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OSU Headline News
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Tuesday, March 23, 2004
This page is updated three times weekly at approximately 4 p.m.,
except during holidays and academic breaks.
OSU Also Producing Academic Champions -- University Announces 14th Truman
Scholar
As OSU celebrates a trip to basketball’s “Sweet 16” and a national
wrestling championship, the university also is building a strong tradition
in national scholarship competitions. OSU announced today (March 23) that
Joe St. John, an OSU junior from Bixby, is the university’s 14th Truman
Scholar. The Truman Scholarship is one of the nation’s most prestigious
national honors. The three-year, $26,000 scholarship is given to students
who are entering public service and is awarded to only 80 U.S. college
juniors every year. Scholars are chosen from approximately 1,200 nominees.
St. John learned about the award this morning when OSU President David
Schmidly and several OSU professors paid a surprise visit to his classroom.
OSU has had nine Truman Scholars in the last eleven years and 13 overall
since the program started in 1980. The university’s scholar development
program has been recognized as one of the best in the nation and also
produced a Rhodes Scholar, two Marshall Scholars, 10 Goldwater Scholars and
two Udall Scholars. You can read more about Joe and see some photos from
today's announcement at
http://www2.okstate.edu/pio/14thtruman.html
Robert B. Kamm Lecture is March 24
Dr. Sylvia Hurtado, associate professor of higher education at the
University of Michigan’s Center for the Student of Higher and Postsecondary
Education, will present the 12th Robert B. Kamm Distinguished Lecture in
Higher Education on Wednesday, March 24, at 2 p.m. in 010 Willard. She will
speak on “Diversity and Learning on Campus.” The public is invited. A
reception will follow at 3:30 p.m.
'The Pitch That Killed' -- OSU Professor's Book Released Again
OSU Journalism & Broadcasting Assistant Professor Mike Sowell's nationally
acclaimed book, "The Pitch That Killed" has been re-released. The book was
a "New York Times Notable Book of the Year" when it first was released by
Macmillan in 1989. The trade paperback was released by Collier Books in
1992. "The Pitch That Killed" is the story of the only on-field fatality in
major league baseball history and a look at the two men who were involved,
Carl Mays and Ray Chapman. Sowell also has written "One Pitch Away: The
Players' Stories of the 1986 League Championships and World Series" and
"July 2, 1903: The Mysterious Death of Hall-of-Famer Big Ed Delahanty."
OSU Professor Featured on 'Meet the Scientist' Series
The Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce and i2E, which manages the
Oklahoma Technology Commercialization Center for the Oklahoma Center for
the Advancement of Science and Technology, will host Dr. Eduardo Misawa
Wednesday, March 24, as featured speaker for the second installment of the
2004 "Meet the Scientist" series. Misawa, professor of mechanical and
aerospace engineering and site director for the NSF-funded Measurement and
Control Engineering Center on OSU’s Stillwater campus, will describe OSU
research and outreach activities in automation systems, measurement and
control engineering. His talk, during the 11 a.m. luncheon at the
Presbyterian Health Foundation’s Research Park conference center in
Oklahoma City, will be streamed from the website,
http://www.ocast.state.ok.us/radio.htm
Sports: Wrestling, Basketball Teams Honored in Gallagher-Iba Ceremony
A decent-sized, but enthusiastic crowd turned out at Gallagher-Iba today
to honor the OSU Wrestling Team for its national championship win. The
audience also cheered for the men's basketball team before it departed
for East Rutherford. Lots of television cameras were there, so the event
should get some good coverage in tonight's newscasts.
More sports at http://www.okstate.com/