Oklahoma Christian University officials recently responded to questions about a misleading publicity campaign it ran in order to attract students to its accounting major. The campaign included print ads, signs in Oklahoma airports and a billboard on Broadway Extension in Oklahoma City that said the university had the highest Uniform CPA Examination pass rate in Oklahoma. A billboard went up in June 2010 and was taken down about six months ago, said Ron Frost, OC vice president for communications.
When Ed Huckeby joined Southwestern Christian University in January, he became the first nonminister to serve as president of the school in Bethany established in 1946 by the International Pentecostal Holiness Church. Huckeby, SCU's 11th president, also shifted to a private institution after a 40-year career in education - eight years in public education and 32 years in higher education at state- supported universities.
Not many administrators would take on the challenge of a failing university with more than $10.5 million in promissory notes and a $7 million-plus mortgage in arrears. Yet in 1999 not only did Dr. John Fozard step up to the challenge, in the intervening 25 years he has taken Mid-America Christian University from the verge of collapse to solid financial footing, creating a highly respected institution with students from around the world.
The ideal of the Christian university is based on informing principles of unity, universality, integrity, transmission of tradition, and standards of human excellence. The Christian university should accept its place within a context of institutional pluralism, recognizing the vital role of liberal education and Enlightenment. The Christian university is no longer seen as a holdover from medieval times, as the concept of secularization is no longer regarded as a fruitful perspective.
LINCOLN - Eight staff members at Lincoln Christian University, mostly faculty at the main campus, will lose their jobs as part of a cost-savings plan. The cuts, effective June 1, and ongoing spending restrictions will trim between $800,000 and $1 million from the university's budget. The total budget amount was not immediately available, but spokeswoman Christine Thomas said the cuts represent an 8 percent reduction.
Oklahoma Christian University has developed two new programs - an international business major for undergraduate students and a master of science in engineering degree. The international business major will include a course in one of the world's major financial centers, said Jeff Simmons, associate professor in business.
Graduation speakers at colleges and universities across the state will include business, legal and government officials on the local, state, national and international level. Paul Kagame, president of Rwanda, will be one of the spring commencement speakers Friday at Oklahoma Christian University.
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