Department of History
Alumni

WONDERING WHAT A HISTORY DEGREE CAN DO FOR YOU?

Alumni of OCU's history program have gone on to accomplish great things once they've left the classroom. Many of them have continued their education in graduate programs and law schools across the country. Others have taken their degrees into the workplace and discovered the utility of studying history as undergraduates.

Real Alumni Stories

Eli Hellman completed an internship on the staff of Senator Diane Feinstein, working with the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology, and Homeland Security of the US Senate Judiciary Committee. He recently accepted a position as an attorney advisor for the US Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, VA. Michael Cooper received a full-ride to OCU law school and is currently serving as President of teh Student bar Association at the OCU Law School. Joel Davis earned a Master of Arts at teh University of Chicago and a PhD in history at the University of Missouri. Brett Manis went on to graduate school at Oklahoma State University and recently returned to OCU to take a position in the Office of Admissions. Allesan Armstrong is currently a third year law student at OCU. She has served as a research assistant to both a Professor and the Dean of the Law School, and is Magister of the Honors Fraternity Phi Delta Phi, a Merit Scholar, and a member of the Holloway Inn Court. She credits her historiography course with preparing her for life in graduate school. Tally Fugate will be traveling south to Texas to work as an archivist for the new Goerge W. Bush Presidential Library. History minor Kimberly Reynolds went on to get a Master's degree in history and now teaches history in Arkansas. She is working on a public history book (under contract).

We Want to Hear from You!!!

We are seeking alumni stories, so that we can post them online. If you are interested in being added to the department webpage, please send us your name, year that you graduated, and a little about yourself. We would also like to receive pictures (of you and your families, you and your pets, you particpating in activities that you enjoy), so that we can post these too on the webpage.

Please send all materials to Professor Jim Buss at

jbuss@okcu.edu