Specialties
Christian education, liberal arts education, 86 areas of study.
History
Established in 1910.
In 1906, the State Baptist Convention, in session in Shawnee, appointed a commission to make plans for the founding of a Baptist university. In 1907, a board of trustees was elected; and on February 9, 1910, the incorporation certificate for the Baptist University of Oklahoma was issued and a new university was born.
Oklahoma Baptist University opened in September 1911, holding classes in the basement of the First Baptist Church and in the Convention Hall of Shawnee.
The City of Shawnee contributed the original 60-acre campus and the first building, Shawnee Hall, which opened in September 1915.
Meet the Manager: Dr. David W.
David W. Whitlock, a Baptist college administrator, was named as Oklahoma Baptist University's 15th president Friday, October 10, 2008.
A fifth-generation Oklahoman, Whitlock was born in Purcell and graduated from Wayne High School. He completed a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Southeastern in 1984, a master's degree in business administration from Southeastern in 1985, and a doctorate in educational leadership and policy studies from the University of Oklahoma in 1995.
Whitlock has been an author, co-author or editor of four books related to business fields, and has been a contributing writer for numerous works.
Whitlock and his wife, the former Dana Searles, were married in 1987. They have four sons: Joshua Christian, Ryan Wesley, David Searles and Landon Allen.