July 2016 Articles and Features

OBU International MBA Ranks in Top Ten in Affordability
July 27, 2016
Oklahoma Baptist University recently ranked in the top ten nationally for affordability with its online international MBA, as ranked by BestValueMBA.net. The ranking considered data gathered from the NCES College Navigator Database. OBU ranked…
Pastors School Focuses on Power of Prayer
July 19, 2016
OBU hosted more than 90 participants during the 2016 OBU Pastors School July 11-13. The theme for the event, designed to provide a ministry development opportunity for Baptist pastors, was “Prayer: Key to Preaching the Word in…
OBU Approved for Year Three of NCAA Candidacy
July 15, 2016
The NCAA membership committee recommended Friday that Oklahoma Baptist advance to the third and final year of transition to NCAA Division II. The recommendation will be acted upon later this summer. If approved, OBU…
Dr. Bill Mitchell Takes a Circuitous Path
July 13, 2016
Just after the Great Depression ravaged Oklahoma, a young sharecropper's son determined he needed to escape the Sooner State. So 14-year-old Bill Mitchell saved $3 and ran away. He spent a day walking from rural Chandler to Bethany, and then…
OBU Names Compton as Dean of Students
July 1, 2016
OBU has named Odus Compton as dean of students. Compton currently serves the University as director of student ministry. His role as dean of students will take effect July 5. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from OBU with a minor in…