Piano virtuoso to open the 2013-14 OSU Allied Arts Season
The only classical musician on Forbes' 2011 “30 Under 30” list of people changing the world, 19-year-old pianist Conrad Tao, will take the Seretean Center stage at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 17. The public is also invited to gain a deeper insight into Tao’s performance by attending “The Inside Story” presented by OSU piano professor Thomas Lann...
Rainfall impacts on wildlife
Both long-term and short-term impacts will be evident, said Dwayne Elmore, Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension wildlife specialist.
“In the short term it is filling wetlands which provides habitat for many aquatic species,” he said. “Mud flats have been covered, which reduces shorebird foraging opportunities for some species, but floods...
Wheat pasture can provide cow grazing benefits if used properly
Women is Ag conference slated for early August
"For years, I couldn't see the need to attend a conference targeted at women. I'm a farmer, not a farm woman. But after 10 years of attending these conferences in Kansas and Oklahoma, I realize it is so much more,” said Karen Eifert-Jones, farmer from near Waukomis, Oklahoma. “I can get the information from other sources or conferences but what is...
Student starts business during freshman year
Electrical engineering freshman Josh Birdwell says he's just giving back in the best way he knows how in an effort to help others prepare for college. The Oklahoma City native is doing big things as a young adult in only his first year of college. At the age of 19, Birdwell has started his own company, by revamping existing technologies...
FAPC stimulates Oklahoma’s economy
The Robert M. Kerr Food and Agricultural Product Center is much more than a 96,000 square foot building housing manufacturing equipment, conference facilities and applications labs for demonstrations. The FAPC exists to stimulate the growth of value-added food and agricultural products and processing in Oklahoma.
The center was the...
OSU’s Center for Executive and Professional Development plans 60th anniversary events
The Center for Executive and Professional Development (CEPD) in Oklahoma State University’s Spears School of Business is celebrating its 60 years of service with anniversary events in Tulsa and Oklahoma City.
In Tulsa, an anniversary event is scheduled from 1:45-3 p.m. Oct. 29 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.
The celebratory event will follow the Tulsa...
Pencils of Promise to host Jazz and Dance Night
Come enjoy a night of smooth jazz music and great dancing at the second annual Jazz and Dance Night on Saturday, April 12, from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Stillwater Community Center. The event benefits Pencils of Promise at Oklahoma State University and is sponsored by Phillips 66.
All proceeds from the event will go toward Pencils of Promise $25,000...
Philippines Typhoon Relief Banquet
Enjoy a night of Filipino food while supporting a great cause at the Philippines Typhoon Relief Banquet on Friday, April 4, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Wes Watkins Center, room 209.
All of the proceeds will support the rebuilding efforts of the victims of Typhoon Haiyan through Gawad Kalinga, a Philippine based movement fighting poverty.
Typhoon Haiyan...
Athletic training major “gets real” at Stillwater High School
An affinity for sports, the outdoors and helping others led Emilie Troxell, from Pampa, Texas, to the dugout of a Pioneers' baseball game. The Oklahoma State University senior has spent the last year assisting the sports teams at Stillwater High School as an athletic trainer.
"Being an athletic training major, it's part of our curriculum to...
