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The University of Oklahoma A Brief Overview Kelvin K. Droegemeier Vice President for Research

The University of Oklahoma A Brief Overview Kelvin K. Droegemeier Vice President for Research. The University of Oklahoma. Three campuses Norman, OKC Health Sciences, Tulsa 30,753 students (including 6,869 graduate students) Approximately 2500 faculty Total annual budget $0.8B

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The University of Oklahoma A Brief Overview Kelvin K. Droegemeier Vice President for Research

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  1. The University of OklahomaA Brief Overview Kelvin K. DroegemeierVice President for Research

  2. The University of Oklahoma • Three campuses • Norman, OKC Health Sciences, Tulsa • 30,753 students (including 6,869 graduate students) • Approximately 2500 faculty • Total annual budget $0.8B • More than $250M in sponsored programs • Private Endowment >$1.2B • Recent fundraising of $1.9M • Capital improvements > $1.7M • 652 endowed chairs

  3. Administrative Structure

  4. An Extraordinary Leader: David L. Boren • Yale undergraduate • Rhodes Scholar • Oklahoma Governor • US Senator (16 years) – Chair of Senate Select Committee on Intelligence • Now in 18th year as OU’s 13th President • Director of American Airlines, Conoco-Phillips, Texas Instruments • Author of Letter to America

  5. Extraordinary Leader: Extraordinary Achievements • OU… • Is classified as a Carnegie Very High Research Activity institution • Is ranked by the Princeton Review as one of the top-10 values in higher education • Ranks #1 in number of National Merit Scholars in public universities • Ranks in the top 5 universities in the production of Rhodes Scholars (28) • Has a six-year graduation rate of 68%; goal is 75% by 2017

  6. Extraordinary Leader: Extraordinary Achievements Since 1995, almost $1.7 billion in construction projects have been completed Fred Jones Museum of Art Gaylord Journalism College OK Memorial Stadium Price Business College Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History

  7. Extraordinary Leader: Extraordinary Achievements ExxonMobil Lawrence G. RawlEngineering Practice Facility Lissa and Cy Wagner Student Advising Center Devon Energy Hall Headington Hall

  8. Extraordinary Leader: Extraordinary Achievements Zarrow Hall Gould Hall

  9. Extraordinary Leader: Extraordinary Achievements • $250M raised for undergraduate scholarships during past five years • World’s largest university-based natural history museum • Top five art museums in the US • One of the largest history of science collections in the world • World leaders and eminent scholars come to campus to teach and chat with students: Mikhail Gorbachev, Henry Kissinger, Colin Powell, Margaret Thatcher, Robert Gates, John Roberts, David McCullough, Doris Goodwin

  10. Norman Campus • Approximately 1300 research faculty • 21,154 undergraduate students • 2,400 MS students, 1,400 doctoral students • 16 colleges • More than 60 academic departments • More than 70 centers/institutes (8 University Strategic Organizations) • Five surveys (Bio, Geo, Climate, Archeology, Water) • Two field stations (Biological, Atmospheric/Ecological) • The Research Campus • Architecture • Arts and Sciences • Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences • Business • Continuing Education • Earth and Energy • Education • Engineering • Fine Arts • Graduate • Honors • International Studies • Journalism • Law • Liberal Studies • University College

  11. Health Sciences Center (HSC) Campus • Approximately 1100 research faculty • 742 undergraduate students • 605 graduate, 1,595 professional students • 8 colleges • More than 80 academic departments • Three core facilities (Mass spect, Cytometry, Genomics) • Research Pillars • Cancer • Diabetes • Geriatrics • Infectious Disease • Presbyterian Health Foundation • Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation • OU Physicians • Medicine - Tulsa • Nursing • Pharmacy • Public Health • Allied Health • Dentistry • Graduate • Medicine

  12. Tulsa Campus (Schustermann Center) • Blending of Norman Campus and HSC programs • Approximately 140 research faculty • 283 undergraduate students • 795 graduate, 333 professional students • Emphasis on community partnerships with City of Tulsa, regional hospitals, public programs • School of Community Medicine (partnership with the University of Tulsa) • 9 undergraduate programs, including • Criminal Justice, Early Childhood Education, Leadership, Nursing,Radiography, Liberal Studies • 25 graduate and professional degree programs, including • Human Relations, Social Work, Public Health, Telecommunications Engineering, ECE, Doctor of Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Doctor of Medicine, Occupational Therapy, Nursing

  13. Norman Research Campus • 277 acres adjoining the Norman Campus • Formal WWII Naval Air Station • Now being developed as a transformative environment for research, engagement and economic development • Nearly 1 million square feet developed in less than a decade • More than a dozen private companies on site + sovereign Indian nation • More than 350 private sector employees • More than 1000 OU/private/Federal employees

  14. OU is Strongly International • OU enrolls students from 120 nations • 25% of OU students study abroad; goal is 40% by 2017 • Exchange programs with 50 countries

  15. OU Budget

  16. OU Salaries and Benefits

  17. OU Value

  18. OU Value

  19. Research and Sponsored Programs all Campuses

  20. Planning and Decision Making • President sets overall direction each year at an executive retreat with the OU Board of Regents • Executive Vice President refines and executes agenda working with Provost, Vice Presidents and Deans • Research agenda is set principally by the Vice President for Research in coordination with the Research Cabinet (more later) • IT agenda is set principally by the CIO and Vice President for Information Technology (more later) • Library agenda is set by the Dean of OU Libraries (more later)

  21. Selected Key Priorities • Maintain low student-faculty ratios and continue placing high value on student-professor interaction, especially 1st year • Increase graduation rate to 75% • Increase study abroad to 40% • Increase number of honors courses • Continue to grow the research enterprise, emphasizing strengths in weather/water/climate and engagement of non-physical sciences • Continue to diversify research portfolio, especially in defense, security and intelligence, and in applied R&D • Substantially advance engaged learning and undergraduate research • Continue development of the Research Campus

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