Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Education

Professional development plays a vital role in banking today. When bankers are well-trained for their jobs, everyone wins -- the bankers, their banks, shareholders and, of course, customers. Recognizing the critical importance of training, the Oklahoma Bankers Association offers an extensive lineup of seminars and schools covering almost every area of bank operations. See our events calendar for upcoming education events. We also provide timely Web seminars.

The Latest

GSB scholarships available for 2025

Several scholarships are now available to bankers from OBA-member banks for various graduate schools of banking. Applications (other than for GSB-Colorado) should be submitted to the OBA’s Janis Reeser by email (janis@oba.com), regular mail (643 N.E. 41st St., OKC, 73105) or fax (405-424-4518).

Click on the links below for more specific information about each scholarship:

*SWGSB scholarship may be awarded for the second and third year as long as the recipient remains in the top 10% of the class. The decision is at the discretion of the school administration.

**The scholarship is awarded to the bank. Applications can be submitted via the .PDF form above or through SurveyMonkey: 2025 Bolder Banking Scholarship Nomination Form.

GSB-OBA offers scholarships to member bankers

The OBA offers scholarship opportunities to member bankers pursuing the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Graduate School of Banking and the GSB Human Resource Management School. For more information regarding scholarships, click here.

Learn more about BankWebinars.com

The online training used by the OBA, webinar training by BankWebinars.com offers a flexible solution to meet your Financial Institution’s needs. Save time by using webinar training to train your employees more efficiently. Our 2-hour programs permit trainees to spend as little time away from the office as possible. Since they can train right from their desk, there is no time spent traveling! You can also choose pre-recorded webinars from our extensive on-demand library.

Click here for more info!

Janis Reeser

Janis Reeser, Executive Vice President/Education

Email: janisr@oba.com      |      Phone: Ext. 108

Reeser joined the OBA in 1984 as education secretary and was quickly promoted to Director of Banking Schools. She has been in her current position for over 15 years. She is a graduate of Leadership Oklahoma and devotes much of her time to Junior Achievement. She serves on boards and committees of the Oklahoma Council on Economic Education and the United Way.