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OCU receives $1M from late wife of local jeweler B.C. Clark Jr. 9 hr ago | Add a comment OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City University says it will create an endowed chair that will be funded with a $1 million bequest from the late wife of a local jeweler. The bequest by...

OSU event illustrates smoking's deadly toll 10 hr ago | Add a comment STILLWATER — Sixteen mannequins dotted the lawn near Oklahoma State University’s student union, representing the number of people in the state who die each day from tobacco-related...

Two Oklahoma students named as State AP Scholars 10 hr ago | Add a comment Graduates of Edmond Memorial High School and Tulsa Booker T. Washington High School have earned 2009 State AP Scholar awards. Fareeha Safir, whose family is formerly of Edmond, is a student at the...

CareerTech to reduce its staff by about 30 15 hr ago | Add a comment State Department of Career and Technology Education leaders estimate about 30 employees will need to take job buyouts to make up for expected budget shortfalls. The CareerTech board approved a...

University President David Boren praises women’s gifts to OU 15 hr ago | Add a comment NORMAN — Of the $1.6 billion in private donations made to the University of Oklahoma in the past 15 years, OU President David Boren said, "I can count with one hand the number of major...

Author and columnist scheduled to visit University of Oklahoma 15 hr ago | Add a comment NORMAN — Thomas L. Friedman, an author and New York Times foreign affairs columnist who has won three Pulitzer Prizes, is scheduled to visit the state Dec. 7 for two functions at the...

CareerTech to cut about 30 employees Yesterday | Add a comment State Department of Career and Technology Education leaders estimate about 30 employees will need to take job buyouts to make up for expected budget shortfalls. The CareerTech board approved a...

Oklahoma's career, technology educators face layoffs Yesterday | Add a comment Some state Department of Career and Technology Education workers will be asked to quit their jobs to make up for continued budget shortfalls. The state agency that oversees technology schools...

Miss UCO plans to devote reign to human rights Yesterday | Add a comment EDMOND — Julie Christian, a junior political science major from Owasso, was crowned Miss University of Central Oklahoma 2010 at the university’s annual scholarship pageant. Christian...

Edmond Briefs Wed, Nov 18, 2009 | Add a comment H1N1 vaccine available for all State health officials announced that all Oklahomans who want to reduce their risk of H1N1 infection are now eligible to receive H1N1 influenza vaccine. Vaccinations...

Site plan approved for new SNU dormitory Wed, Nov 18, 2009 | Add a comment BETHANY — Bethany City Council members approved a site plan Tuesday for a new residential hall at Southern Nazarene University. The proposal included plans to build a 290-bed, suite-style...

Moore Norman Tech Center board to vote on campus renovation plans Wed, Nov 18, 2009 | Add a comment Moore Norman Technology Center board members will vote on soliciting bids for the first phase of its Franklin Road campus renovation plan during their meeting at 5:30 p.m. today at the South Penn...

OU geography event opens up new world Wed, Nov 18, 2009 | Add a comment NORMAN — Nearly 60 high school students this week visited the University of Oklahoma and learned that geography entails much more than drawing a bunch of maps. They found out that geography...

UCO’s small-business center has open house Wed, Nov 18, 2009 | Add a comment University of Central Oklahoma Small Business Development Center will open its new facility at One Santa Fe Plaza in Oklahoma City. An open house is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday. It will include...

Oklahoma City middle school’s students collect food items for DHS Wed, Nov 18, 2009 | Add a comment Students at Oklahoma City’s Belle Isle Enterprise Middle School completed their second annual canned food drive for the state Department of Human Services. The students increased their...

UCO sweeps awards for civic responsibility Wed, Nov 18, 2009 | Add a comment EDMOND — University of Central Oklahoma students swept all three awards in the Oklahoma Campus Compact’s statewide Civic Responsibility Contest. Brett Middleton, a senior interpersonal...

13 to compete for title of Miss Asian UCO Wed, Nov 18, 2009 | Add a comment EDMOND — Thirteen contestants, including two Edmond students, will compete for the Miss Asian UCO 2010 title at 7 p.m. Saturday in UCO’s Constitution Hall in the Nigh University Center....

NCAA: College athletes outperforming other students in classroom Wed, Nov 18, 2009 | Add a comment INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA says college athletes continue to graduate at a higher rate than other students. The NCAA's latest graduation report, released Wednesday, shows that 79 percent...

Elephant involved in accident near Enid treated at Oklahoma State University Wed, Nov 18, 2009 | Add a comment Oklahoma State University's Center for Veterinary Health Sciences students recently got an up-close look at a performing elephant. Kamba, a 29 year-old female African elephant owned by Doug...

Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry outlines budget proposals Wed, Nov 18, 2009 | Add a comment A special session to deal with Oklahoma’s budget crisis seems likely in January, a month before legislators are to return in regular session. Gov. Brad Henry included a special session as...