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Â鶹ÊÓƵ Corrections Education Program Sees Largest Graduation Ceremony
Cody Zimmer is one of 57 individuals at Dick Conner Correctional Center in Hominy, Oklahoma graduating with a certificate or degree from Â鶹ÊÓƵ. The commencement ceremony was held on Thursday, July 20 and was the largest group since the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Corrections Education program started in 2007 as a partnership between the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Dick Conner Correctional Center and Â鶹ÊÓƵ.
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ Partners with Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office to Offer New Certificate
Â鶹ÊÓƵ is offering a new Corrections Certificate beginning fall 2017 for individuals who work in corrections facilities or prisons. The program is the result of a partnership between Â鶹ÊÓƵ and the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office.
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Tiffany Verlander
Tiffany Verlander didn’t know that coming to Â鶹ÊÓƵ was going to give her skills that would extend out of this world and connect her to real rocket scientists. “Growing up I always loved science, but...
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Biology
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Danny Aery
Danny Aery won’t let anyone think they’re too old for school or past the point of charting a new career path. That’s because the 52-year-old has just completed his third degree from Â鶹ÊÓƵ. Danny first...
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Nursing (RN)
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Alison Anthony is Named the 2017 Vision Honoree
The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Foundation has named Alison Anthony as the 2017 Vision in Education Leadership Award recipient. As President of The Williams Foundation, Inc. and Director of Strategic Outreach for Williams, she is being honored for her local and national contributions to education, diversity, inclusion, and community development.
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Clayton Williams
Clayton Williams had to make some adjustments when he came to Â鶹ÊÓƵ. As a home-schooled student making the transition to college classes, he had to adjust to not only a new peer group but also a new...
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American Sign Language
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Terry Brown
Terry Brown’s route to Â鶹ÊÓƵ was unconventional. After growing up and living in New Orleans, she became a Tulsa transplant in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. But even after coming to...
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Summer Internships at NASA’s JPL Means Research and Robotics for Â鶹ÊÓƵ Students & Graduates
Three Â鶹ÊÓƵ students and recent graduates start a prestigious summer internship program at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California this week. David Nnaji, Robin Blanchard, and Scott Walker will spend the next 10-weeks working in labs and conducting research. In addition, Tiffany Verlander, who was a JPL intern last summer, returns through a paid JPL internship.
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Popular Art Show Returns: Please Touch the Art
The popular Please Touch the Art exhibit returns this summer and runs from June 2 - June 29 at the Thomas K. McKeon Center for Creativity on the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Metro Campus.
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ Scholarship Announced in Honor of Long Serving Â鶹ÊÓƵ Regent
Â鶹ÊÓƵ has announced the creation of a $25,000 endowed academic scholarship to honor Regent Martin D. Garber, Jr., who has served on the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Board of Regents for 27 years.
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