Mickey Hepner to lead business school at U. of Central Oklahoma
University of Central Oklahoma
December 21, 2010
The University of Central Oklahoma today named Mickey Hepner, Ph.D., the new Dean of its College of Business Administration (CBA).
Hepner has held positions varying at Central, including professor of Economics, and director of the UCO Policy Institute, and has received several awards for his teaching and scholarly activities and was named the 2007 "Oklahoma Professor of the Year" by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
Outside of Central, Hepner has authored several reports for national organizations such as the Urban Institute, the Heritage Foundation and the Cato Institute. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors for the Oklahoma Academy, a nonpartisan Oklahoma policy organization, writes a weekly column on public policy issues and maintains a policy blog.
He holds bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees from the University of Oklahoma.
"Here at Central our faculty is committed to helping students learn. I am excited for this opportunity to work with our dedicated faculty in making the UCO College of Business Administration the premier provider of business education in the state of Oklahoma," said Hepner.
