Monday Memo 2013-11-25
Happy Thanksgiving!; Can You Measure The American Dream?; Creativity Forum highlights CareerTech; Boggs recognized by his national peers; performance-based funding details being developed; Northeast Technology Center students set record AND prove CareerTech; fire...
Higher Education Chancellor Inducted Into OSGA Hall of Fame
Oklahoma State System of Higher Education Chancellor Glen D. Johnson was recently inducted into the Oklahoma Student Government Association Hall of Fame. Johnson is the group's inaugural inductee.
Monday Memo 2013-11-18
Board approves organizational structure; business plan calls for support of system success and enhancements; work begins on refinement of performance-based funding system; special thanks to Marcie Mack and the data team; Project Lead the Way Counselor Conference; Oklahoma...
11/22/2013
AG Pruitt Files Response with State Supreme Court in Ballot Title Case
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt on Friday filed a response with the Oklahoma Supreme Court in a ballot title challenge involving storm shelters in Oklahoma public schools.
Oklahoma law requires the Attorney General's Office to...
11/22/2013
Oklahoma Student Researcher Wins National Science Poster Competition
Ashokkumar Sharma, a doctoral student in the department of biosystems and agricultural engineering at Oklahoma State University, recently won first place in a national science poster competition in Nashville, Tenn.
Metro Tech Students Speak Out on Creativity
After working with Artist Douglas Elder to build a five-story bridge of string for the 2013 Creativity Forum Nov. 19, Metro Technology Center students were asked "What is creativity? Why did you volunteer to participate in a project like this? What lessons did you learn?"
11/21/2013
Commissioner Doak Determines Obamacare Fix Isnt OK in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak has determined that President Obama’s administrative fix to the Affordable Care Act isn’t needed in Oklahoma because consumers in both the individual and small group health insurance...
Thanks, Oklahoma
I am thankful. I am very thankful. I am thankful for my wife of 18 years. She is a wonderful mother to our two children. She is a great helpmate to me. She has a very busy schedule, but when her other family obligations permit, she has served...
11/19/2013
Fire Situation Report
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry
Forestry Services
PROTECTION AREA STATISTICS* for Time Period 11/18/13 thru 11/19/13
NE Area 1 fire burned 10 acres (Cause: Incendiary)
EC Area 0 fires
SE Area 2 fires burned 23 acres (Causes:...
11/19/2013
Fire Situation Report
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry
Forestry Services
PROTECTION AREA STATISTICS* for Time Period 11/18/13 thru 11/19/13
NE Area 1 fire burned 10 acres (Cause: Incendiary)
EC Area 0 fires
SE Area 2 fires burned 23 acres (Causes:...
11/19/2013
Oklahoma Forestry Services Conducting Inventory in Three Central OK Counties
What type of forest or woodlands is present in Oklahoma? What tree species? Is our forest healthy?
These and many other questions will be answered as a Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) crew from Oklahoma Forestry Services begins collecting data on plots in three...
11/19/2013
Oklahoma Forestry Services Conducting Inventory in Northeastern Counties
What type of forest or woodlands is present in Oklahoma? What tree species? Is our forest healthy?
These and many other questions will be answered as a Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) crew from Oklahoma Forestry Services begins collecting data on plots in eight...
11/18/2013
AG Scott Pruitt Comments on EPA Decision to Reduce Ethanol Mandate
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt commented on the EPA’s decision to lower the renewable fuel mandate for the first time ever. The EPA announced on Friday it will lower the target of how much ethanol must be blended into the...