University of Oklahoma

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
President	Joseph Harroz Jr.
Provost	Nancy L. Mergler
OU Board of Regents	Leslie Rainbolt-Forbes, Chairwoman
Academic staff	2,937
Students	30,303
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
Nickname	Sooners
Affiliations	Southeastern Conference
Mascot	Boomer and Sooner
Website	OU.edu

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.

Sports

Oklahoma's athletics teams are called the Sooners. Oklahoma has 19 varsity teams, almost all of which compete in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). 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

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

Other websites

Wikimedia Commons has media related to University of Oklahoma.

• 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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