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Online workshops support teachers

Mon, Jul 20, 2020

Online learning may be part of the “new normal” for many schools, and Oklahoma State University professors are helping teachers prepare.

Science and Math EducationOutreach and EngagementCollege of Education and Human SciencesTeaching Learning and Educational Sciences

Alumna launches only private recreational therapy program in Oklahoma, impacts foster youth

Mon, Jul 20, 2020

When a program closure left many foster youth without access to vital counseling services, Lilli Higgins, a 2017 OSU recreational therapy graduate, founded her own therapy nonprofit to help.

Human Health and WellnessCollege of Education and Human SciencesRecreational TherapyKinesiology Applied Health and Recreation

Alumni Feature: Joanne Hong

Mon, Jul 20, 2020

Joanne Hong graduated in 2008 with a bachelor's in apparel design and production. She is the founder and designer of Jolynn and Jolynn Kids.

Department of Design and MerchandisingCollege of Education and Human SciencesBusinessAlumni Spotlight

Alumni Feature: Lilli Higgins

Wed, Jul 15, 2020

Lilli Higgins graduated with a bachelor's in recreation management and therapeutic recreation (recreation management and recreational therapy). She is the founder and executive director of Together Just, the only outpatient recreational therapy program in Oklahoma.

Human Health and WellnessCollege of Education and Human SciencesRecreational TherapyAlumni SpotlightKinesiology Applied Health and Recreation

Clothing sizes of the future

Fri, Jun 12, 2020

Clothing of the future may rely less on numbered sizes, and more on data points.

College of Education and Human SciencesResearchDepartment of Design and Merchandising

School administrators respond to coronavirus pandemic

Mon, Jun 01, 2020

Faculty in the Oklahoma State University educational leadership program knew they had established something special with the TeleEd program, but no one could have imagined the impact it would have during an unexpected worldwide pandemic.

Outreach and EngagementEducational Foundations Leadership and AviationEducational LeadershipCollege of Education and Human Sciences

Hernandez caps OSU experience as grad commencement marshal

Wed, May 27, 2020

Corina Hernandez has graduated with degrees in Communication Sciences and Disorders and Human Development and Family Science. And just this spring she added a master’s in speech language pathology. Her work as a graduate student landed her one of two university-wide Spring 2020 Honorary Graduate Commencement Marshal awards, which includes a monetary prize and the chance to lead her fellow graduates into commencement. However, because COVID-19 forced graduation to the virtual sphere, Hernandez will return in December for the latter duty.

ResearchHuman Health and WellnessCollege of Education and Human SciencesCollege of Arts and SciencesCommunication Sciences and Disorders

OSU alumnae inducted into FCCLA Leadership Hall of Fame

Fri, May 22, 2020

Four Oklahoma State University alumnae are set to be inducted into the National Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) Leadership Hall of Fame commemorating the organization’s 75th anniversary after being founded in 1945.

Human Development and Family ScienceFamily and Consumer SciencesHuman Health and WellnessCollege of Education and Human Sciences

New Eskimo Joe’s T-shirt design honors health care workers, supports student scholarships

Thu, May 21, 2020

Eskimo Joe’s beloved T-shirt supporting nurses will honor all health care workers with its 2020 design and provide scholarships for Oklahoma State University students in both the College of Education and Human Sciences and the OSU Center for Health Sciences in Tulsa.

Outreach and EngagementTeaching Learning and Educational SciencesEducational Foundations Leadership and AviationCollege of Education and Human Sciences

Surprise news on conference call changes future teacher’s life

Fri, May 08, 2020

Many Americans have joined video conference calls in recent weeks. None have been as life-transforming as Sara Szumski’s, when she learned she was receiving a very generous scholarship.

EducationCollege of Education and Human SciencesElementary EducationTeaching Learning and Educational Sciences

Designing fire-proof clothing with technology of the future

Wed, May 06, 2020

When firefighters enter a burning building, they wear heavy protective equipment. Far from the flames, textile researchers are using technology ranging from body scans to 800-1,100 degree C cone calorimeter to make that equipment safer.

College of Education and Human SciencesDepartment of Design and MerchandisingResearchCollege of Engineering Architecture and Technology

Nutritional sciences doctoral student awarded prestigious fellowship

Fri, May 01, 2020

Bryant Keirns, an Oklahoma State University doctoral student in nutritional sciences, received the Mars, Inc. Predoctoral Fellowship. The $5,000 award is presented by the American Society for Nutrition Foundation.

ResearchCollege of Education and Human SciencesNutritional Sciences