OU History
What are the official school colors of The University of Oklahoma?
What is Crimson and Creme?
The OU Graduate College was officially established in this year?
What is 1929?
Oklahoma has this official state nickname
Norman was officially founded in this year, following the first Land Run.
What is 1889?
False, Instructional and Professional Development Center
The year the University of Oklahoma was founded?
What is 1890?
The OU Graduate College hosts this annual event to showcase research from graduate students and postdocs?
What is Graduate and Postdoc Research & Scholarly Activity Day?
This famous route, also called the “Mother Road,” runs through Oklahoma and many states across the country.
What is Route 66?
This university, founded in 1890, has shaped Norman’s growth and economy.
What is the University of Oklahoma
The graduate college does Popcorn Tuesdays
false, Popcorn Wednesdays!
The current president of the University of Oklahoma (as of 2025)
Who is Joseph Harroz Jr.?
OU’s Graduate College introduced this major initiative to support professional development for graduate students.
What is the Instructional and Professional Development Center (IPDC)?
This river forms much of Oklahoma’s southern border with Texas.
What is the Red River
This yearly Norman event celebrates art, music, and culture, bringing thousands of visitors to the city.
What is Norman Music Festival?
The official mascots are the ponies, Boomer and Sooner.
False, It's actually the Sooner Schooner
This building, home to the OU Graduate College, is one of the most iconic on campus?
What is Robertson Hall?
The OU Graduate College hosts this annual competition where graduate students present their research in just three minutes.
what is Three Minute Thesis (3MT)?
This city is the largest in Oklahoma by population.
What is Oklahoma City? (OKC)
This street in Norman is a major entertainment district, home to music venues, bars, and restaurants.
What is Campus Corner?
OU was founded in 1972
false, it was founded in 1890
The University of Oklahoma has this many campuses statewide.
What is three? (Norman, Tulsa, and Health Sciences Center in OKC)
The University of Oklahoma awarded its first doctoral (Ph.D.) degree in this year.
In 2023, the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University played their last Bedlam football game as OU left for this conference.
what is the SEC?
This iconic Norman eatery, famous for its "Sooner Swirl", has been serving the community for decades.
What is The Mont?
Graduate student appreciation week events are still happening for the rest of the week
True! We have Coffee and donuts from 9-10am, Popcorn Wednesday from 12:30-2:30, Then we have our Graduate & Postdoc Research & Scholarly Activity Thursday from 2-5, and then free food Friday from 3:30-5!