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OSU/A&M Regents approve personnel actions

Fri, Oct 23, 2020

Numerous Oklahoma State University personnel actions were approved during the OSU/A&M Board of Regents meeting Friday at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater.

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OSU/A&M Regents to conduct national search for the next president of Oklahoma State University

Fri, Oct 23, 2020

Moments after Oklahoma State University President Burns Hargis announced his plans to retire at the end of this academic year on July 1, 2021, OSU/A&M Board of Regents Chair Rick Davis said the regents would conduct a national search for the next president.

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Two OSU buildings renamed to honor civil rights pioneer

Fri, Oct 23, 2020

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OSU health care workers committed to testing effort

Tue, Oct 20, 2020

Risking personal safety to help others, Oklahoma State University’s health care professionals have been hard at work during the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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OSU Alumni Association Announces Pokes Palooza Events

Fri, Oct 16, 2020

The Oklahoma State University Alumni Association has announced Pokes Palooza, a weeklong celebration for students, will take place the week of Oct. 25 in place of OSU’s traditional Homecoming celebration.

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Postoak named ANAMS president-elect

Tue, Oct 13, 2020

Last year, Brandon Postoak served as the first osteopathic medicine liaison for the Association of Native American Medical Students (ANAMS). Now the third-year OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine student serves as the organization’s president-elect.

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OSU alumna honored for work in science and technology

Mon, Oct 12, 2020

Oklahoma State University alumna and Cherokee Nation citizen Dr. Cara Cowan Watts will be recognized Saturday with the Ely S. Parker Award, the highest honor awarded by the American Indian Science and Engineering Society.

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OSU finds innovative learning potential in facilities management, receives industry award

Wed, Oct 07, 2020

OSU’s Facilities Management has stepped outside its traditional support function and built a program that functions as a partner in student success and academics.

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Payne receives Ferguson College of Agriculture Alumni Early Career Achievement Award

Tue, Oct 06, 2020

OSU's Ferguson College of Agriculture Alumni Board has selected Kelli Payne, Mustang, Oklahoma, as a 2020 Early Career Achievement Award winner.

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Blazing paths for the under-represented

Tue, Sep 22, 2020

Gloria Valencia-Weber’s storied career has centered around Native Americans and law, with punctuating milestones in education and advocacy. Her resume includes degrees from OSU (B.A. in English, M.A. in speech communication) and Harvard Law School, the formal establishment of the ACLU of Oklahoma, creating the first Indian Law Certificate Program in the U.S. while working at the University of Tulsa, teaching at the University of New Mexico School of Law for more than 20 years, and being appointed to the Legal Services Corporation board of directors by President Obama in 2010.

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NEH Awards OSU Library nearly $70,000

Thu, Sep 17, 2020

The Oklahoma State University Library was recently awarded $69,820 by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The grant was part of $40.3 million in new CARES Act economic stabilization grants to support essential operations at more than 300 cultural institutions across the country.

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Dew to helm Office of Multicultural Affairs; Wilson promoted to assistant vice president for Institutional Diversity

Wed, Sep 16, 2020

Dr. Precious Elmore-Sanders, OSU associate vice president for institutional diversity and director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA), has transitioned from the university. Dr. Elmore-Sanders served as director of OMA and in executive-level roles at OSU for over 10 years.

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