PROJECTS & SUPPORT

Through the years, the Parents' Association has supported various university projects and helped to fund supplemental programming. Following is a list of projects that have been linked to the association:

Mini-Grant Program
The Parents’ Association Mini-Grant program was launched to support educational efforts in the Division of Student Affairs as well as in Academic Colleges.  Four projects were funded this year and included: A Student Life Student Leader Development Project; A Career Skills Collection for the National Weather Center Library; A Health Promotion Resource Library and a Trebuchet Design Practice for First Year Engineering Students.

New OU Parent Calendars
A full-color calendar is printed each summer for new OU Parents providing month-by-month updates of what students may be experiencing during their transition to OU. It also provides ideas to parents each month.

New to OU publication
The OUPA covers the mailing cost for this piece each summer to parents and new students.

OUPA Scholarships
Each fall semester four $1,000 scholarships are awarded to students who's parents are members of the Association. One scholarship is awarded for each class (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior). The application for the scholarships are available each summer on-line and e-mailed to each parent member.

Outstanding Senior Man and Woman
Each Fall, the OU Parents' Association presents an award of merit to the Outstanding Senior of each undergraduate college as selected by the individual colleges. The Parents' Association also recognizes the all-around Outstanding Senior Man and Senior Woman at the University selected by a university committee comprised of faculty, staff and students.

Purchase of paper fans for distribution at New Sooner Orientation

Purchase of safety whistles for distribution through the OU Police Department

Purchase of Study Skills Booklets regarding topics such as Test Anxiety, Time Management, Stress Management, etc.

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Over the years, the parent associations have taken special stands in support of projects at the university. The Dads' Association publicly supported the bond issues that built Ellison Infirmary in 1927 and in 1964, its members passed a resolution supporting the creation of the OU School of Dentistry.

In 1940, the Mothers' Association sponsored and helped furnish Rochdale Hall for 38 needy women students. They also endorsed safety on highways and world peace.

In recent years the Parents' Association contributed $5000 to the building of the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History.