OBU to hold Founder’s Day Chapel

Oklahoma Baptist University will celebrate its 102-year history during a special Founders’ Day chapel service Wednesday, Feb. 8, at 10 a.m. in Raley Chapel’s Potter Auditorium.

Local students make OU honor roll

Area students with outstanding academic performance during the University of Oklahoma’s fall semester have made the Dean’s honor roll.

Shawnee Educational Foundation honors Jones

Theater and technology were a major themes at the Shawnee Educational Foundation (SEF) Hall of Fame Banquet Thursday, as the foundation recognized grant programs and honored Ronny Jones as the 2012 Hall of Fame Honoree.

Gordon Cooper Technology Center students volunteer at games

There is nothing like getting up between 5 and 6 a.m. on a cold, winter morning to get ready to volunteer for the Special Olympics Mid-Winter Games at the Sunny Lane Bowling Alley in Del City.

Social media seminar scheduled

These days it seems like just about everybody is on Facebook, Twitter or YouTube.  To answer that question, Gordon Cooper Technology Center Business and Industry Services is offering a free web marketing seminar entitled “Cashing in on Social Media.”

The upcoming election has superintendents worried

The Feb. 14 election has some superintendents of dependent school districts concerned that the proposed capital improvement projects will hamper their ability to make future upgrades and improvements to their schools.

North Rock Creek becomes a tobacco-free campus

North Rock Creek Public School (NRC) joins a family of tobacco-free campuses after adopting a 24/7 tobacco-free school policy Jan. 9, 2012. 

Seminole State College offers Phlebotomy certification

Seminole State College has announced that it will offer a phlebotomy certificate program later this spring.

School in negotiations with architect firm

The Shawnee School board is in the process of negotiations with an architect firm from Oklahoma City that will help the district with its 10 year Facilities Master Plan.

Ronny Jones inducted into Shawnee Education Hall of Fame

A third generation Shawnee businessman will be inducted Thursday night into the Shawnee Education Hall of Fame. And 25 area educators will be honored as recipients of grants from the Shawnee Educational Foundation.

Cockroft seeks November school elections

Seeking to increase voter participation, State Rep. Josh Cockroft has filed legislation that would place all local school board elections on the November general election ballot.

Legislation filed to allow students to use ACT to graduate

Each year, thousands of Oklahoma school students take their end-of-instruction tests in order to be able to graduate.

Two scholarships being offered by Unity to high school seniors

Two scholarships for high school seniors are now being offered by the Unity Health Center Volunteer Auxiliary. 

Pleasant Grove students on honor roll

This is the Pleasant Grove Honor Roll for the first semester.

OSSM open house at Gordon Cooper

The Oklahoma School of Science and Math Regional Center at Gordon Cooper Technology Center will hold open house at 6 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, at the GCTC main campus (Interstate 40 and SH 18) in the seminar center.

Public schools across the state are seeing more students

Enrollment for pre-kindergarten through grade 12 is up in public schools across the state.

Engineering student constructs A-frame house

Shawnee Middle School pre-engineering student Cory Shahan completed construction of an A-frame house in class just before Christmas break. The house has a spiral staircase supporting a water bent wood railing.

Shawnee couple donates $1 million to OBU

A Shawnee couple has issued a $1 million challenge gift to Oklahoma Baptist University, encouraging others in the local community to support the institution’s $42 million capital campaign.

Dale Schools gets new cafeteria

Dale Public Schools’ new cafeteria is now open and ready for students, faculty and employees and will be available to view at an open house slated for Sunday, Jan. 8.

Seminole State College offers ‘Afternoon College’

Seminole State College is continuing its successful “Afternoon College” so students can complete all required first semester courses in an afternoon setting - one course per day, starting at 2 p.m.

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