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'Rise to the challenge': OSU alumni earn license to pilot hot air balloons

OSU alumni Kaitlin Little and Chance Parker turned a shared passion for hot air ballooning into reality, earning their pilot licenses while carrying forward a family tradition of aviation, embracing new challenges and inspiring others to dream as
'Rise to the challenge': OSU alumni earn license to pilot hot air balloons
Melinda Stinnett to be inducted into the Spears Business Hall of Fame

Mon, Sep 27, 2021

Melinda Stinnett, managing director of Stinnett and Associates, will be honored for her hard work and tenacity as the 2021 inductee at the Spears School of Business Hall of Fame banquet on Nov. 12.

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A couple guided by faith and giving

Mon, Mar 29, 2021

Lucina and Kyle Thompson met at Oklahoma State University as freshmen and married a year after graduating. What happened in between was the development of a deep friendship before that friendship turned romantic. For both, it was life changing as

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Career success inspired by ambitious family-led business

Tue, Feb 23, 2021

Shane Wharton joined Love's Travel Stops and Country Stores as a budget analyst more than 20 years ago at an opportune time. Since 1964, the Oklahoma City business has grown from a single gas station in western Oklahoma to more than 530 locations in

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A lifetime of work ethic leads Karl Bovee to Spears Alumni Hall of Fame

Wed, Jan 27, 2021

It is not unusual for executives of major U.S. businesses to come from small-town backgrounds. Many of those leaders will tell you that values and work ethic learned while growing up in rural communities influenced their leadership style and often

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OSU alums named to Forbes 30 Under 30 entrepreneurs list

Wed, Dec 9, 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

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Driven to succeed

Tue, Jul 28, 2020

It's easy to see that Cory Sales is driven to succeed – both in his career but also in being there for his family. Since 2014, the 40-year-old has earned two associate's degrees and a bachelor's degree while working full time and being a husband,

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OSU Alumni Association Hall of Fame to celebrate accomplished alumni

Wed, Jan 15, 2020

Three Spears School of Business alumni will be inducted into the 2020 class of the OSU Alumni Association Hall of Fame. The three Oklahoma State University business graduates include Linda Parrack Livingstone, president of Baylor University, the

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