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New grad flying high

Fri, Dec 11, 2020

Thomas Drakeley returned to Oklahoma State University to earn his bachelor's degree in management after volunteering to serve with his Air National Guard unit in the Middle East earlier this year.

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OSU alums named to Forbes 30 Under 30 entrepreneurs list

Wed, Dec 09, 2020

Oklahoma State University business and engineering graduates Haley Marie Keith and Kevin Keith have been selected by Forbes magazine to be included in its 2021 list of 30 Under 30 standout manufacturing and industry entrepreneurs under 30 years of age. The married couple were still OSU students when they developed the business MITO Material Solutions based on OSU licensed and patented technology that incorporates graphene additives into composite materials such as epoxies or polymers, making them substantially stronger and lighter.

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Accounting alum Nate Abebe awarded prestigious Silver Medal

Wed, Dec 09, 2020

Recent Oklahoma State University accounting graduate Nate Abebe is being recognized with the Silver Medal for achieving the highest score on all four parts of the CPA Exam within two consecutive windows.

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OSU student Rachel Harper doubles as a race car driver

Fri, Dec 04, 2020

OSU senior Rachel Harper is double majoring in accounting and agriculture business but she still finds time to pursue other interests, including most recently driving a race car.

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Spears Business honors 2020 grad students

Fri, Nov 20, 2020

The Spears School of Business held a special event Nov. 20 in recognition of graduate students who are scheduled to received advanced degrees in at the end of the fall 2020 semester. The acknowledgement, held at the ConocoPhillips OSU Alumni Center, honored business graduate students from nine master’s degree and doctorate programs who will not be able to participate in traditional commencement ceremonies this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Students win more than $10,000 in Virtual Pitch and Poster competition

Fri, Nov 20, 2020

A number of Oklahoma State University students were recently awarded more than $10,000 in scholarships while competing in the 2020 Virtual Pitch and Poster competition hosted by the Riata Center for Entrepreneurship.

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Spears Business celebrates 2020 graduates

Mon, Nov 16, 2020

The Spears School of Business held a special celebration Nov. 13 at the Business Building on the Oklahoma State University campus marking the graduation of 2020 undergraduate business students and featured Spears Business Dean Ken Eastman congratulating each graduate.

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Spears announces 2020 Hall of Fame inductees

Mon, Oct 26, 2020

Oklahoma State University’s Spears School of Business has announced that four distinguished alumni – Karl Bovee, Lucina and Kyle Thompson, and Shane Wharton – will be inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame for 2020 in a ceremony to take place in 2021.

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Parsing COVID-19 data

Fri, Oct 23, 2020

An analysis of digital health records from thousands of COVID-19 patients admitted to hospitals around the country has led to the development of technology to predict the risk of death for those with COVID. Researchers at the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Systems Innovation (CHSI) in Tulsa and Stillwater are using digital health data to build predictive models of disease risk that could improve treatment and outcomes.

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Ties that bind

Fri, Oct 23, 2020

Dr. Bill Ryan of Oklahoma State University’s School of Hospitality and Tourism Management has spent his entire academic life at OSU, from earning his bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees here to spending a career as an administrator and professor. Ryan has chaired or served on 81 Ph.D. and master’s degree committees.

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A global honor

Fri, Oct 23, 2020

Dr. Ramesh Sharda was named a 2019 Fellow of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) at its International Conference in Information Systems in Munich, Germany, in December. He was one of only two Americans honored by the international organization representing information systems research, education and practice.

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Tracking human traffickers

Fri, Oct 23, 2020

Oklahoma State University professor Dr. Miriam McGaugh is an expert in analyzing large amounts of data and recognizing patterns within it. While an epidemiologist for the Oklahoma State Department of Health, she used health care data to create community public health initiatives. Now the assistant professor of professional practice in business analytics in the Spears School of Business is taking on the tragedy of human trafficking in the United States.

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