Campus e-clips, 09/20/2006

              Oklahoma Higher Education's Campus E-Clips Newsletter - September 2006
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IN OTHER NEWS SEPTEMBER 20, 2006 EVENTS
NSUBA celebrates grand
opening of new
classroom
SEOSU, Choctaw Nation
receive $800,000 NSF
grant
Opening ceremonies for
C-A Tribal College held
at SWOSU
Health Care Authority
and OSU-OKC continue
nurse's aid training
Violence prevention
grant renewed at
Eastern
OSU-Okmulgee students
tour Chevron facility
OU honored for efforts to curb underage
drinking
The University of Oklahoma was honored recently by the Underage
Drinking Enforcement Training Center as a “Success Story” for the
University’s efforts and commitment to curb underage drinking. The honor
was presented to OU at the UDETC’s 2006 National Leadership
Conference, hosted in conjunction with the National Liquor Law
Enforcement Association’s Annual Conference, in Baltimore to recognize
the innovative partnership between the University and the Oklahoma
Highway Safety Office to enforce underage drinking laws both on campus
and in the community. Read more.
Teams of robotic dogs engage in public soccer
match at Rogers State
Teams of robotic dogs recently engaged in
a live soccer match at Rogers State
University, as part of a demonstration of the
“RSUnleashed” – the only four-legged robotic
soccer team in Oklahoma.
Two free demonstrations of the soccer-playing
robotic dogs were conducted on an
indoor soccer field in Herrington Hall – home of the university’s School of
Business and Technology. Coordinating the soccer matches was Dr. Vadym
Kyrylov, an internationally recognized researcher and expert in the fields
of robotics, artificial intelligence and simulation and gaming, who joined
the RSU faculty this summer. Read more.
OSU's impact on rural health examined
The OSU Center for Rural Health at OSU Center for Health Sciences
brought together more than 50 community leaders, health care providers
and legislators from across the state for a first-hand look at OSU’s existing
and future impact on rural health care in Oklahoma.
The event marked the first official meeting of the Rural Health Advisory
Council, created by OSU Center for Rural Health to involve and solicit
feedback from stakeholders who can influence the future of health care in
rural Oklahoma. Read more.
USAO art seniors bare souls in 'Pin-Up' exhibit
Three art seniors chose to bare it all in
‘Pin-Ups,’ an art exhibit that was recently on
display at the University of Science and Arts
of Oklahoma. The art show featured the
works of Moore artists Marcie Price and Heidi
Helmers, as well as Gail Grass of Chickasha.
And although they don’t appear disrobed,
these décor divas used multiple media to give a peep show of what’s
going on inside. Read more.
OPSU offers military personnel, families
'Operation Freedom Call'
Sept. 29 - Rose State's
PASA Golf Tournament
Sept. 29-30 - Celebration
of Books at OSU-Tulsa
Oct. 27 - RCC hosts
'Cruisin' on Route 66:
Sample the Good Life'
Inauguration of Langston
president JoAnn Haysbert
Kristi Lewis Andrew art
exhibit at USAO
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