WELCOME SOONER PARENTS!
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
Spring Parent's Weekend/Mom's Day
March 26-27, 2010
SPRING SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE!
Scholarship applications for spring 2010 are available online
or
in Student Life, OMU 265 and are due by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010.
Scholarships to be awarded this spring semester:
3 - $1,000 OUPA Freshmen General Scholarships
1 - $1,000 John Michael Gore Memorial Essay Scholarship
1 - $500 OUPA Membership Random Drawing Scholarship
(no application required)
1 - $1,000 Mary E. Heckendorn Outstanding Student Mother Scholarship
(awarded to an undergraduate student mother of minor children)
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JOIN THE PARENTS' ASSOCIATION TODAY!
Online membership takes 4-6 weeks to process.
(NOTE: This online/credit card membership is processed via the OU Foundation and you will receive an e-mail confirmation from them. The Foundation then submits the membership information to us in approximately 4 weeks.)
Mail membership takes 1-2 weeks to process.
Go to the Join or Renew link on the left of this site.
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SOONER PARENTS PARTNERING WITH OU ALUMNI & FRIENDS
The Parents’ Association is proud to support OU Alumni and Friends events in communities across the country.
We’ll help keep you informed of things happening in your area!
OU Alumni Clubs are an extension of the University of Oklahoma and promote the university by serving as a liaison between OU and its alumni, students and friends. OU Clubs renew old and encourage new friendships. Typical club activities include sponsoring athletic watch parties, assisting with student recruitment in your area, and hosting university speakers, from favorite professors to OU coaches.
To find the OU Club in your area, click here (link opens in new window).
To assist students financially, the OU Alumni Association offers a variety of scholarships through local alumni and society chapters across the country. OU's alumni clubs provide constant support to the student body through their generous contributions for scholarships for students from their club area, with the OU Alumni Association matching this amount through tuition waivers.
Locate your alumni club to participate (link opens in new window).
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ATTENTION MEMBERS...
Please click here to submit your newest e-mail address. Thanks!
QUESTIONS? Contact:
Becky Barker, Liaison to the Parents' Association - rreed@ou.edu
or
Mary Martha Stewart, Current President, Parents' Association
McKinney, Texas
mstewart@independent-bank.com
If you are interested in visiting with other parents serving on the Executive Committee, please visit the Contact a Parent page.
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Purpose of the Parents' Association:
• To provide the parents, guardians and other supporters of University of Oklahoma students an opportunity to learn more about the organizaiton and policies of the university
• To bring about closer cooperation between students, parents, faculty, administrative officials and regents of the university
• To provide an agency through which authorities of the university may more effectively present objectives, aims and needs to the public at large
• To provide an agency through which parents may collectively organize their efforts in support of students and their educational experience
Through the Years:
For over seven decades, fathers, mothers, and other supporters of the University of Oklahoma students have worked through the OU Parents' Association in its chief mission - to help students.
In 1938, the Dads' Association, drawing from membership dues, presented the first of thousands of scholarships given to deserving students who might otherwise be unable to stay in school. Those first 25 scholarships were for $6 each-covering a $3 library fee and a $3 student health fee.
Times have changed and so have the needs of students for scholarships. Though the number and amount of the scholarships has varied over the years, reflecting the cost of tuition and variations in receipts from membership dues, the scholarships have helped numerous students from virtually every area of the state and beyond.
The impact of the Parents' Association continues to be felt campus-wide via Mini-Grants, scholarships, campus recognition, and providing many resources for parents.