About the Meinders School of Business

The Faculty: One of the most important attributes of the Meinders School of Business is the faculty. Ninety percent hold doctorate degrees or the equivalent and regularly publish articles in professional journals. The average class size is less than 20 students. Individualized instruction and small classes ensure that each student receives encouragement and assistance.

More than just Nuts & Bolts:A Broad View of Management
The Meinders School of Business is committed to providing quality business education at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Curricula are designed to offer students a broad-based view of management: a view that emphasizes ethics, entrepreneurship, and social responsibility in the workplace; a view of management that will enable students to work effectively in the challenging global business environment. Course work features best business practices as well as theory and helps to provide students with the management skills necessary for effective leadership. Theoretical foundations are balanced by practical applications.

Financial Assistance: OCU is committed to making every effort to assist students who are seeking an education. Numerous merit and non-merit based scholarships are available through the MSB. Your admissions officer or advisor will be happy to discuss these options with you.

Our Facilities: Herman Meinders, a university trustee and longtime benefactor of the university, provided OCU $18 million to build a new home for its business school. Completed in 2006, the 80,000-square-foot building serves as a learning and technology hub for the school.

In addition to classroom and office space, the three-story facility includes a 2,500-square-foot auditorium capable of hosting business conferences, a computer lab, a student/faculty lounge to facilitate collaboration and mentoring, and breakout rooms for small-group meetings. Business students have access to an on-site learning center where they can videotape then review mock interviews and presentations, as well as a career center where they will be able to take online self-assessment tests and get career planning help. State-of-the-art technology, including wireless Internet access and video conferencing facilities, will bring together students from around the world in “virtual” classroom environments.

The Love’s Entrepreneurship Center hosted in the Meinders School of Business at Oklahoma City University is one of the state’s most valuable business development resources. The Love’s Center provides a variety of business consulting programs to new businesses, startup operations and companies seeking expansion.

The Love’s Center is also home to the

• Busey Institute for Enterprise & Leadership
  
• Continuing Professional Education Program
  
• Corporate Directors Institute
  
• Academy for Customer Excellence and Service
  
• Steven C. Agee Economic Research and Policy Institute

The Love’s Entrepreneurship Center also provides scholarship support to students seeking a college education in entrepreneurship and business. To learn more about the Love’s Entrepreneurship Center call (405) 208-5540.

BUSEY INSTITUTE
The Busey Institute for Enterprise & Leadership provides professional programs to the public on various topics designed to meet the dynamic needs of regional businesses. The Busey Institute, funded by former Oklahoma City University students Phil and Cathy Busey of The Busey Group, holds annual seminars at the Meinders School of Business providing students and professionals education on current topics and networking opportunities with highly respected business leaders. The Busey Institute also provides student scholarship support.

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS
The Continuing Professional Education Program offers students and working professionals certification courses in many demanding fields including Project Management Professional®(PMP), Certified Financial Planner®(CFP), and Professional in Human Resources (PHR) and Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR). We also meet the dynamic needs of regional businesses by providing customized on-site programs for groups. We specialize in program development handling everything from entire program assessment and delivery to all administrative functions. The Continuing Professional Education Program at Oklahoma City University in partnership with Gatlin Education Services and ed2go, also offers more than 400 online open enrollment programs designed to provide the skills necessary to acquire professional level positions for many in-demand occupations. For more information or to enroll in a course, visit www.okcu.edu/business/profed.

CORPORATE DIRECTORS INSTITUTE
The Corporate Directors Institute (CDI) facilitates the exchange of innovative ideas, best business practices, and other information that provide “C” level executives the most up to date information on board governance. CDI provides leading corporate directors and governance professionals the opportunity to share their ideas and perspectives regarding many of the most critical topics facing corporate, not-for-profit and government organization boards today. The annual conference through CDI is Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS)-accredited and allows participants to earn Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ) credits for their listed companies. In addition participants can earn 10 Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits.

Academy for Customer Excellence and Service (ACES)
The mission of the ACES is to provide an active interface between business school faculty and students and the business community, through the provision of marketing-oriented solutions focused in the areas of professional sales, sales force management, product and service innovation, product development and planning, demand management, customer service and relationship management, and supply chain logistics. ACES accomplishes these goals through numerous knowledge products based on cutting edge research, which include executive and/or continuing education, developmental work-site seminars, employee training courses, contract research projects, and marketing and management consulting, among other activities. ACES programs benefit clients by providing innovative, real-world solutions based on cutting edge theory and industrial best practices.

STEVEN C. AGEE ECONOMIC RESEARCH AND POLICY INSTITUTE
Steven C. Agee Economic Research and Policy Institute is focused on assisting the Oklahoma City business community by disseminating information to businesses, government, and regulatory agencies through economic impact studies, marketing and macroeconomic survey data, the Meinders Consumer Confidence Poll, and other forms of economic research. The institute oversees eight consumer confidence surveys conducted in concert with the Federal Reserve Bank meetings as well as other research and polling for businesses, organizations, and agencies. The institute is designed to provide undergraduate and M.B.A. students opportunities for direct involvement in applied economic research through the Institute Scholars Program. To learn more about the institute, contact Dr. Steven C. Agee at sagee@okcu.edu or visit the ERPI Website.