Conference To Show Girls That Science Careers Are Rewarding And Attainable
Presented by the Oklahoma Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (OK EPSCoR), in collaboration with the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, the National Science Foundation, Science Museum Oklahoma, Oklahoma NASA Space Grant and Oklahoma INBRE, the...
Employee of the Quarter: Kevin Gustavson
Kevin Gustavson, OCC/WQ Blue Thumb low impact development educator, was recognized at the December 2010 Commission meeting for being named Employee of the Quarter at the October OCC Full Staff Meeting.
12/16/2010
Service Award: Jean Lemmon, 10 Years
Jean Lemmon,OCC/WQ Blue Thumb quality assurance officer, was recognized at the December 2010 meeting of the Oklahoma Conservation Commission for 10 years of service to OCC and the state of Oklahoma.
States Settle Misleading Claims Issues with Dannon
Oklahoma will receive $425,000 for consumer
protection issues as part of a multistate settlement with The Dannon
Company, Inc., Attorney General Drew Edmondson said today.
Six Oklahoma Students Named Brad Henry International Scholars
Six students from Oklahoma's regional universities have been named Brad Henry International Scholars and will spend the spring 2011 semester participating in an international study and internship program at Swansea University in Wales.
Execution Date Set For Matthews, Execution Challenge Denied
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals today set
Jan. 11 as the execution date for Cleveland County death row inmate
Jeffrey David Matthews on the same day a federal appellate court denied
Matthews? challenge of the state?s lethal injection process.
12/11/2010
Max Dominick, A Legend in Conservation
Max Dominick, a career Soil Conservation Service employee and father of Darrel Dominick, OCC employee and former NRCS state conservationist, passed away Dec. 7. Ron Hays included and item about Mr. Dominck in the Oklahoma Farm News Update for Dec. 10, 2010.
11 Oklahoma High Schools Named Scholarship Champs
The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education recently named 11 Oklahoma high schools Oklahoma's Promise 2010 State Champions for leading the state in the number of graduates who qualified to receive Oklahoma's Promise, a state scholarship that allows students from families...
12/04/2010
OCC's Website Will Be Down While Servers Are Relocated
PLEASE NOTE: The Oklahoma Conservation Commission website, www.conservation.ok.gov, will be unavailable on Saturday, Dec. 4, from approximately 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. due to the relocation of Ok.Gov servers. All Ok.Gov services will be unavailable during that time period, but...
12/03/2010
Deer Creek CD Holds Groundbreaking For Cobb Creek Site 1
Deer Creek Conservation District, in cooperation with Southwestern Oklahoma State University, held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Cobb Creek Site 1 dam rehabilitation project on Nov. 29.
12/03/2010
USFW Provides Grass Drill To Dewey County Conservation District
The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service?s Partners for Wildlife Program has provided a 10-foot grass drill to the Dewey County Conservation District through a $29,000 grant to help landowners plant native grasses for wildlife habitat restoration.
12/02/2010
Report Shows Current State Of Oklahoma's Civic Health
A report submitted today to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shows that, while Oklahoma outperforms national trends for family and community building, some forms of civic involvement, such as voter turnout, may be lacking.
12/02/2010
Oklahoma Four-Year University Tuition Ranks Below National Average
The annual cost for a resident to attend school at one of Oklahoma's public four-year universities is considerably less than the national average, $4,400 compared to $7,605, according to a higher education report recently released.