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.

University of Oklahoma Outreach administrative officers

University of Oklahoma Outreach administrative officers include, from left: Richard Little, Ed.D., associate vice president for Outreach, Continuing Education Advanced Programs; Cal Hobson, executive director for Outreach; James P. Pappas, Ph.D., vice president for Outreach, dean, College of Liberal Studies; Belinda Biscoe, Ph.D., assistant vice president for Outreach, Public and Community Services and Trent Gabert, Ph.D., associate dean, College of Liberal Studies.

 

College of Continuing Education

picture of students on campusThe 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.

 

  • Began in 1913 as the Extension Division of the University of Oklahoma

  • In 1962 named Continuing Education and Public Service

  • In 1992 named the College of Continuing Education

  • 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.
- Dr. Bruce Roberts
Assistant Director of Academic Programs

 

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