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e UNIVERSITY of OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESIDENTIAL PROFILE 1 2 Presidential Profile The University of Oklahoma Board of Regents requests nominations and applications for the position of President. The new President must be a visionary leader who shares a passion for OU’s mission and will be dedicated to continuing the University’s tradition of academic excellence while embracing its commitment to improving the lives of Oklahomans and the world beyond. The successful candidate will be a collaborative and energetic leader who will build upon the legacy of President David L. Boren who will be retiring at the end of the 2017-2018 academic year following 23 years of exemplary service to the University and the state of Oklahoma. The Board of Regents seeks an individual who will leverage OU’s current momentum and strengthen the University’s academic and research missions while furthering its commitment to student success. The next President will lead and manage change in a shifting higher education environment that will require navigating University of Oklahoma – Norman Campus current and future trends impacting higher education through The central campus and the offices of administration of the innovative, entrepreneurial thinking, and openness to strategic University of Oklahoma are located on some 3,500 acres in change and new possibilities. Norman, a city of more than 100,000 residents. Norman is located near the center of the state, 20 miles south of Oklahoma City, the state capital. The University The academic units housed on the Norman campus are University College, the Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture, the The University of Oklahoma is a comprehensive research College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Atmospheric and institution, located on three campuses (Norman, Oklahoma City, Geographic Sciences, the Michael F. Price College of Business, the and Tulsa), that encompasses a broad array of disciplines, ranging Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy, the Jeannine Rainbolt from modern dance and architecture to meteorology, medicine and College of Education, the Gallogly College of Engineering, the public health. OU invests in and promotes interaction among all Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts, the Graduate College, disciplines and campuses in a framework of academic departments, the Honors College, the College of International Studies, the colleges, research centers and institutes with a single goal: to Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication, and empower faculty and students in pursuing advanced education as the College of Law. The Norman campus is also headquarters for well as research and creative activity at the forefront of knowledge. the College of Professional and Continuing Studies, which directs OU is home to over 31,000 students and more than 3,500 faculty outreach programs throughout the state and around the world. and 8,000 staff across all three campuses and is supported by a $2 billion budget and an endowment of $1.52 billion. The Norman campus consists of four sections – central campus, south campus, research campus and north campus. Most of the OU is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a Highest Research academic and administrative buildings are located on the central Activity institution, placing it in the highest tier of comprehensive campus, noted for its Cherokee Gothic architecture and award- research universities in the nation. This designation is one of winning landscaping. Also situated on the central campus are the most important distinguishing measures among institutions the university residence halls, which includes two newly-opened of higher education, encompassing factors such as amount of residential colleges; Sarkeys Energy Center; University Libraries; Federal grant and contract funding in all disciplines, number of Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art; Donald W. Reynolds Performing doctoral degrees awarded, and number of non-faculty Ph.D. degree Arts Center, including historic Holmberg Hall; Rupel Jones Fine holding researchers. Because proximity to an out¬standing research Arts Center, including Elsie C. Brackett Theatre; Catlett Music university is among the most important factors in business startup Center, including Sharp Concert Hall and Pitman Recital Hall; or relocation decisions, OU serves as a foundational engine for Oklahoma Memorial Union; recreational facilities, including the economic growth as the only Highest Research Activity university in Huston Huffman Physical Fitness Center and the Murray Case the state. Sells Swim Complex; Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium; the Everest Indoor Training Center; and the Oklahoma OU is an institution on the move in research and creative activity. Center for Continuing Education, a year-round educational center Research and sponsored program expenditures in FY 2017 across all and conference site. Located one block east of the central campus three campuses (Norman, Health Sciences Center, and OU-Tulsa) is the OU Brandt Park and Duck Pond, a recreational area used exceeded $283 million. OU now ranks 89th nationally in federally throughout the year by OU students and Norman residents. David funded research and development expenditures and ranks 88th in A. Burr Park is conveniently located near residence halls and other R&D expenditures overall. recreational facilities. 3 Center house cutting-edge research in fields including robotics, genomics, bioengineering and the OU Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, which includes a National Institutes of Health- funded structural biology program. A series of five “Partners Place” buildings, totaling 362,000 square feet, enable public and private sector collaboration on weather and radar research; innovation and entrepreneurship; and water, climate, and energy. The new OU Innovation hub serves as a creative space for students and faculty in support of invention and entrepreneurship. Additionally, a 35,000 square-foot “one of a kind” Radar Innovations Laboratory opened in 2014. OU’s Research Campus has been certified by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce as Site Ready, which allows the university to capitalize on fast-moving economic opportunities and enables site selectors to readily find quality land and facilities that meet nationally established criteria. OU’s Research Campus was South Campus named the nation’s top research park for 2013 by the Association of Immediately adjacent to central campus is the south campus, University Research Parks, placing it among such past recipients as site of the College of Law; the OU Foundation; OU Traditions Research Triangle Park in North Carolina, Purdue Research Park in apartments; the world-class Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Indiana and University City Science Center in Pennsylvania. Natural History; Lloyd Noble Center and parking complex; the John Crain Field at the OU Soccer Complex; the Headington Family Tennis Center; the Jimmie Austin University of Oklahoma Golf Course; L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park; the Marita Hynes Field – OU Women’s Softball Complex; the Sam Viersen Gymnastics Center; and the OU Learning Center. North Campus North campus, which is two miles north of the main campus, includes the Merrick Computer Center; Max Westheimer Airport, the University-operated airport that also serves the City of Norman; and Swearingen Research Park, where government agencies and industry have established facilities. Research Campus In less than a decade, the 277-acre OU Research Campus has Other research and study units of the university include the been transformed from an empty field to a thriving economic Biological Station on Lake Texoma; the Sutton Avian Research engine shaped by a community of public and private sector Center in Bartlesville; the Oklahoma Geophysical Observatory at collaborations located in nearly 1 million square feet of occupied Leonard near Tulsa; the Aquatic Biology Fisheries Research Center space representing $300 million in investment. Today, the in Noble near Norman; and the Oklahoma Biological Survey, the Research Campus brings together 1,700 workers across academic, Oklahoma Archeological Survey and Charles M. Russell Center for federal, state and industrial organizations in a mutually beneficial the Study of Art of the American West in Norman. In addition, environment. the Oklahoma Geological Survey is a state agency mandated in the Constitution of Oklahoma, and is part of the Mewbourne College The National Weather Center, a 257,000 square-foot facility that of Earth and Energy at the University of Oklahoma. opened in 2006, anchors the OU Research Campus on the south. The Center houses both academic and federal groups dedicated to forecasting, research and training. The Stephenson Research and Technology Center and the Stephenson Life Sciences Research 4 In addition, following a historic gift made by Oklahoma’s Rainbolt family, the Gene Rainbolt Graduate School of Business was named and opened its doors in August 2017. The Graduate School of Business is now housed in a new 27,000 square foot facility located on the OU Health Science Center campus in the heart of Oklahoma’s state capital—strategically situating the facility and its programs at the crossroads of where Oklahoma City’s energy and financial services industries and health care and aerospace sectors meet. University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center – Oklahoma City The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center is the state’s major educational resource for training physicians, dentists, nurses, pharmacists,