Shabnam Khalilyar Gaylord News The University of Oklahoma Note: Shabnam Khalilyar, 26, is a University of Oklahoma Gaylord College journalism fellow preparing to enter graduate school this fall to study international diplomacy. She was on one of the last planes out of Afghanistan in 2021 after the country fell to the Taliban.
Students of North Rock Creek Public Schools returned to classes Thursday, Aug. 11.
Earlier this year, Citizen Potawatomi Nation District 12 Legislator Paul Schmidlkofer spent several weeks working on the set of the Peabody Awards-winning show Reservation Dogs as they filmed season two. The comedy-drama created by Seminole Nation citizen Sterlin Harjo tells the story of four Indigenous teenagers growing up in rural Oklahoma and their efforts to determine their futures.
About 200 educators participated in the ‘Keeping Our Children Safe’ simulated training event By Elisabeth Slay The Shawnee News-Star eslay@news-star.com The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office and other agencies participated in a training simulation called “Keeping Our Children Safe” with about 200 Seminole Public Schools employees at Gordon Cooper Technology Center on Wednesday. According to Sheriff’s Detective Steven Sample, the training was held to teach educators and other staff members techniques in keeping themselves and students safe in case of an active shooting situation.
Many cities across the United States have never recorded levels of heat and drought like those of this summer. Large areas of the country experienced above-average temperatures, and in some cases, the extreme heat has been unusually sustained. Now, midway through the season, here are some of the places where summer has had Americans sweltering the most, according to an AccuWeather analysis.
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Seminole State College hosted its in-service event for all employees on Aug. 10 in preparation of the fall semester, beginning Aug. 15. This year’s theme was “SSC Cares About Me,” and presentations centered on mental and physical wellness.
The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation hosted a record intern class this summer as students conducted wide-ranging experiments while working alongside some of the top minds in science. Twelve students formed the 66th class of the Fleming Scholars Program.
With college football season approaching, Oklahoma’s favorite mascots are teaming up with Shape Your Future to help Oklahomans make healthy choices. University of Oklahoma mascot Boomer and Oklahoma State University mascot Pistol Pete love competing as much as the athletes on the field, but they’re always in agreement on the importance of building a healthier Oklahoma.
No matter what the season or time of year, laundry is a never-ending chore. Even when your caught up, you’re not. And, if you even within the same family people have different methods and ideas about how to do the laundry “correctly”. So, here are a few tips from the pros to help sort out the answers.