University of Oklahoma

The University of Oklahoma, abbreviated OU, is a public university in the Norman, Oklahoma, United States. It has about 27,000 students enrolled, and it was started in 1890. Joseph Harroz Jr. is president of the university.

The University of Oklahoma

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Motto	Civi et reipublicae (Latin)
Motto in English	For the citizen and for the state
Type	Flagship Public Space-grant
Established	1890
Endowment	$1.2 billion[1]
President	Joseph Harroz Jr.
Provost	Nancy L. Mergler
OU Board of Regents	Leslie Rainbolt-Forbes, Chairwoman[2]
Academic staff	2,937[3][4]
Students	30,303[5]
Undergraduates	20,892
Postgraduates	9,411
Address	660 Parrington Oval, Norman, OK, 73019 , Norman , Oklahoma , United States
Campus	Suburban 3,000 acres (12.1 km2) including north research park
Colors	Crimson & Cream[6]
Nickname	Sooners
Affiliations	Southeastern Conference
Mascot	Boomer and Sooner
Website	OU.edu

Donald W. Reynolds Center for the Performing Arts

Sports

Oklahoma's athletics teams are called the Sooners. Oklahoma has 19 varsity teams, almost all of which compete in the Southeastern Conference (SEC).^[7] In men's gymnastics, a sport that neither the Big 12 nor the SEC sponsors, Oklahoma is a member of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. In men's wrestling, sponsored by the Big 12 but not the SEC, the Sooners stayed in the Big 12 as a single-sport member.

References

1. As of end of FY 2011. "University of Oklahoma Foundation". Current Value Reference. OU Foundation. Archived from the original (html) on August 24, 2012. Retrieved February 10, 2012.
2. Hall, Ben. "OU Board of Regents elects new chairwoman, vice chairman". OU Daily. Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
3. "Employees by Campus, Fall 2003–2007". 2008 OU Factbook. University of Oklahoma. Retrieved 2009-02-08.
4. This number only includes the main (Norman) and Health Sciences Campuses; numbers for the Tulsa campus were not available. Also, the number only include full-time and part-time faculty and does not include Graduate Assistants.
5. "University of Oklahoma". The College Board. Retrieved May 27, 2011.
6. Crimson: Pantone 201(#B30838); Cream: Pantone 468(#EEE1C5) "OU Web Media Relations Packet" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-01. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
7. "Big 12 Announces Agreement for Withdrawal of Oklahoma and Texas" (Press release). Big 12 Conference. February 9, 2023. Retrieved February 9, 2023.

• "College Board College Search". Retrieved 2008-07-22.

Other websites

• Official website
• Official athletics website
• Voices of Oklahoma interview with Barry Switzer. Archived 2010-12-28 at the Wayback Machine First person interview conducted on August 17, 2009 with Barry Switzer. Original audio and transcript archived with Voices of Oklahoma oral history project. Archived 2010-07-29 at the Wayback Machine
• University of Oklahoma, Bounded by Boyd Street on the North, Timberdell Road on the South, Chautauqua Avenue on the West, and Jenkins Avenue, Norman, Cleveland, OK at the Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS)

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