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Civil Rights pioneer Davis to be honored Feb. 26 at OSU-OKC

Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City’s annual Nancy Randolph Davis Day celebration is set for 11:30 a.m. Feb. 26 in the Student Center of the OSU?OKC campus.
Bronze statue of a young Nancy Randolph Davis wearing a graduation cap. The expression is thoughtful and proud. A blurred brick building is in the background.
OSU's School of Hospitality and Tourism Management and OSUIT's Culinary Arts Program prepare future restaurateurs

Thu, Apr 27, 2023

At Taylor’s Restaurant in the Nancy Randolph Davis Building, a hustle and bustle of professionally dressed students run the business — from the kitchen all the way to the host stand. It’s a restaurant on the surface, serving different international cuisines each week, but it’s also a business. And at the heart of it is a business class — restaurant operations — one that every student in the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM) is required to take because food will be involved anywhere an HTM grad goes to work in their field.

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College of Education and Human Sciences hosts Nancy Randolph Davis Day celebration

Fri, Mar 24, 2023

The Oklahoma State University College of Education and Human Sciences hosted a celebration in honor of the late Nancy Randolph Davis, the first African American to enroll at what was then Oklahoma A&M College in 1949.

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OSU Energy Management program tops $80 million in total savings

Tue, Sep 28, 2021

Three more Oklahoma State University campus buildings recently earned the $1 Million Energy Reduction Award. Nancy Randolph Davis, Nancy Randolph Davis West and the OSU Athletic Center, which includes Gallagher Iba Arena, bring the total to 15 buildings that have received the designation.

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Candle-lighting honors Nancy Randolph Davis’ legacy

Fri, Feb 05, 2021

In 1949, Nancy Randolph Davis lit the pathway for future generations on the Oklahoma State University campus as the first African American student at OSU. More than 70 years later, a candle-lighting celebrating her legacy was held Feb. 1.

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Inaugural symposium to mark second Nancy Randolph Davis Day

Wed, Jan 31, 2007

The 2007 “Nancy Randolph Davis Day at OSU” will include another tribute to the civil rights pioneer and longtime Oklahoma City educator with the debut of the Nancy Randolph Davis Symposium on Higher Education.

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OSU to celebrate inaugural Nancy Randolph Davis Day

Tue, Jan 31, 2006

Oklahoma State University’s Black History Month observance will begin Wednesday with a 2 p.m. celebration honoring one of the university’s foremost civil rights pioneers.

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