Mitchell Talks: OCU Offering A Course For Future Politicians

This week on Episode 43 of Mitchell Talks the News 9 Sessions, Oklahoma City University is enrolling potential politicians for a class on government.

Monday, August 12th 2019, 11:49 am

By: Aaron Brilbeck

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This week on Episode 43 of Mitchell Talks the News 9 Sessions, Oklahoma City University is enrolling potential politicians for a class on government.

Often when freshmen lawmakers take office, they have little or no experience as politicians. The certificate program gives them a crash course in budgets, policy and conflict resolution.

"We do that for anyone interested in running for city council, for school boards or for the state legislature -- anyone who is interested in those three. And there are three separate programs. There are only six sessions. We start on September 7 and run on Saturday mornings from 8:30 to 12:30," said Steve Agee, Dean of the Oklahoma City University Meinders School of Business.

The certificate program costs $250.

Aaron Brilbeck

Aaron Brilbeck got his start in news working as a reporter for a radio station in upstate New York when he was just 16-year old. Since then he has covered several major stories including the fiery rio

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