OSU Extension News

Ten December graduates received Honors College degrees during a recent ceremony of the Oklahoma State University Honors College.

The students were hooded by their thesis director or a college representative. Students who earn their Honors College Degree have the right to wear an honors hood with their graduation regalia. Students who completed...

The Oklahoma Music Teachers Association has chosen Dr. Thomas Lanners with Oklahoma State University as the recipient of its 2014 Distinguished Teacher Award. Lanners, professor of piano and keyboard area coordinator, is the first faculty member at OSU to earn the distinction, and at the age of 48, is the award’s youngest honoree to date. 

The...

The 2014 Special Olympics Polar Plunge will be held Feb. 1 at Boomer Lake in Stillwater.
The Polar Plunge is one of the main fundraisers for Oklahoma Special Olympics. The yearly event brings OSU students and members of the Stillwater community together to raise funds for special olympians to participate in athletic competition. Groups and...

College of Human Sciences academic advisor Laura Price was recently honored at the Oklahoma State Capitol as an Outstanding Youth Mentor. Hosted by the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence and the David and Molly Boren Mentoring Initiative, the Oklahoma Mentor Day at the Capitol honors mentors who have made an impact in students’ lives.
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Oklahoma State University’s School of Hotel and Restaurant Administration Professor Murat Hancer and Jin Young Im, doctoral student from Jeju, South Korea, received one of four Best Paper Awards at the 19th Annual Graduate Education & Graduate Student Research Conference in Hospitality and Tourism in Houston. The Technology Best Paper Award w...

Oklahoma State University alumni Alyssa Peterson will return to Stillwater Feb. 4-5 as part of the Center for Ethical Leadership’s Leaders in Residence speaker series.
Peterson is the co-founder and executive director of the Ubuntu Youth Project headquartered in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The after-school program provides local students...

Eight Oklahoma State University students in the Design, Housing and Merchandising department of the College of Human Sciences designed a collection of red dresses to raise awareness of the importance of women’s heart health and celebrate heart disease survivors.
The red evening gowns will be on display on National Wear Red Day, February 7, from 6...

The Oklahoma State University Alumni Association is adding two more members to the prestigious OSU Hall of Fame.
J.W Mashburn and Dennis H. Reilley will be inducted at a ceremony Friday, February 14, at the ConocoPhillips OSU Alumni Center.
Induction into the OSU Hall of Fame is the highest honor bestowed by Oklahoma State University. It recognizes...

The Wes Watkins Center for International Trade and Development at Oklahoma State University recently proved its value to Hydro Foam Technology of Perkins, Okla., by helping the company work with an important overseas customer.
Hydro Foam Technology produces a product that is applied to drilling fluids to ensure waste products from drilling are...

Oklahoma State University will pause today to remember the 10 men killed in the January 27, 2001 plane crash in Colorado. 

Earlier today first responders in Colorado laid a wreath at the memorial near the site of the plane crash.

At 6:37 p.m.CST, the time of the crash 13 years ago, the bells of OSU's Edmon Low Library will toll 10 times to...