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Oklahoma City University announced Dec. 10 its Board of Trustees named Judge Robert H. Henry, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, the school’s 17th president. “The opportunity to return to Oklahoma City University as its President and CEO is an exciting challenge that my wife, Jan,  and I wholeheartedly embrace.  The […]

Hundreds of students, alumni, guests, faculty and staff from OU gathered Dec. 7 in the Century Ballroom at Sheraton Hotel, 1 N. Broadway, to witness the second inaugural Gaylord Prize event.  This year, Gaylord College awarded the Gaylord Prize to Thomas L. Friedman, a three-time Pulitzer Prize winning economics reporter at the New York Times. […]

As redevelopment efforts have flourished in the central business district, Bricktown, Deep Deuce and Midtown in the last decade, the west side of downtown has had a few victories. Overall, it is still littered with vacant lots, dilapidated buildings and a former automobile manufacturing plant largely underused. OPPORTUNITY FORMER FILM DISTRICT FITS THE PICTURE That […]

Thirty percent of Oklahoma adults read below a basic fifth-grade level, according to a national assessment completed in 2005. Twelve percent of those read below a second-grade level. The Oklahoma City Community Foundation hopes to change that with a new program called “Get Reading Oklahoma.” OBSTACLES CONCEPT OF TIME 1,300 HOUSEHOLDS The program offers various […]

Thirty percent of Oklahoma adults read below a basic fifth-grade level, according to a national assessment completed in 2005. Twelve percent of those read below a second-grade level. The Oklahoma City Community Foundation hopes to change that with a new program called “Get Reading Oklahoma.” OBSTACLES CONCEPT OF TIME 1,300 HOUSEHOLDS The program offers various […]

A high number of dropouts, students reading below grade level, teenagers turning to crime and gangs ” these are trends seen not only in Oklahoma but also around the country. Teachers and administrators at Oklahoma City’s newest early education center, however, hope they can intervene early enough to help students stay on track. LOWER RATIO […]

A high number of dropouts, students reading below grade level, teenagers turning to crime and gangs ” these are trends seen not only in Oklahoma but also around the country. Teachers and administrators at Oklahoma City’s newest early education center, however, hope they can intervene early enough to help students stay on track. LOWER RATIO […]

When Douglass High School Principal Brian Staples first entered an Oklahoma City public school as a student teacher almost 20 years ago, he asked if he could take over teaching the class on the second day and was “hooked.” BENCHMARK COLLEGE COURSES DAIRY FARM He spent the next five years teaching science at the same […]

When Douglass High School Principal Brian Staples first entered an Oklahoma City public school as a student teacher almost 20 years ago, he asked if he could take over teaching the class on the second day and was “hooked.” BENCHMARK COLLEGE COURSES DAIRY FARM He spent the next five years teaching science at the same […]

Like many students at the University of Oklahoma, Shannon English started the fall semester of 2006 with a full course load: linguistics, history, international relations and a foreign language. Unlike her fellow OU students, however, English didn’t spend her down time tailgating. Instead, she caught an outdoor concert by Andrea Bocelli in St. Petersburg’s Palace […]