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Alumni Q&A: Kate Smith comes home for Cowboy100

HTM graduate Kate Smith puts a sweet spin on a family tradition. After growing up in her parents’ Stillwater restaurant, Smith established her own bakery, Kate Smith Soirée. She was honored in the 2025 Cowboy100 celebrating the top businesses owned or led by OSU alumni.
Two individuals, a young woman and an older man, pose with Oklahoma State University mascot Pistol Pete. Pete wears a large mascot head with an oversized orange cowboy hat. The man has white hair and a blue button-up shirt. The woman has long brown hair with blonde highlights, and she wears a black dress.
OSU hosts Wine Forum of Oklahoma

Wed, Apr 09, 2025

Oklahoma State University welcomed wine enthusiasts, students and industry leaders from across the country for the 2025 Wine Forum of Oklahoma, held April 4-5 at the Wayne Hirst Center for Beverage Education in the Nancy Randolph Davis Building.

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Spears HTM duo brings home top honors from the ICHRIE Undergraduate Research Symposium

Tue, Mar 04, 2025

Spears Business HTM students Mikayla Herrera and Emily Howe brought home top awards from the 2025 International Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education Undergraduate Research Symposium in Tampa, Florida.

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Spears Business professor Im studies impact of flexible work arrangements on tourism industry

Mon, Mar 03, 2025

Work and vacation, once distinct from each other, are increasingly intertwined. What are the implications for the tourism industry? Spears Business assistant professor Dr. Jinyoung Im and her co-authors created a framework to examine this phenomenon.

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Outstanding Senior Q&A: McKenzie Beesley

Fri, Feb 28, 2025

McKenzie Beesley, a hospitality and tourism management student from Sand Springs, Oklahoma, is one of 25 Outstanding Seniors named by the OSU Alumni Association.

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Business executives will share stories, career insights at 2025 CEO Day

Wed, Feb 26, 2025

Business leaders Stacy Kymes, Jeff McIntyre and Sophia Shoate will speak to Oklahoma State University students on April 1 in the Student Union Theater for the Spears School of Business’s CEO Day.

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Spears Business launches real estate and property management undergraduate degree program

Thu, Jan 30, 2025

OSU’s School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Department of Finance and Department of Economics are teaming up to offer a new major in real estate and property management.

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