Why Give?
Much of the progress made over the last two decades at the University of Oklahoma has been powered by private support. Thanks to the generosity of alumni and friends, OU's world-class educational and cultural experiences and life-changing research has made a real difference in the lives of Oklahomans and beyond.
Generosity of donors helps make students’ dreams possible
The support of our donors is essential in providing our students with the best Sooner experience. It is because of the generosity of our university family that students like Ivy, Braylon, Dylan and Michelle — who are shown in the video above — are able to thrive at OU. They are just four of the thousands of students who benefit from the collective support of our alumni and friends.
Graduate credits her success at OU to scholarship supporters
Scholarships helped bring more than educational opportunity to 2018 graduate Paige Colston. They also provided financial peace of mind for her family in a time when students are responsible for an increasingly greater share of the cost of a college degree.
Donors make a difference in student experience
In Fiscal Year 2017, private support helped ensure that our deserving students were provided with all of the tools they needed to thrive at OU — from scholarships, textbooks and lab supplies to housing and food assistance.
PRIORITY NEWSLETTER
Priority has focused a spotlight on OU private giving since 1976. This quarterly publication reaches donors, alumni, faculty and staff with stories demonstrating the power of gifts both large and small to transform Oklahoma’s flagship university.
Read about fundraising and development news at the University of Oklahoma. Stories are ordered by year.
11/10/2018: Harold Hamm Foundation Donates $34 Million to Harold Hamm Diabetes Center at OU Medicine
9/22/2018: OU Receives Gift to Support ROTC
9/18/2018: OU College of Public Health to Bear Hudson Name
3/12/2018: OU Receives Major Gift in Support of Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education
2/13/2018: OU Residential Colleges Recognized as Outstanding Development Project
12/13/2017: OU Receives Major Gift in Support of College of Architecture
11/10/2017: OU Dedicates Gene Rainbolt Graduate School Of Business
10/10/2017: OU to Dedicate Residential Colleges
9/20/2017: Boren Announces Plans to Retire as President of the University of Oklahoma
9/15/2017: Rainbolt Family Makes Leadership Gift to Name OU Graduate School of Business
8/24/2017: OU Norman Campus Researchers Achieve $98.4 Million in Annual Research Expenditures
6/30/2017: OU Awarded $161 Million NASA Contract for First-of-Its-Kind Earth Science Mission
6/20/2017: OU Receives Major Gift from Valero in Support of New Engineering Facility
5/11/2017: Phillips 66 Makes $1 Million Gift in Support of New Engineering Facility at OU
4/26/2017: OU Regents' Alumni Awards to be Presented to Eleven Outstanding Individuals
12/1/2016: OU President Thanks 'Thousands Strong' Supporters at December Board of Regents' Meeting
9/14/2016: Key OU Supporters Honored at September Regents Meeting
9/14/2016: Stuart Family Foundation Gift to Support OU-Tulsa Beautification Project
5/12/2016: Key Supporters Recognized at May Regents' Meeting
5/11/2016: OU Regents' Alumni Awards to be presented to Fourteen Outstanding Individuals
5/09/2016: OU Class of 2016 Gift to be Relaxing Space East of Bizzell Memorial Library
3/9/2016: Inasmuch Foundation Makes $1.5 Million Gift in Support of OU Law Library
3/9/2016: Key OU Supporters Recognized at March Regents' Meeting
