 11,932 |
| including professors | 1,501 |
| Annual budget | $ 810 million |
| Foundation assets | $ 1,208 million |
| University sports | Big 12 Conference |
| Website | www.ou.edu |
The University of Oklahoma (also called OU ) is a state university in Norman in the middle of the US state of Oklahoma . With 30,591 students enrolled, it is the largest college in Oklahoma. In addition to the main campus in Norman , there is a university hospital and medical school in Oklahoma City , as well as a branch in Tulsa with approximately 3,500 students. The university is particularly known for its research and teaching in architecture, geology, the history of science, meteorology, Native American studies, oil engineering, law, and dance.
history
The university was founded in 1890 as the Norman Territorial University. In 1907 it was given its current name. In 1936 its own art museum was founded, which is now called the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art . Since 1970, every two years by the university's magazine World Literature Today the Literature Prize Neustadt International Prize for Literature awarded.
Faculties
The proportion of the total student body is shown in brackets.
- architecture
- Geography and Atmospheric Sciences
- Earth and energy
- Humanities (37%)
- Health Sciences (Oklahoma City / Tulsa)
- Engineering (11%)
- Journalism and Mass Communication - Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication (6%)
- Art - Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts
- medicine
- Public health
- Pedagogy (6%)
- pharmacy
- physics
- Care (nursing)
- law Sciences
- Economics - Michael F. Price College of Business (14%)
- Dentistry (Oklahoma City / Tulsa)
Sports
The OU sports team are the Oklahoma Sooners . The university is a member of the Big 12 Conference . Probably the most important sport for the Sooners is American football. The football team's home games are played at the Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium . Other sports include basketball (men and women), baseball (men), softball (women), volleyball (women), soccer (women), golf (men), athletics (men and women), wrestling (wrestling) and rowing (women) ).
Professors
- Paul Kimmelstiel (1900–1970), German-American pathologist
- Donna Nelson (* 1954), American chemist
Graduates
- Gregory Benford (* 1941), science fiction author and physicist
- Bobby Boyd (1937-2017) American football player
- Sam Bradford (born 1987), American football player
- Bill Campbell (1920–1974), American football player
- CJ Cherryh (born 1942), writer
- Bart Conner (* 1958), apparatus gymnast
- Al Coppage (1916-1992), American football player
- Gil Duggan (1914-1974), American football player
- Bobby Evans (born 1997), American football player
- James Garner (1928-2014), actor
- Jermaine Gresham (born 1988), football player
- Blake Griffin (born 1989), basketball player
- Fred Haise (* 1933), astronaut
- Jake Hager (* 1982), wrestler and MMA fighter
- Todd Hamilton (born 1965), professional golfer
- Ed Harris (born 1950), actor, director and producer
- Brad Henry (born 1963), Governor of Oklahoma
- Buddy Hield (* 1992), Bahamian basketball player
- Curtis Lofton (born 1986), American football player
- Shannon Lucid (* 1943), astronaut
- Baker Mayfield (born 1995), American football player
- Tommy McDonald (1934-2018), American football player
- Olivia Munn (* 1980), actress
- Kyler Murray (born 1997), American football player
- Ralph Neely (born 1943), American football player
- Adrian Peterson (born 1985), American football player
- Helen Robson Walton (1919–2007), widow of Walmart founder Sam Walton (1918–1992)
- Lee Roy Selmon (1954-2011), American football player
- Randall Stephenson (* 1960), CEO of AT&T
- Kenny Stills (born 1992), American football player
- Wayman Tisdale (1964–2009), basketball player and jazz musician
- Mary Kim Titla (* 1960), television reporter, journalist, Indian candidate for Congress
- Jerry Tubbs (1935–2012), American football player and coach
- Damien Williams (born 1992), American football player
- Steve Williams (1960-2009), wrestler
- Trae Young (born 1998), basketball player
literature
- Kristina L. Southwell (Ed.): Guide to manuscripts in the Western History Collections of the University of Oklahoma , University of Oklahoma Press 2002.
Web links
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 35 ° 12 ′ 30.7 " N , 97 ° 26 ′ 45.4" W.