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University Of Science And Arts Of Oklahoma
Chickasha, United States - Oklahoma
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University description (as per official university website)
The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, also known as USAO, was established as the Oklahoma Industrial Institute and College for Girls in the year 1908. It changed to its current name in 1974. The USAO is a public college of liberal arts, and is located in Chickasha, Oklahoma. The University offers major degrees in the fields of arts, science, and fine arts. Online courses are also available.
HISTORY
Celebrating a century of service as Oklahoma's only public liberal arts college, the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma – nationally ranked for quality and value – is a recognized leader and innovator in interdisciplinary studies.
Like the best private liberal arts colleges, USAO offers small classes, award-winning faculty committed to teaching (91 percent have the terminal degree), and a campus culture that fosters close faculty-student interaction and undergraduate research opportunities. USAO dedicates itself to educating the whole student, encourages personal development through public service, and offers nationally ranked teams in five sports.
The college was founded in 1908 as a women's institution, the first college created by Oklahoma's first legislature. USAO is one of only seven state institutions with similar missions ever created in the United States. Other than the University of Oklahoma, USAO has the oldest original mission of any state college or university in Oklahoma. Located in Chickasha, USAO is the only Oklahoma college to be named a National Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.
HOW IT ALL BEGAN
The determination of the citizens of Chickasha, the philanthropic act of a grieving father and the progressive attitude of the first state legislature, came together in 1908 to create this institution. As the life of the new school began, it was exclusively for girls.
The Oklahoma Industrial Institute and College for Girls, a preparatory school and college, was created with the enactment of Senate Bill 249. The bill, introduced by Senator N.P. Stewart of Hugo, was signed into law by Governor Charles Haskell on May 16, 1908.
Miss Annie Wade O'Neill of Chickasha had persistently appeared before the state legislature and local citizens' groups pleading for the founding of a girls' preparatory school. The community offered 150 acres to the west of town for the site. An area cattleman, James B. Sparks, offered a 20-acre tract to help assuage the grief over the death of his daughter, Nellie Gaines Sparks, at a distant boarding school. The land, a portion of Miss Sparks' Chickasaw tribal inheritance located at the southwest edge of the city, was accepted as the site for the school.
Mission
The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma is the state's public liberal arts college. Its mission is to provide the public with a distinctive and accessible liberal arts and sciences education. In combining an interdisciplinary core curriculum with superior instruction in major fields of study, USAO aims to provide a thorough education that prepares students for meaningful, purposeful lives.
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Scholarships
Junior Fulbright Program
United States
Ford Foundation International Fellows Program
Worldwide
Rotary Fellowships
Global Network of Community Volunteers
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| Student grants |
British Federation of Women Graduates Charitable Foundation
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ESRC 1+3 Scholarship (Social & Economic History)
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Dean Francis J. Connelly Scholarship
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Financial Women s Association of New York Graduate Scholarship in Business
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Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
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The Norman Woodbury Scholarship for Study Abroad
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PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP
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Greenville Savings Bank Scholarship Endowment
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Lemforder Corporation Scholarships
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Legacy Scholarship
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Greater Milwaukee Association Of Legal Professionals (GMALP)
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