THE "UNIVERSITY OF CHOICE" FOR SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA

DID YOU KNOW?

100 YEARS OF CHANGING LIVES

• Cameron will celebrate its 100th birthday in 2008-09 with an observance entitled Cameron University: Changing Lives for 100 Years, 1908-2008
• As part of the Centennial Observance, Cameron launched an ambitious $8,500,000 Changing Lives Campaign, the first comprehensive campaign in Cameron's history. Campaign goals include:
  

  	Student Activities Complex		$6,500,000
  	Centennial Gardens		$500,000
  	Endowed Faculty Postions		$650,000
  	Student Scholarships		$600,000
  	University Advacement		$250,000

• Cameron increased the goal to $10,000,000 with a Dig Deeper Challenge to meet the goals for the Student Activities Complex, a state-of-the-art student center, and the Centennial Gardens, a beautiful place to study, relax, play and interact.
• 2 years into the 3-year campaign, over $9 million had been raised.

AGGIE ATHLETICS

• Cameron boasts small class sizes, and students benefit from a student to faculty ration of 24 to 1, ensuring individualized attention from highly qualified faculty
• Cameron now has 69 endowed faculty positions (lectureships, professorships and chairs) - more than any other regional university in the state and trails only the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University among all state colleges and universities
• The university continues to significantly increase the number and amount of student scholarship awards each year

• Cameron's campus is consistently ranked as one of the safest campuses in Oklahoma.
• Cameron public safety officers are state certified polie officers and patrol 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, all year round.
• The university has an emergency communication system in place that allows for multi-modal communication with students, faculty and staff in the event of a campus emergency.

• Cameron Village offers new apartment-style housing. Each apartment is fully furnished with a kitchen, living room, bathroom and a private bedroom.
• Cameron Village also houses the McMahon Learning Center: a 9,000 square foot facility that has a computer lab, classroom, library and a great room

• The Village houses a Faculty in Residence, a faculty member available to assist students through mentoring sessions and a monthly program series
• The Shepler Center is another housing option with the capacity to house more than 800 students. Offering dormitory-style accommodations, the Shepler Center also includes amenities such as Internet and cable access and common areas.

• Campus organizations include minority, departmental, professional, religious, Greek, honor societies, and student government.
• There is a wide range of intramural sports available from flag football to dodge ball.
• The Cameron University Fitness Center houses basketball, volleyball and racquetball courts, a full-size swimming pool, a running track, and aerobic exercise and weight training areas. Tennis courts are also on campus.
• "Aggie Escape" and "Ask an Aggie" are activities geared directly towards helping new students find their niche at Cameron.
• "Rollin' with the Aggies" is a great student program that transports students to out-of-town athletic events.

• In June 2005, the university dedicated the Center for Emerging Technology and Entrepreneurial Studies (CETES), which is designed to spur economic growth in the entire Southwest Oklahom region.
• CETES houses 6 new technology based businesses.
• CETES phase II is currently under construction as is a new School of Business.