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About CETL

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning invites OCU faculty to engage in dialogue about teaching excellence and arts integration across the curriculum. Through various activities including workshops led by OCU faculty and guest scholars, CETL provides support and resources to enhance student learning and to build a model for arts integration in higher education. We welcome your contributions and participation as we collaborate to foster dialogue and support communities of learners across OCU's campus.

Mission Statement, Goals, and Activities

We seek to provide educational opportunities to all students and university constituents in the broad aesthetic and intellectual benefits that the study of the arts provides and develop future generations of patrons of audiences of the arts. This mission is executed via the following goals and activities:


  • Promoting research-based teaching practices;
  • Developing and promoting faculty-led programs and services to support faculty development and student learning;
  • Providing resources to assist faculty in their development as teaching professors;
  • Supporting participants in their efforts to teach and learn with innovative approaches and strategies;
  • Providing opportunities for self-assessment and other means of formative assessment;
  • Conducting scholarly research about teaching, learning and assessment.

Contact Our Staff



Chris Garrett (view bio)
Director of CETL
Assistant Professor of English
Phone: 405-208-5581
Email: cgarrett@okcu.edu






Murla Adams
Administrative Assistant
Phone: 405-208-5580
Email: madams@okcu.edu





CETL Faculty Advisory Board

Susan Barnes - Nursing
Jody Horn - Sociology & Justice Studies 
James Ma - Business
Lance Marsh - Theatre
Adam Ryburn - Biology 



What our faculty say...

"I think CETL is doing exactly what it needs to do. I now feel a connection with the other professors on campus and with the academic requirements of teaching good college curriculum." –OCU faculty member

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