The main offices for the college are located in Sarkeys Energy Center on the northeast corner of campus.
On November 2, 2007, it was announced that the college would be renamed the Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy in order to honor Curtis Mewbourne, a resident of Tyler, Texas, a 1958 OU graduate in petroleum engineering and one of the college's most prolific donors (he is the namesake for the School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering).
Then he made a $6 million gift in 2000 to the School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering.
In November 2000, he challenged other alumni and supporters of the college to endow undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships for students in petroleum engineering, geological engineering, geology and geophysics.
[4] David Deming, professor at the University of Oklahoma, and global warming critic, later was transferred to the College of Arts and Sciences.