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Mendez, Belmonte, Baum assume new roles in dean's office

Aug 15, 2018

Changes abound among the leadership in Oklahoma State University’s College of Arts and Sciences.  Jeanette Mendez was named interim dean in June, following the departure of Bret Danilowicz after six years to become provost at Florida

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Teaching math to help students follow their dreams

Aug 15, 2018

Josh Cox followed in his father’s footsteps in choosing Oklahoma State University, and it was his mother’s example that led to his choice of major and future career. Cox is from Saginaw, Texas, a suburb of Fort Worth. His mother, Angela,

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A Life-Changing Text

Aug 8, 2018

Abigail Ferrell was in her Edmond North High School government class when a life-changing text message arrived. It linked to a video of OSU President Burns and First Cowgirl Ann Hargis congratulating her. She had to watch it 10 times until she

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Community Engagement flying high

Aug 2, 2018

The skate park might not be the first place you think of when you hear terms like physics and STEM learning. Thanks to a CAS community engagement project, the Stillwater Skate Park on Main Street became a place of informal science

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The Art of Kindness

Aug 1, 2018

Classroom project teaches young students compassion as well as drawing

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Finding Home: ASL helps recent graduate pursue a better future

Aug 1, 2018

School wasn’t always a welcoming, homelike place for Logan Evans. The recent OSU graduate was born deaf, and grew up learning oralism, a process which involves lip reading. Oralism was difficult for Evans, and he didn’t have an

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STEM in the Parks

Jul 25, 2018

Dr. Nicole Colston, assistant research faculty in the School of Teaching, Learning and Educational Sciences, led two successful community engagement projects promoting science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) learning in Stillwater's local

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Jalalzai sees 'huge opportunity' for growing department

Jul 25, 2018

Farida Jalalzai had chaired the University of Missouri-St. Louis’ Department of Political Science for two years when she came to Oklahoma State University for a non-administrative position in August 2015. Thanks to a recent promotion, she is

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Greiner: Geography is more than just countries and capitals

Jul 18, 2018

Many people oversimplify the concept of geography, thinking of it as memorizing maps. Speak with Alyson Greiner, head of the Department of Geography, and she will explain how much more interesting it is than that. For example, as a cultural

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OSU brings piano class to Stillwater community

Jul 11, 2018

Oklahoma State University is offering a non-credit piano class for Stillwater-area adults. Aimed at beginners and those who wish to brush up on their skills, Introduction to Piano will meet from 5:30-6:20 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays from Aug.

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Touching lives and impacting futures

Jul 11, 2018

As a young undergraduate student, Dr. Ramesh Kaipa had a very different plan for his life. “I had intended on becoming a medical doctor,“ Kaipa said, “but I’m glad that I chose this profession.” According to Kaipa, one

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Path to philosophy

Jul 3, 2018

While sitting in her high-school philosophy class in Germany, Luise Schoenknecht couldn't help but be intrigued despite the language barrier. A few years later, when she had to choose a major at Oklahoma State University, she felt naturally drawn to

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