Faculty
More than 78 percent of OCU faculty members hold terminal degrees in their fields. All classes are taught by professors, and not graduate assistants. Student to faculty ratio is 13:1 and the average class size is 16 for freshmen and 12 for upperclassmen. Notable faculty include: Florence Birdwell, renowned professor of voice; composer Dr Edward Knight; Marvel Williamson; Fritz Kiersch, the director of the film Children of the Corn, and Paul William Milhouse, Bishop in Residence, 1980–91.
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