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ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÖ·´óÈ« Student Receives $500 for 2019 Holiday Card Design
Caleh Trexler studied art in high school and college before switching majors and transferring to ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÖ·´óÈ«. Now a Music major, she used her artistic background to enter the student design competition for the 2019 ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÖ·´óÈ« Holiday Card after seeing social media posts and flyers on campus about entering. Each year, the call for entries is open to any ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÖ·´óÈ« student to submit a design and one is selected as the annual ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÖ·´óÈ« Holiday card.
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New Report to Improve Process for College Transfer Students
While Oklahoma ranks third in the nation for student transfers to four-year institutions, our state performs below average on those transfer students completing a bachelor’s degree. To help address this gap, Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum has declared the third week of October as Tulsa Transfer Week and a new report, released during the inaugural Tulsa Transfer Week, assesses the current transfer situation in northeast Oklahoma and outlines next steps to improve the process for students.
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Allied Health Initiative Focuses on Setting Students Up for Success
Many of ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÖ·´óȫ’s academic programs, and particularly those in the School of Allied Health, are competitive, and not every student is guaranteed entry. Some students are not aware of just how competitive...
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Student Success Center to be Named after the Hardesty Family
Plans for a Student Success Center on ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÖ·´óȫ’s West Campus move forward as the Hardesty Family Foundation announces a $1 million gift to ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÖ·´óȫ’s largest fundraising campaign, Clearing the Pathway: The Campaign for Completion. The College also announced the new facility will be named after Roger Hardesty and his wife, Donna Hardesty.
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Chris Clevenger: 2018 History Grad
Chris has his head stuck in the past, but his eye on a future in teaching at the collegiate level. A history enthusiast, he believes we must understand the past to navigate the present. “I feel it’s...
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History
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Becca McLaughlin: 2019 Pre-Nursing Grad
A member of the Student Government Association, Becca’s making the most of her time at ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÖ·´óÈ«. Becca chose nursing for her career because she loves meeting and helping people. She describes herself as...
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Pre-Nursing
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Rachel Farnan: Biology Grad, Fall 2018
Rachel currently serves as president of the ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÖ·´óÈ« Student Government Association, and is also a True Blue Leader. After graduation from ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÖ·´óÈ«, she plans to attend NSU Broken Arrow to pursue her bachelor’s...
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Biology
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ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÖ·´óÈ« Earns Tree Campus USA Second Year in a Row
For the second year in a row, all four ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÖ·´óÈ« campuses earned the 2017 Tree Campus USA® designation by the Arbor Day Foundation. ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÖ·´óÈ« is proud to be the only multi-campus community college member of the Tree Campus USA® family where each campus achieved this status.
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Philip Sutton: 2018 International Business ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÖ·´óÈ« Graduate
Philip Sutton served as a True Blue Leader at ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÖ·´óÈ«, and has bigger plans, including travel and work overseas, and a graduate degree. Hometown: Skiatook Major: International Business Graduation Year...
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Business
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Rodolfo Baez Astacio
ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÖ·´óÈ« aviation student Rodolfo Baez Astacio always wanted to fly. A native of the Dominican Republic, Rodolfo remembers going to the beach and seeing the huge passenger jets land on a nearby runway...
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Aviation Sciences Technology