About University Outreach
A National Leader in Distance Education
University
Outreach is made up of the College
of Continuing Education and the College
of Liberal Studies. With a long history spanning back to 1913, Outreach annually
offers some 2,000 courses and activities
to more than 200,000 nontraditional learners in
Oklahoma and in locations all over the world.
University Outreach extends the educational
resources of University of Oklahoma in locations throughout Oklahoma and
around the world. Located
on the Norman campus, University Outreach’s Oklahoma
Center for Continuing Education is the
home of the College of Continuing Education
and the College of Liberal Studies. |
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| University of Oklahoma Outreach administrative officers include, from left: Trent Gabert, Ph.D., associate dean, College of Liberal Studies; James P. Pappas, Ph.D., vice president for Outreach, dean, College of Liberal Studies; Richard Little, Ed.D., associate vice president for Outreach, Continuing Education Advanced Programs; Belinda Biscoe, Ph.D., assistant vice president for Outreach, Public and Community Services; and Harold Jones, Ph.D., executive director of operations for Outreach. |
College of Continuing Education
 The College of Continuing
Education (CCE) is
the Outreach arm of the University of Oklahoma.
Nationally recognized
for its pioneering efforts in continuing education,
CCE extends the educational resources of the
university through more
than 30 different program formats.
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Began in 1913 as the Extension Division of
the University of Oklahoma
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In 1962 named Continuing Education and Public
Service
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In 1992 named the College of Continuing Education
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In 2001, Outreach
was chosen as a branding tool to
provide a way to speak to the diversity
of the college in a more inclusive
manner
The Oklahoma
Center for Continuing Education is one
of eleven W. K. Kellogg Foundation-funded, university-based
residential conference centers in the world.
"One of
the primary missions of Outreach is to service
the educational community at-large, both
domestically and internationally. International
training initiatives and collaborations help
to build educational understandings between
cultures in our ever-expanding business world.
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Dr. Bruce Roberts
Assistant Director of Academic
Programs |
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