Skip to main content

News and Media

Open Main MenuClose Main Menu
Students claim $45,000 in prize money in Riata Business Plan Competition

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

The Oklahoma State University School for Entrepreneurship and the Riata Center for Entrepreneurship have named winners of the annual student competition to create business startups at the event finals Jan. 31. The Riata Business Plan Competition at the Spears School of Business promotes entrepreneurship and small business development by focusing on student created, managed and owned ventures.

College of Engineering Architecture and TechnologySchool of EntrepreneurshipBusinessNews TopicsCollege of Arts and SciencesHighlightRiata Center for Innovation and EntrepreneurshipSpears School of BusinessStudent Success
Student entrepreneurs continue winning ways

Fri, Dec 20, 2019

Oklahoma State University student entrepreneurs Rabecca Wiseman and Brooks Robison have been named semifinalists in the ASU Innovation Open 2020 business pitch competition, which offers $300,000 in prize money to collegiate business startups. Wiseman, a master’s student in civil engineering, and Brooks, an MBA student in the Spears School of Business, continue to win top-tier business plan competitions with their technology startup, Contraire.

School of EntrepreneurshipSpears School of BusinessBusinessStudent SuccessNews TopicsSpears
Spears Business students recognized as OSU Seniors of Significance

Fri, Nov 22, 2019

Six Spears School of Business students have been selected as Oklahoma State University Seniors of Significance for the 2019-2020 academic year by the OSU Alumni Association.

OSU Alumni AssociationSpears School of BusinessNews TopicsBusinessStudent SuccessSeniors of Significance
Spears students recognized for academic excellence

Mon, Nov 04, 2019

Students from the Spears School of Business have been recognized by the Oklahoma State University Honors College for academic distinction including maintaining high grade point averages for the 2018-19 academic year.

Spears School of BusinessStudent SuccessBusinessOSU Honors CollegeNews Topics
Spears Wentz Scholar explores business through research

Wed, Oct 09, 2019

Lexi Barry describes herself as endlessly curious, so there’s little wonder that since coming to the Spears School of Business, she has become passionate about research. That passion was fueled last spring when Barry was named a 2019-2020 Wentz Research Scholar and began a study of consumer behavior, a key component of her marketing major.

Student SuccessSchool of Marketing and International BusinessSpears ResearchBusinessSpears School of BusinessWentzNews Topics
OSU TRIO director recognized with NextGen Under 30 Award

Fri, Sep 13, 2019

Julie Swaringim-Griffin couldn’t help but smile while talking about being recognized as one of 338 Oklahomans honored with a NextGen Under 30 Award.

Campus Life and DiversityCollege of Education and Human SciencesNextGen Under 30 awardDivision of Institutional DiversityStudent SuccessOutreach and EngagementTRIO
Cowboys in Canada: OSU Symphony Orchestra to perform at conference in Vancouver

Tue, Aug 27, 2019

The Oklahoma State University Symphony Orchestra is one of two U.S. orchestras that will perform at the 2020 College Orchestra Directors Association National Conference.

Department of MusicStudent SuccessOutreach and EngagementMichael and Anne Greenwood School of MusicCollege of Arts and SciencesArts and HumanitiesOSU Symphony OrchestraHighlight
OSU Medicine student named to first national liaison role

Fri, Aug 23, 2019

The Association of American Indian Physicians has named an OSU Medicine student to serve as the first osteopathic medicine liaison for the Association of Native American Medical Students. Brandon Postoak, a second-year medical student at the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Tulsa, was appointed to a one-year term as liaison with the goal of encouraging more Native Americans to consider careers in medicine and other health professions.

Association of American Indian PhysiciansInstitutional DiversityStudent SuccessOSU-CHSHuman Health and WellnessOSU College of Osteopathic MedicineAssociation of Native American Medical StudentsCampus Life and DiversityChickasaw NationOSU medicine
Accounting’s Yenifer Perez recognized for academic achievement

Mon, Jul 08, 2019

Oklahoma State University accounting graduate student Yenifer Perez has been named a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Scholar, which recognizes outstanding students in accredited accounting degree programs in U.S. colleges and universities with a $10,000 scholarship.

School of AccountingGrants and ScholarshipsBusinessHighlightSpears School of BusinessStudent SuccessNews Topics
Ty Derouen Receives OSU’s Undergraduate Library Research Award

Fri, May 03, 2019

Derouen, a senior double majoring in microbial and biochemistry, was selected as the upperclassman ULRA honorable mention for his paper “Protein Kinase A Manipulation by Chlamydia trachomatis During Infection.”

ResearchScience and TechnologybiochemistryStudent SuccessEdmon Low LibraryCollege of Arts and Sciencesstudent awards
Molly Jackson Receives OSU’s Undergraduate Library Research Award

Fri, May 03, 2019

Jackson, a junior interior design major, was selected as the upperclassman ULRA winner for her paper “Protocol Analysis of the Design Process Based on Extrinsic and Inherent Values.”

College of Education and Human SciencesStudent Successinterior designResearchEdmon Low Librarystudent awards
Claire Ringer Receives OSU’s Undergraduate Library Research Award

Fri, May 03, 2019

Ringer, a sophomore history major, was selected as the underclassman ULRA winner for her paper “I Am Still Myself: How the Dust Bowl Influenced Women's Clothing in Oklahoma.”

Student SuccessArts and HumanitiesacademicsResearchEdmon Low LibraryapparelCollege of Arts and Sciencesstudent awardsawardsHistory
MENUCLOSE