The University of Oklahoma (abbreviated “OU”)

According to Wikipedia, OU is a “coeducational public research university located in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma.”

David Boren, President, University of Oklahoma

David L. Boren, a former U.S. Senator and Oklahoma Governor, has served as President of the University of Oklahoma since 1994. Click here to read more about OU’s president’s message

In 2007, The Princeton Review named the University of Oklahoma one of its “Best Value” colleges.   The school is ranked first per capita among public universities in enrollment of National Merit Scholars and among the top five in the graduation of Rhodes Scholars.  PC Magazine and the Princeton Review rated it one of the “20 Most Wired Colleges” in both 2006  and 2008, while the Carnegie Foundation classifies it as a research university with “high research activity.”

Oklahoma University is located in Norman, Oklahoma, and on its Norman campus are two prominent museums, the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, specializing in French Impressionism and Native American artwork, and the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, specializing in the natural history of Oklahoma.

The school, well-known for its athletic programs, has won 7 NCAA Division I National Football Championships.  The OU baseball team has won 2 NCAA national championships and the OU women’s softball team won the national championship in 2000. The Sooner gymnastics teams have won four national championships since 2002, and the OU Sooner football program has the best winning percentage of any Division I-FBS team since the introduction of the AP Poll in 1936, playing in four BCS national championship games since the inception of the BCS system in 1998.

To learn more about OU, visit their website here: University of Oklahoma