CU Fast Facts
THE "UNIVERSITY OF CHOICE" FOR SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA
- Cameron University is the largest four-year higher education institution in southwest Oklahoma.
- Cameron University offers associate, baccalaureate and master's degrees in more than 50 degree programs
- With an average fall enrollment of almost 6,000 students, Cameron's population is diverse:
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53% |
White |
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18% |
Black |
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8% |
Hispanic |
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8% |
Native American |
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5% |
Asian |
- Cameron is home to nearly 300 international students from 46 countries.
DID YOU KNOW?
- The first classes at Cameron were held on Statehood Day, 1909 in the basement of a bank building
- The institution is named for Evan Dhu Cameron, Oklahoma's first State Superintendent of Schools.
- Cameron began as an agricultural high school, became a junior college, then expanded to the baccalaureate level, and added graduate programs in the 1980s.
- According to America's Best Colleges 2009, a report issued by U.S. News and World Report, graduates of Cameron carry the lowest debt load of graduates of 572 institutions surveyed.
- Cameron University-Duncan became an official branch campus in 2004. CU-Duncan's student population has more than doubled in recent years and the explosive growth promises to escalate.
ACADEMICS
- Cameron boasts small class sizes, and students benefit from a student to faulty ratio of 19 to 1, ensuring individualized attention from highly qualified faculty members.
- As of Spring 2009, Cameron had 70 endowed faulty positions (lectureships, professorships and chairs) -- more than any other regional university in the state.
- Each summer, the Department of Communication offers a course in which students produce a feature-length documentary in eight weeks. These productions are consistently accepted into regional film festivals and have won numerous awards.
- CU's ROTC program is ranked in the top 15 percent in the nation and is the highest ranked program in an 11-state region. More than 600 officers have been commissioned since the program's inception in 1970, and 17 Cameron students have achieved the rank of General. In 2008, CU's Comanche Battalion once again received the General Douglas MacArthur Award as Best Battalion in the Western Region.
- In Fall 2008, Cameron's Department of Education earned continuing accreditation from the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), a national accrediting body for schools, colleges and departments of education authorized by the U.S. Department of Education. CU's Department of Education met every standard, and no areas were cited for improvement. In addition, multiple strengths were noted by the team.
- Students in the School of Business have the opportunity to manage an investment portfolio funded through a $1 million line of credit by BancFirst, which underwrites the students' bond portfolio. Profits from that portfolio are used to fund the stock portfolio. Since the portfolio classes were launched in 1988, CU student investments have earned more than $311,000.
- The Department of English and Foreign Languages boasts more foreign languages in its curriculum than any other university in Oklahoma. CU offers instruction in more than 50 languages, including Swahili, Urdu, Farsi, Chinese and Russian.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
- In 2009, Cameron recruited more than 300 volunteers, comprised of students, faculty, staff and community members, for the National Martin Luther King Day of Service. This volunteer brigade renovated the Boys and Girls Club of Lawton, a critical resource for the Lawton-Fort Sill community.
- Surpassing its annual goal of 2,500 hours of community service, Cameron University's Athletics Department won the NCAA Division II's Community Engagement Award of Excellence.
- CU's Student Government Association launched the "Paint the Town Black and Gold" initiative, working with community businesses to demonstrate their support of CU by selling merchandise, offering discounts to students, participating in Spirit Friday, and more.
- Student organizations regularly play an active role in the Lawton-Fort Sill community, providing volunteers for a variety of service-leading and fundraising initiatives.
A CAMPUS TRANSFORMED
- The Cameron University campus continues to undergo a transformation with more than $54.5 million in capital improvement projects since 2004.
- Cameron's Center for Emerging Technology and Entrepreneurial Studies (CETES) is the university's initiative to lead the economic development of southwest Oklahoma. In 2009, the CETES Conference Center was dedicated to support this mission and provide a state-of-the-art conferencing facility to the community.
- Cameron Village, dedidated in 2005, is a unique student living/learning complex with fully furnished apartments. At the heart of the complex is the McMahon Center, which houses faculty-in-residence, a seminar room, classroom, computer lab with 24 hour access and library.
- The School of Business Building opened in Fall 2009. More than 32,000 square feet houses a simulated live trading floor, career advising center, 114-seat auditorium, classrooms, accounting and computer labs, and student and faculty interaction areas.
- The McMahon Centennial Complex (MCC) is soon to be a state-of-the-art student activities complex. Highlights include a food court, art gallery, multi-use recreation room and office suites for student services and student government. The focal point of the complex will be a multi-use ballroom which will accommodate meetings, conferences and community events. The ballroom will feature a balcony overlooking the beautiful Bentley Gardens.
- The 2.6-acre Bentley Gardens will be bounded by the MCC, Cameron Village, the Business Building, Shepler Towers and the Sciences Complex. The gardens will include the 1/3 acre Monica and Tom McCasland Family Pond, a gazebo with a band shell, picnic tables, benches, strolling paths and places for quiet contemplation. Completion is scheduled for Fall 2009.
AGGIE ATHLETICS
AGGIE SPORTS TEAMS
2008-09 HIGHLIGHTS
- Three Aggie head coaches were named Lone Star Conference Coach of the Year in their respective sports.
- The baseball team set a new school record for wins in a single season with 42. The Aggies won the LSC regular season championship.
- Cameron has two LSC Academic Players of the Year; Jenna Boren, softball and Cristian Easton, men's tennis.
- Cameron had four LSC Players of the Year: Nate Arevalo, baseball - hitting; Brad Bichel, baseball - pitching; Daniel Pazos, men's tennis; and Jenna Boren, softball - hitting.
- Cameron had two players named Second Team All-America by their respective sport's coaches associations: Jenna Boren, softball and Nate Arevalo, baseball.
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