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OSU student reflects on ‘American Idol’ appearance after top half finish

Skylie Marie Thompson, a marketing junior at Oklahoma State University from Cyril, Oklahoma, recently advanced to Hollywood Week in the competition, fulfilling a childhood dream that started with American Idol-themed birthday parties.
OSU student reflects on ‘American Idol’ appearance after top half finish
OSU student reflects on ‘American Idol’ appearance after top half finish

Mon, Apr 14, 2025

Skylie Marie Thompson, a marketing junior at Oklahoma State University from Cyril, Oklahoma, recently advanced to Hollywood Week in the competition, fulfilling a childhood dream that started with American Idol-themed birthday parties.

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Jenna’s journey to the PING dynasty

Tue, Feb 28, 2023

Spears Business MBA student and Cowgirl golfer Jenna Solheim is on a mission to be the next great innovator in the family business.

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OSU Mortar Board names Top 20 freshmen men and women for 2022

Fri, Nov 18, 2022

The Oklahoma State University chapter of the Mortar Board honor society recently named students to its annual list of Top 20 Freshmen Men and Top 20 Freshmen Women, as well as Top 10 Freshmen Men and Women for the 2021 — 22 class.

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Showing Stillwater Hospitality

Thu, Oct 27, 2022

A shared connection to Kazakhstan, OSU football, a rodeo, Oklahoma ice cream, Taco Bell and one simple social media shoutout has cultivated a friendship.

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Face2Face with Josey Mayes: whose family business is featured on the new A&E series, 'Deep Fried Dynasty'

Tue, Mar 22, 2022

In 1949, Josey Mayes's great grandfather, Joe Nevins, opened Nevins Concessions at the Texas State Fair with 40 booths selling the classics: cheeseburgers, cotton candy and fried chicken. Today, Mayes and her family still own and run the business

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OSU Marketing takes home eight awards from state contest

Wed, Jul 25, 2007

The Oklahoma State University marketing department won eight awards during the recent Oklahoma Collegiate Public Relations Association conference.

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Marketing professor honored by top research journal

Mon, Feb 5, 2007

Retailers who want to maximize success need to do more than satisfy their customers; they need to get their customers to recommend them to others actively. But how do you get customers to do that?

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