[Okgrantsmanship] Tony Wohlers - Honors at CU

[Mason, Linda]

New Cameron office targets most academically ambitious 

BY TYRELL ALBIN               Lawton Constitution

 

 

Cameron University will work to increase opportunities for the most
academically ambitious students when the new school year starts in
August. 

CU's new Office of Academic Enrichment will oversee honors classes,
undergraduate research and the ever-growing Study Abroad program, said
Tony Wohlers, the director of the OAE. Wohlers is a professor of
political science at Cameron and most recently served as the director of
academic research, which will be under the umbrella of the new office.
The OAE will be located in the Cameron Exchange building, across the
street from the MacMahon Centennial Complex. 

 

The goal of the new office is to provide students with a broader and
deeper educational experience, Wohlers said. He said the office will
reach out to students and try to get more of them involved in Cameron's
honors program. 

 

Concerning undergraduate research, an area CU has pioneered in recent
years, he said the office will mostly help students find CU professors
to work with who are doing research with state and federal grants. Over
the past few years, CU has involved undergrads in research projects in
agriculture, biology, chemistry, mathematics, psychology, sociology and
other fields. 

 

Wohlers said the OAE will also help students find Study Abroad
opportunities. Trips are currently in the planning stages for San Juan,
Puerto Rico; Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom; Italy; and South Africa
during the upcoming academic year. "The mission of this office is to
create synergy between these experiences," Wohlers said. While honors
students will automatically come to the OAE for academic advice, Wohlers
stressed the office's services will be open to all CU students, although
they will have to meet basic criteria - like a minimum
grade-point-average- to take part in most programs. "From my
perspective, I hope students will get involved in the program, like the
experience, and it will ultimately help their academic careers," Wohlers
said.

 

Linda Mason, Ed.D.

Coordinator of Grant Writing 

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education

655 Research Parkway, Suite 200

Oklahoma City, OK 73104

405-225-9486 desk

405-706-8757 cell

405-225-9230 FAX

lmason at osrhe.edu

www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/

 

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