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Veterans, volunteers come together for annual flag display

Fallen veterans are celebrated at Oklahoma State University every year during Veterans Day with a flag and dog tag display on Edmon Low Library’s lawn. This year, the event attracted more volunteers than ever.
Volunteers talk to one another at the annual flag display on Edmon Low Library lawn.
OSU-Tulsa alumnus, US Army corporal donates Purple Heart to alma mater

Wed, Apr 27, 2022

After retiring from his career at the Army Corps of Engineers, Oklahoma State University-Tulsa alumnus Shannon Matthews knew he wanted to dedicate his time to inspiring others.

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Cowboys for Veterans bag program surpasses goal by wide margin

Tue, Dec 14, 2021

When Emerson Newell partnered with Oklahoma State University on the Christmas bag program she and her family had been working on for years, she figured 800 bags was a solid number. That number was surpassed in one day as nearly 1,000 of the more than 1,400 Christmas bags that will be sent to veterans was dropped off on Dec. 1

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Student Veteran Success Center celebrates grand reopening

Fri, Nov 12, 2021

The Student Veteran Success Center, now located at 061 Student Union, is a ​​dedicated space for veterans to relax, study and build community. Plus: Cowboys for Veterans initiative will collect 800 Christmas bags for veterans.

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OSU Museum of Art to host Veteran Family Fun Day Nov. 9

Tue, Nov 02, 2021

The Oklahoma State University Museum of Art, OSU Office of Student Veteran Success and OSU Center for Sovereign Nations will host a Veteran Family Fun Day and hygiene drive from 3-6 p.m., Nov. 9 at the museum. This special event — part of a weeklong Veterans Day celebration — is open to all university students, veterans and community members.

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Veterans Hospital in Tulsa celebrates historic groundbreaking

Fri, Oct 15, 2021

The new hospital, which will be housed on the expanded OSU Academic Medical District, will convert the existing Kerr-Edmondson buildings into a modern 275,000 square-foot, 58-bed medical-surgical hospital for veterans.

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$120 million in federal funding approved for new veterans hospital in Tulsa

Mon, Dec 28, 2020

First announced in February 2020 as part of the Fiscal Year 2021 President’s Budget submitted to Congress, the $120 million federal appropriation to build a new veterans hospital in Tulsa was approved by Congress on Dec. 21 and signed into law by President Trump yesterday. The project, Veterans Hospital in Tulsa (VHiT), is the work of a collaboration among the federal government, state of Oklahoma, city of Tulsa, private philanthropy, and Oklahoma State University.

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Alumni Military Veterinarians Present to OSU Veterinary Students

Thu, Dec 17, 2020

Thanks to a presentation request from Dr. Timothy Snider, an Oklahoma State University professor of veterinary pathobiology, two alumni recently joined forces to co-teach a lecture in international military veterinary medicine from Camp Arifjan in Kuwait. Maj. Arden Gillespie (’03) and Maj. Robert Miller (’05) were deployed to Kuwait from March to November in support of Operation Spartan Shield with responsibility over the veterinary mission in Kuwait, Iraq, Qartar, Jordan, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

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