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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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Freshman appreciates OSU’s support during bout with COVID-19

Wed, Sep 16, 2020

At first, Oklahoma State University freshman Aubrie Penfield attributed her body aches, sore throat, runny nose and “stuffy feeling” to allergies and carrying her belongings up three flights of stairs on move-in day.

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New leadership named in OSU Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering

Fri, Sep 11, 2020

Mari Chinn will take the lead of Oklahoma State University's Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering.

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OSU awarded $1.3 million to help low-income students, first-generation students and students with disabilities

Tue, Sep 08, 2020

Oklahoma State University will receive a federal TRIO-Student Support Services (SSS) grant of $1.3 million. The grant, which is awarded every five years by the U.S. Department of Education, is aimed at helping students with disabilities, first-generation students and low-income students succeed and graduate.

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OSU enrollment rises despite the global pandemic

Tue, Sep 01, 2020

Enrollment is up by more than 360 students at Oklahoma State University and retention is at an all-time high despite the challenges of a fall semester with a hybrid of mixed and in-person classes.

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President Hargis commits to increased diversity and inclusion efforts

Mon, Aug 31, 2020

Oklahoma State University proudly holds diversity, community, excellence, service, integrity, intellectual freedom, and the stewardship of resources as our core institutional values and we are committed to improving the means by which our institution upholds those values as an institution of higher learning and a land grant university.

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Community Advancing Conversation to focus on the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

Tue, Aug 25, 2020

Oklahoma State University’s third installment of its Community Advancing Conversations series will feature a presentation surrounding the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.

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OSU's global Cowboy connection

Fri, Aug 21, 2020

OSU’s golf team welcomes a new member thanks to Lakhana Didyasarin, an OSU alumnus, chairwoman, and founder of the American School of Bangkok.

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President Hargis addresses off campus gatherings

Mon, Aug 17, 2020

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Embassy of France awards OSU Study Abroad $15,000 grant

Thu, Aug 13, 2020

The Oklahoma State University School of Global Studies and Partnerships is pleased to announce that the Embassy of France has awarded the OSU Study Abroad program a $15,000 grant as part of the Transatlantic Friendship & Mobility Initiative.

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OSUCOM at the Cherokee Nation's inaugural class ready to forge a new path

Thu, Aug 13, 2020

While the year 2020 has been memorable for many unforeseen reasons, it was always going to be historic to the students, faculty and staff of OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation.

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OSU-COM's class of 2024 recount why they want to pursue medicine

Thu, Aug 13, 2020

Like most things in 2020, the orientation and White Coat ceremonies for the first-year medical students at OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine looked pretty different than it usually does.

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