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OSU Headline News
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Wednesday, April 7, 2004
This page is updated three times weekly at approximately 4 p.m.,
except during holidays and academic breaks.
OSU Biosystems Engineering Student is Number One in the Nation
The American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE) has honored OSU student, Candice Johnson, with its Student Engineer of the Year scholarship. This award is given to THE outstanding agricultural/biological engineering undergraduate student in the United States or Canada. Candice is a biosystems engineering senior from Ankeny, Iowa. She currently serves as president of the ASAE Pre-professionals Council, the highest elected student office in the society. Another student from the department, Laura (Kennedy) Christianson, placed second in the national competition.
Oklahoma Legislature Honors Recent OSU Graduate
The Oklahoma House and Senate have approved a concurrent resolution honoring Cassie Jackson, a December 2003 engineering graduate who excelled during three student internships with NASA at the Lyndon Johnson Space Center and now works for NASA, helping to develop fuel cell technology for the manned mission to Mars. The resolution says Cassie was recently honored as one of NASA's top ten interns.
Correction!! Global Briefing at 3 p.m., April 8
A headline item yesterday about the OSU School of International Studies' Global Briefing was not correct. The briefing, featuring Dr. B. Dell Felder, is scheduled at 3 p.m., Thursday, April 8 at the Wes Watkins Center auditorium, not 3:30 p.m. as reported. Dr. Felder will discuss the education and empowerment of women in the Middle East. More info is at http://ueied.ue.okstate.edu/SIS/news/first_five/index.htm
OSU Center for Health Sciences Demonstrates Possibilities of Telemedicine
OSU's Center for Health Sciences is on the road at the Oklahoma State Capitol today, demonstrating the feasibility, benefits and promise of telemedicine. The message is that rural Oklahomans can have access to timely and quality medical care by expanding and enhancing a telemedicine network that would connect 55 rural community hospitals with major hospitals in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, as well as the OSU College of Medicine campus in Tulsa. Currently, OSU links with 17 rural Oklahoma hospitals. The plan calls for building a state-of-the-art 160,000 square-foot facility known as the Oklahoma Rural Health & Telemedicine Center.
Student Employee Appreciation Week Begins Monday
April 12-16 is Student Employee Appreciation Week on campus. Departments are encouraged to plan activities to recognize their student employees. A reception to honor the Student Employee of the Year, Alex Everett, is set for 2 p.m., April 15 in Willard Hall Living Room. Students make up a large part of our workforce. According to Chad Blew, Work Study community service coordinator in the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid, 5,054 of OSU's 10,319 employees are students, and an estimated 4,000 OSU students work in the Stillwater community.
More College Courses Now Easier to Transfer
The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education announced the addition of nearly 1,100 new courses to those already explicitly transferable among state system institutions. The courses cover 36 disciplines, including three new ones in American Indian Studies, Film and Video Studies and Geosciences. You can read more at http://www.okhighered.org/news-center/course-transfer-2004.html
Research Symposium Winners Will Be Honored
The Graduate & Professional Student Government Association, the Vice-President of Research and Technology Transfer, and the OSU Graduate College will honor those who had the top presentations during the 15th Annual Research Symposium. A ceremony is scheduled April 8 at 4:30 p.m. in the French Lounge of the Student Union (room 270). The public is invited.
Sports: Open Football Scrimmage on Saturday and Bedlam Softball This Weekend
- The Cowboy football team will have an open "scripted" scrimmage this Saturday (April 10) at 11a.m. in Pickens Stadium. It's the last one of the spring season. The public is invited.
- It's Bedlam softball Thursday night (April 8) at 7 p.m. The Cowgirls host the Sooners for the first match-up of the season. The Cowgirls lead the all-time series 68-53 but are 2-17 vs. Oklahoma since 1998.