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Wolverine Project Bootstrap Sheds Light On The Skills Gap

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

Wolverine, the brand synonymous with work boots and clothing since 1883, is shedding light on the skills gap with its third year of Project Bootstrap. Project Bootstrap is Wolverine's way of saying thank you to the women and men who keep the country running through their expert skills and strong work ethic. This year, Wolverine is supporting the next generation of trade workers by donating 2,000 boots directly to students at trade schools across the country.

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VisCom Team Takes Top Prize at 48 Hour Film Festival

Wed, Oct 25, 2017

This was the third year for the event, which challenges film making teams to write, shoot, edit and submit a four to six minute film in just 48 hours. The qualifying films were screened Saturday, Oct. 21, at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Okmulgee.

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ACR Student Awarded mikeroweWORKS Scholarship

Wed, Oct 25, 2017

Seth Moody, who started at OSUIT this semester, was awarded a $3,700 Work Ethic Scholarship from the foundation.

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OSUIT hosts annual Carnifall event for community

Tue, Oct 24, 2017

Carnifall is Thursday Oct. 26 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., on the lawn on the east side of Covelle Hall on the OSUIT campus, 1801 E. 4th St., in Okmulgee.

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Chamber of Nightmares coming to downtown Okmulgee this Halloween

Tue, Oct 24, 2017

OSUIT’s School of Visual Communications student club, Visual Communications Collective, is hosting the Chamber of Nightmares during Scare on the Square.

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Several Opportunities for Halloween Fun for OSUIT Community

Tue, Oct 24, 2017

There are plenty of spooky and not-too-scary events happening around the OSU Institute of Technology campus and in the Okmulgee community to keep students, faculty and staff and their families entertained this Halloween.

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Gulf States Toyota donates scholarship funds to OSUIT Toyota T-TEN program

Thu, Oct 19, 2017

Recently, Gulf States Toyota was joined by Oklahoma-based dealers Fowler Toyota and Jim Norton Toyota to fund two-year scholarships for Toyota T-TEN students at OSUIT. The first four recipients were announced last spring – Ronal Baez, Robert Gunn, Miguel Martinez and Joel Ramoz.

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Lamunyon Takes First Place in OACC’s Creative Staff Innovations Awards

Wed, Oct 18, 2017

Karla Lamunyon, prospect data management specialist in the Office of Student Services, was awarded the first place 2017 Creative Staff Innovations Award from the OACC for OSUIT’s new concierge messaging program.

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#I♥OSUIT: Michael Hunter

Wed, Oct 18, 2017

The #I♥OSUIT series asks students, faculty and staff what they love about the OSUIT and why. This week we hear from Nursing program student Michael Hunter.

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Culinary School Raising Funds for Pop-up Restaurant

Wed, Oct 18, 2017

The project, now posted on the OSU Foundation’s crowd-sourcing website PhilanthroPete, has the goal of raising $2,500 that students will use to transform the Tech Room in the Culinary building into a pop-up restaurant for one week in December.

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OSUIT Sees 4.4 Percent Enrollment Increase, Retention Rates Rise

Wed, Oct 11, 2017

The total number of students enrolled for the fall 2017 semester is 2,502. A year ago that number was 2,397. According to the Office of Institutional Research, 64.4 percent of incoming freshman from fall 2016 returned to campus fall 2017. That’s a more than 8 percent increase from the 56.1 percent of incoming freshman in fall 2015 that returned in fall 2016.

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First-ever Commuter Appreciation Week Planned

Wed, Oct 11, 2017

For the first time, OSUIT will host events aimed directly at the university’s off-campus and commuting students during Commuter Appreciation Week.

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