INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION (STUDY ABROAD)
While most study abroad programs are designed for undergraduate students, graduate students are encouraged to explore available opportunities such as language immersion programs and internships abroad. Some Oklahoma City University faculty-led study tours are open to graduate students. For more information, see okcu.abroadoffice.net or contact the director of academic services in the provost’s office at 405-208-5287. Law students may select from several programs offered through the law school each summer. For more information, see the law school’s study abroad website or contact the director of international programs at 405-208-5125.
Center for Interpersonal Studies Through Film and Literature
The center’s mission is to develop creative programs through film and literature that engage individuals on the intuitive and experiential levels to understand themselves and others across time and space. Begun in 1997, the center brings a distinguished creative person to the campus each year. Poets Jimmy Santiago Baca, Lucille Clifton, Carolyn Forché, Mark Doty, Claudia Emerson, Joy Harjo, Jane Hirshfield, Li-Young Lee, Michael Ondaatje, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Natasha Trethewey as well as Poet Laureates Billy Collins, Ted Kooser, Charles Simic, and Robert Pinsky have been featured and Pulitzer Prize winner Terence Hayes will be the poet in April 2013. The center also develops an annual documentary film series each spring; develops for the university and community an archive collection of quality videos and DVDs along with viewing suggestions and some lesson plans for grade school through university-level teachers; conducts field trips to Oklahoma City University for teachers and students from upper elementary through high school to view and discuss distinguished films; holds a book discussion series for the university and Oklahoma City community; collaborates with other campus and metropolitan organizations to support and encourage different groups to work together on creative projects; and contributes to the support of the Oklahoma City University Film Institute. The director teaches university courses related to the mission of the center as well as courses in the English department and courses for the film studies major in the Moving Image Arts Program. The Thatcher Hoffman Smith Endowment Fund and an advisory committee support the development of the center.
Dulaney-Browne Library
Oklahoma City University supports two libraries: the Dulaney-Browne Library and the Law Library. While the collections and services of both libraries are available to all university students, faculty, and staff, all nonlawrelated library materials and services are provided through
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the five-story Dulaney-Browne Library building in the center of the campus. The Dulaney-Browne Library provides access to thousands of high quality research resources for Oklahoma City University students, faculty, and staff. Library resources and services are available in the library or through the library’s web page (www.okcu.edu/library) and include more than 200,000 books, 300,000 government documents, 6,700 videos and DVDs, several hundred current periodical subscriptions, 47,600 full-text online periodical titles, 2,000 compact disc recordings, 10,500 musical scores, and 72,000 electronic book titles. Reference librarians provide assistance in finding information in the library, over the telephone, via the internet, and by text message. Librarians also offer formal instruction to individuals and groups in the use and evaluation of information resources. Additional library resource services include the Archives and Special Collections (including the University Archives, the Oklahoma United Methodist Archives, and the Shirk Oklahoma History Center), the Foundation Center Cooperating Collection, the Center for Interpersonal Studies through Film and Literature Film Collection, government documents provided through the federal depository program, and the Leichter Listening Library (in the Wanda Bass Music Center). The library cooperates with other libraries in Oklahoma and around the world to provide students, faculty, and staff with access to their collections through OK-Share (a cooperative library card for Oklahoma academic libraries) and interlibrary loan (delivery to the library user of articles and books from other libraries). Please contact the library at (405) 208-5065, (405) 4453636 (text), or AskALibrarian@okcu.edu, or visit during regular library hours (Monday-Thursday 7:30 a.m.-midnight, Friday 7:30 a.m.-7:00 p.m., Saturday 10:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m., and Sunday noon - midnight) for more information.
Computer and Information Resources
Campus Technology Services maintains a centrally-located, dedicated area to aid students with their computer issues on the lower level of the McDaniel University Center. The Student Technology Support Center is staffed by trained technicians familiar with both Microsoft and Apple operating systems. The center offers a variety of student support services including: n Walk-in and telephone support n Technology-related consultation n Hardware and software support n Virus and malware removal n Installation of campus-licensed software applications such as Microsoft Office and Essentials (virus protection) n Assisted hardware upgrades n Training n A computer-based issue and support tracking system
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