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OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL REPORT 2015 Agency Creative, Formation, TV Guide Network, November Sundaes, Cherokee Casino, Rightmind Advertising, Arkansas Lifestyle Magazine, Tulsa People Magazine, Mullerhause Design Mathey-Dearman Corp., Urban, Eslick Design, Walsh Branding, TracyLocke Advertising, AckermanMcQueen Advertising, Pennwell Publishing, Zebco Corp., Shepard Boy Designs, Fossil Corp., Pennebaker Marketing, ParkerHayden Advertising, Richards, Littlefield Advertising, Four-Leaf Design, Saatchi & Saatchi X, Wal-Mart Corp., Wenzel Design, David Clark Design, Little Mountain Productions, Swope’s Mountain Photography, Photography of Distinction, Kristin Lloyd Photography, Brian Toposki Photography, Michaels Photography, Jesse Reich Photography, John Lew Photography, Nick Vedros Photography, Paul Schiefer Photography, Manny Rodriguez Photography, Jeremy Charles Photography, Scott Raffe Photography, Muskogee Phoenix News, John Amatucci Photography, Lara Donbrowski Photography, Debra Spencer Photography, National Cinema Media, Brothers Advertising, Greater Tulsa Reporter, Tulsa World, Carpentree Designs, Oklahoma Family Magazine, DonRey Corp., Jim Jordan Photography, IN Marketing Services, Shopper Solutions, J Williams Creative, Pinnacle Foods Group, Sam's Club, Ivie & Associates, Rockfish Interactive, ABF, Outdoor Cap Company, Schawk! Inc., DaySpring Cards, Cooper's ArtWorks, David Tucker Graphics, Smurfit Stone Container Corp., International Paper Company, Baldor Corp., Pradco Outdoor, Mars Agency, J Walter Thompson Advertising, Moe Design Group, UMAREX USA, PowerSource Creative, Miller Zell, ColeComm, Twin Oaks / Neptune, Viacom Nickelodeon, Fourleaf Creative, Golden Eagle of Arkansas, LiveLight! Advertising, 3M, AAA, ABB, ABS, Adobe Systems Inc., Aggreko, LLC, Air Assurance, American Innovations, Anheuser Busch, Anspire, Aramark Foods, Architactile LLC, Arkansas Prosthetics & Pedorthics, Arrow Tool, Atmos Energy, AutoZone, Bama Companies, Inc., Bodean’s, Bohlin Co., BP Pipelines, Brookhaven Hospital, Bumper to Bumper, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Cardinal Glass, Carmax, CenterPoint Energy, Cherokee Builders, Cherokee Nation, Chesapeake EnergyChevron North America Exploration, Chevron Pipe Line, Chickasaw Nation, Chrysler Group LLC., CNH America LLC, Cobb Engineering, ConocoPhillips, Covington Aircraft, Crossland Construction, Cummins Chevrolet Buick GMC Cadillac, Dallas Dodge, DCP Midstream, Devon Energy, Double Tree Hotel, Dresser-Rand, Emerson, EnCana Oil & Gas Inc., Enerflex Energy Systems, Inc., Energy Transfer, Enogex, Epic Energy, European Autospecialist, Experitec, Explorer Pipeline, Exterran, ExxonMobil Pipeline, Finishmaster, Inc., Firestone, Flintco, Inc., Foley Equipment Co., Ford, FW Murphy, Gas Processor Association, General Electric Oil & Gas, General Motors, Georgia Pacific, Google, Grissom Implement Inc., Arrow Engine Company, AG Equipment Company, Atlas Pipeline, Compressor, Systems Inc., Enable Midstream Partners, Gas Pro- cessors Suppliers Association, Gas Compressor Association, J-W Energy Company, Sandridge Energy, Inc., SWN Midstream Company, USA Compression, Onegas, Pipeline Equipment Company, Semgroup, Shell Pipeline, AEP/PSO, AES, EthosEnergy, Green Country Energy, Grand River Dam Authority, Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority, Tenaska, RTS Enterprises. Inc., Alliance Electrical Contractors Inc., Cherokee Builders, Manhattan Construction, Western Farmers Electric COOP Gulf States Toyota, Guy Engineering, H&E Equipment Services, LLC, Halliburton, Hard Rock Casino, Henryetta Medical Center, Hillcrest Hospital South, Hilti, Inc., Hinton Refrigeration, Hlavinka Equipment Company, Home Depot, Honeywell, HP Enterprise Services, Hugg & Hall Equipment Company, Imax, J.A. Riggs Tractor Co., John Deere, Johnson Controls, Jules Borel & Co., KanEquip Inc., Kinder Morgan, Kirby-Smith Machinery, Inc., KMS, Koch Pipeline, Komastu America Corp, Land Rover of Tulsa, Lexus of Tulsa, Linde, MAC Tools, Magellan, Mahindra USA, Inc., Marriott Hotel, Meineke Auto Centers, Mercedes Benz of OKC, Mesa Corrosion, MidCon Compression, Muskogee Creek Nation, Mustang CAT, NAPA, New Holland, NuStar, OADA, OG&E, Oklahoma Bankers Association, Oklahoma Corporate Commission, Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Omni Air International, ONEOK, O'Reilly Auto Parts, OSU Medical Center, P&K Equipment, PetroChem, Phillips 66, Pinnacle Business Systems, Inc., Poe & Associates, Polyvision, Progressive Orthotic and Prosthetic Services, Quanta, QuickTrip, RAE Corporation, Raytheon, REASOR’S LLC, River Spirit Casino, Robert M. Palmer Institute of Biomechanics, Roland Machinery Co., Rolex USA, Inc., Rosen, The Rowland Group, Russell Korman Company, Saint Francis Hospital, St. John Health System, Sentinel Agency Creative, Formation, TV Guide Network, November Sundaes, Cherokee Casino, Rightmind Advertising, Arkansas Lifestyle Magazine, Tulsa People Magazine, Mullerhause Design Mathey-Dearman Corp., Urban,

Eslick Design, Walsh Branding, TracyLocke Advertising, AckermanMcQueen Advertising, Pennwell LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT OSU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 Publishing, Zebco Corp., Shepard Boy Designs, Fossil Corp., Pennebaker Marketing, ParkerHayden Advertising, Richards, Littlefield Advertising, Four-Leaf Design, Saatchi & Saatchi X, Wal-Mart Corp., Wenzel Design, David Clark Design, Little Mountain Productions, Swope’s Mountain Photography, Photography of Distinction, Kristin Lloyd Photography, Brian Toposki Photography, Michaels Photography, Jesse Reich Photography, John Lew Photography, Nick Vedros Photography, Paul Schiefer Photography, Pride. It’s the feeling you have when something positive occurs and you Manny Rodriguez Photography, Jeremy Charles Photography, Scott Raffe Photography, Muskogee had something to do with it. Phoenix News, John Amatucci Photography, Lara Donbrowski Photography, Debra Spencer Photography, National Cinema Media, Brothers Advertising, Greater Tulsa Reporter, Tulsa World, Carpentree Designs, Right now, some incredibly exciting things are happening on our campus and within our Oklahoma Family Magazine, DonRey Corp., Jim Jordan Photography, IN Marketing Services, Shopper community that, when added together, have reignited a flame—an orange glow that gets Solutions, J Williams Creative, Pinnacle Foods Group, Sam's Club, Ivie & Associates, Rockfish Interactive, brighter by the day. As you review the successes of the last year, you will find so much to ABF, Outdoor Cap Company, Schawk! Inc., DaySpring Cards, Cooper's ArtWorks, David Tucker Graphics, be proud of. This report is tangible proof that OSUIT does what many higher education Smurfit Stone Container Corp., International Paper Company, Baldor Corp., Pradco Outdoor, Mars Agency, institutions promise but rarely deliver. We transform lives by educating and preparing our students to join an increasingly technological and globally competitive workforce. J Walter Thompson Advertising, Moe Design Group, UMAREX USA, PowerSource Creative, Miller Zell, Our academic programs are second to none. ColeComm, Twin Oaks / Neptune, Viacom Nickelodeon, Fourleaf Creative, Golden Eagle of Arkansas, LiveLight! Advertising, 3M, AAA, ABB, ABS, Adobe Systems Inc., Aggreko, LLC, Air Assurance, American Sure, there’s a level of school spirit that is undeniable, but this energy extends far Innovations, Anheuser Busch, Anspire, Aramark Foods, Architactile LLC, Arkansas Prosthetics & beyond the borders of OSUIT. You see, OSU Institute of Technology is leading the Pedorthics, Arrow Tool, Atmos Energy, AutoZone, Bama Companies, Inc., Bodean’s, Bohlin Co., BP way in a series of transformations, and each of you plays a significant role in advancing Pipelines, Brookhaven Hospital, Bumper to Bumper, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Cardinal us toward the goal. Whether you are an employee, a patron, a citizen of Okmulgee, a Glass, Carmax, CenterPoint Energy, Cherokee Builders, Cherokee Nation, Chesapeake EnergyChevron parent, an industry supporter, an alumnus, or a friend to the university, you can be a North America Exploration, Chevron Pipe Line, Chickasaw Nation, Chrysler Group LLC., CNH America change agent that will make the difference in the lives of our students which cascades throughout our community. LLC, Cobb Engineering, ConocoPhillips, Covington Aircraft, Crossland Construction, Cummins Chevrolet

Buick GMC Cadillac, Dallas Dodge, DCP Midstream, Devon Energy, Double Tree Hotel, Dresser-Rand, By now, you may know that we’ve purchased buildings in Okmulgee’s historic down- Emerson, EnCana Oil & Gas Inc., Enerflex Energy Systems, Inc., Energy Transfer, Enogex, Epic Energy, town as future housing for OSUIT students. It is an important investment in what has European Autospecialist, Experitec, Explorer Pipeline, Exterran, ExxonMobil Pipeline, Finishmaster, Inc., been called “Okmulgee Rising.” Think of this as Okmulgee reimagined. Our purchase Firestone, Flintco, Inc., Foley Equipment Co., Ford, FW Murphy, Gas Processor Association, General Electric is significant in and of itself; yet this watershed moment should not be perceived purely Oil & Gas, General Motors, Georgia Pacific, Google, Grissom Implement Inc., Arrow Engine Company, in the context of location. And our commitment goes beyond restoring concrete or AG Equipment Company, Atlas Pipeline, Compressor, Systems Inc., Enable Midstream Partners, Gas Pro- infrastructure. We’re restoring the pride in our community, pride in our academic cessors Suppliers Association, Gas Compressor Association, J-W Energy Company, Sandridge Energy, programs, pride in our workplace, pride in being part of something so transformative Inc., SWN Midstream Company, USA Compression, Onegas, Pipeline Equipment Company, Semgroup, that it builds a future and leaves a legacy.

Shell Pipeline, AEP/PSO, AES, EthosEnergy, Green Country Energy, Grand River Dam Authority, Oklahoma So no matter what your connection is to OSU Institute of Technology, we hope you share Municipal Power Authority, Tenaska, RTS Enterprises. Inc., Alliance Electrical Contractors Inc., Cherokee our cowboy spirit as you reflect on the accomplishments of our students, alumni, faculty Builders, Manhattan Construction, Western Farmers Electric COOP Gulf States Toyota, Guy Engineering, and staff over the last year. Please consider supporting OSUIT’s commitment to downtown H&E Equipment Services, LLC, Halliburton, Hard Rock Casino, Henryetta Medical Center, Hillcrest Hospital Okmulgee and the campus master plan through a gift to the OSU Foundation. Through South, Hilti, Inc., Hinton Refrigeration, Hlavinka Equipment Company, Home Depot, Honeywell, HP our combined efforts, we can extend this sense of pride into real and lasting transformation. Enterprise Services, Hugg & Hall Equipment Company, Imax, J.A. Riggs Tractor Co., John Deere, Johnson Controls, Jules Borel & Co., KanEquip Inc., Kinder Morgan, Kirby-Smith Machinery, Inc., KMS, Koch Pipeline, Komastu America Corp, Land Rover of Tulsa, Lexus of Tulsa, Linde, MAC Tools, Magellan, Mahindra USA, Inc., Marriott Hotel, Meineke Auto Centers, Mercedes Benz of OKC,

Mesa Corrosion, MidCon Compression, Muskogee Creek Nation, Mustang CAT, NAPA, New Holland, NuStar, Dr. Bill R. Path OADA, OG&E, Oklahoma Bankers Association, Oklahoma Corporate Commission, Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Omni Air International, ONEOK, O'Reilly Auto Parts, OSU Medical Center, P&K Equipment, PetroChem, Phillips 66, Pinnacle Business Systems, Inc., Poe & Associates, Polyvision, Progressive Board of Regents for OSU Joe D. Hall, Chairman, Lou Watkins, Vice Chair, Calvin J. Anthony, Douglas E. Burns, Rick Davis, Orthotic and Prosthetic Services, Quanta, QuickTrip, RAE Corporation, Raytheon, REASOR’S LLC, River & the A&M Colleges Andy Lester, Tucker Link, Dr. Trudy Milner, Jim Reese, and Jason Ramsey, Chief Executive Officer Spirit Casino, Robert M. Palmer Institute of Biomechanics, Roland Machinery Co., Rolex USA, Inc., Rosen, The Rowland Group, Russell Korman Company, Saint Francis Hospital, St. John Health System, Sentinel 2 OSU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS SUCCESS

US NEWS BEST REGIONAL COLLEGES

The U.S. News & World Report’s Best Regional Colleges rankings were released in September 2014, and OSU Institute of Technology made the top 25. photo/Rubria Ireland OSUIT, which participated in the rankings for the first time, was OSUIT was also ranked fourth in the U.S. News rankings take into consider- listed 24th in the West division that West’s top public regional colleges ation several factors such as freshman encompasses 15 states including listing and ninth in the Best Colleges for retention rates, graduation rates, stu- Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Veterans ranking, as well as making the dent to teacher ratios, acceptance rates, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New list of regional colleges with best ethnic ACT/SAT test scores and percentage of Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, diversity and graduates with the least classes with 20 or fewer students. n Utah, Washington and Wyoming. amount of debt.

| Department of Defense Grant Awarded | OSUIT will share this information | OSUIT Makes Most Affordable In December 2014, the U.S. Department through a publicly accessible, Web-based Colleges List | of Defense Office of Economic Adjustment portal that maps out the impact of sales The website AffordableColleges.com awarded a federal grant of nearly $875,000 and employment related to military released its list of the 50 Most Affordable to Oklahoma State University Institute spending in Oklahoma. Public Schools for In-State Students in of Technology in partnership with the The real-time economic data and December 2014, and OSUIT made the Oklahoma Strategic Military Planning forecasting tools can then be used to list ranked at 47th. Commission. maximize and align growth strategies for The website’s mission is to provide The one-year grant, entitled “Oklahoma the state’s defense and aerospace supply prospective students with information and the Department of Defense: Impacts chain industries. on how to make the best cost-effective on the State’s Economy and Workforce,” decision when it comes to getting a higher allows for OSUIT’s Economic Develop- education. The schools were ranked by ment and Training Center to map the their affordability and tendency to award supply chain of industries affected by scholarship funds. Defense Department spending in Oklahoma The award highlights OSUIT’s position OSUIT’s average in-state tuition is $3,315 with the total project budget of $995,000. as Oklahoma’s only university of applied with 52 percent of students receiving Mike Cooper, chairman of the technology and makes OSUIT an influential financial aid through scholarships or Oklahoma Strategic Military Planning stakeholder in the global economic work-study opportunities. Commission, facilitated OSUIT’s conversation. The work that OSUIT is doing, OSUIT is unique in that its technical involvement in the project. and will do under this grant, will help make programs also require paid internships “This grant allows us to gather critical our state’s workforce competitively engaged as part of the curriculum so students are information as the state prepares for in the global economy. I congratulate the earning money while also applying the budgetary and mission changes in the university on a job well done, and look Department of Defense,” Cooper said. forward to seeing how OSUIT’s hard work “It will look at the industries in Oklahoma will contribute to our nation. that rely, all or in part, on Defense Depart- ment spending as part of their business.” - Sen. Jim Inhofe CAMPUS SUCCESS OSU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 3

The Chesapeake Energy Natural Gas Compression Training Center, now part of the School of Energy Technologies. photo/Janelle Azevedo knowledge they learned on campus to and labs,” Hasan said. “It benefits our Three existing programs already their future career. students, our program, and our university.” thriving at the university— Power Plant AffordableColleges.com developed its With the accreditation, students in the Technologies, Pipeline Integrity Tech- rankings using statistics and databases Bachelor of Technology program are eligible nology and Natural Gas Compression— maintained by the National Center for for the Fundamentals of Engineering are now part of the School of Energy Education Statistics, an entity of the U.S. exam, the first step toward becoming a Technologies. Department of Education. Average in-state licensed professional engineer. Students Roy Achemire, School of Energy tuition and the institution’s financial aid can also now be considered for certain Technologies dean, said he’s worked with rate were each given equal weight when local, state and federal jobs that require or other universities and colleges and it’s determining the list. prefer a degree from an ABET-accredited common to have an energy or petroleum program. division. | ABET Accreditation Awarded to Jennifer Butler, instructor of Civil “Energy is such a big part of Oklahoma’s Civil Engineering Technology | Engineering Technology, said aside economy, but it’s also integral to the OSU Institute of Technology’s Civil from the recognition that OSUIT has region in states such as Texas, New Engineering Technology program was an outstanding academic program, Mexico and Arkansas,” Achemire said. granted accreditation for its Bachelor of accreditation also means graduates may “Having these programs under one Technology program from ABET, the have more employment opportunities. umbrella gives our advisors and industry recognized accreditor of college and “Accreditation is a seal of approval partners one place they can go to meet university programs in applied science, that our degree is of the highest quality their needs.” computing, engineering, and engineering and recognized by a nationally known Establishing a School of Energy Tech- technology. board,” Butler said. “We stand next to nologies increases recognition among Dr. Abul Hasan, dean of the School any other civil engineering technology both employers and prospective students. of Engineering Technologies, said after program in the country knowing that we OSUIT has a distinguished track record a lengthy and thorough evaluation, the have a quality program.” of success in working collaboratively with program’s curriculum and learning spaces industry partners in the development met ABET’s standards. | School of Energy Technologies of programs directed to critical workforce “Receiving the accreditation is a testa- Established | needs, said Dr. Scott Newman, vice president ment to the excellence of our instructors, The School of Energy Technologies of Academic Affairs. the quality of the curriculum they are officially began operating on the OSU “We’ll strengthen our existing programs teaching and the caliber of our facilities Institute of Technology campus in July 2015. and build on our partnerships to see 4 OSU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS SUCCESS

Over 1,600 schools participated in the inaugural STEM Jobs survey process. Universities were scored on STEM job alignment, job placement and diversity in the school’s STEM programs.

| Greenovation Program Lauded | Oklahoma Greenovation, a job-training program headed up by OSU Institute of Technology, was recognized in July 2014 as a national model in Vice President Joe Biden’s “Ready to Work” report. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce received a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor in 2011 to implement the program for the In July, OSUIT's academic divisions were reclassified as schools and division chairs were given the state’s construction and energy efficiency title of dean. Back Row: James McCullough, Dr. Mark Allen, Randy Ritchey, Roy Achemire, Steve services. OSUIT is the lead institution in Olmstead - Front Row: Jana Martin, Dr. Abul Hasan, Terryl Lindsey, Stevon Gregory the consortium that also includes Okla- Not pictured: Chef Rene Jungo homa State University-Oklahoma City where growth can occur,” Newman said. four centers recognized this inaugural year. and Tulsa Community College. “This could lead to the formation of new The OSU system received 35 healthy The Greenovation program, run programs and degree opportunities as certifications across its five campuses. through the Economic Development these current programs come under one and Training Center at OSUIT, offers umbrella.” | STEM Jobs Approved Colleges on-the-job training as well as LEED, Recognizes OSUIT | Leadership in Energy and Environmen- | OSUIT a Certified Healthy Campus | tal Design, and other green-energy train- OSU Institute of Technology was recog- ing through partnerships with employers nized for its continuing commitment to in the construction industry. health and wellness when it was named APPROVED Oklahoma Greenovation was named an Excellence Level Certified Healthy one of 35 workforce programs featured Campus, Healthy Business and Healthy in the White House’s “What’s Working” Early Childhood Center in 2015. COLLEGE report and is the only program from the state to receive this recognition. The Certified Healthy Oklahoma 2015 Program is a statewide certification from The report, released by the Vice SM the Oklahoma Department of Health that President’s office in conjunction with the recognizes organizations and communities OSU Institute of Technology was President’s signing of the Workforce that foster environments that support recognized for providing training and Investment and Opportunity Act, high- healthy choices. job opportunities to students seeking lighted successful job-driven strategies and To qualify, the organization must careers in STEM areas — science, programs that are working and making challenge people to eat better, move more technology, engineering and math. a difference in the country’s workforce and be tobacco free, as well as implement OSUIT has been designated a 2015 development. policies to create healthy environments. STEM Jobs Approved College by Victory OSUIT has participated in the Certified Media, a veteran-owned business that Healthy Oklahoma program since 2009. works to connect individuals in transition Oklahoma Greenovation was This was the first year the Okmulgee with education, business, and career named one of 35 workforce campus was ranked in the Excellence opportunities. The company conducted Level as both a Healthy Campus and a a survey that measures how effectively programs featured in the Healthy Business. schools align their programs to high White House’s “What’s Work- This was the first year early childhood demand, high paying STEM jobs, and ing” report and is the only centers could earn healthy certifications, how well they assist students seeking jobs program from the state to and OSUIT’s Child Care Center was one of in STEM fields. receive recognition. CAMPUS SUCCESS OSU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 5

OSUIT-MAIP Expanding to MidAmerica Career Center Since 1998, OSU Institute of Tech- nology has played a central role in developing workforce education and development programs for MidAmerica Industrial Park in Pryor, Okla. In Gov. Mary Fallin's 2015 State of the State address, this collaborative effort between the public and private sector was heralded as a model for the state to follow.

OSUIT's Advanced Training Center soon will be housed within the new MidAmerica Career Center and strategically located alongside MAIP employers, area educators, service providers and community agencies with the collective goal of creating and establishing systems and resources which provide career exploration, guidance, development and placement opportunities. n

Anna Dinsmore, administrative coor- prescription drug overdoses or alcohol dinator for Oklahoma Greenovation, said poisoning, and suicide. since the program started in 2012, nearly OSUIT is among the first 55 schools 500 people have gone through on-the-job to join the program, which is designed to or LEED training at 92 employer-partners. help colleges and universities assess and By the time the grant is complete, enhance mental health, substance abuse at least 1,000 people will have gone and suicide prevention programming. through the training program. Participating schools make a four-year The program allows participants and commitment to work with the Campus companies to learn about green construc- Program to evaluate and identify oppor- tion practices and technologies and tunities to augment these activities on employers benefit from the program by | OSUIT Joins Jed & Clinton campus. saving on training costs and may even Health Matters | The program provides schools with a qualify for tax credits. More and more OSU Institute of Technology announced framework for supporting student mental clients are requesting their construction in October 2014 that it was joining the health, as well as assessment tools, feedback projects be more energy efficient, so having Jed and Clinton Health Matters Campus reports, and ongoing technical assistance a workforce that can accommodate those Program in support of student well-being from the Campus Program team. projects is a necessity. and mental health. Membership in the Campus Program The program was developed to help demonstrates OSUIT’s commitment to pro- schools prevent the two leading causes of moting emotional well-being and improving death in young adults according to the substance abuse and suicide prevention Center for Disease Control— uninten- programming for all students. n tional injuries, including those caused by how it was growing,” Larson said, and he knows he was part of that growth and change, even if it was a small part. “To NEWMAN CIVIC actually hear from someone who needs that place, to help someone else, it gives you a feeling of satisfaction and joy.” MICHAEL LARSON Larson said he was proud to learn he had been chosen to receive the Newman FELLOW Civic Fellow scholarship, which will help MICHAEL LARSON joined 4-H when he from the program. He originally wanted him continue his second year at OSUIT. was 9 years old so he could show cattle. to work on cars, but a shoulder injury Roger Shepherd is the ACR program One of the organization’s tenets is meant he had to find smaller machines to chair and one of Larson’s instructors. also community service, and that’s work on. “Michael Larson is an above average how Larson learned about the Ronald “I didn’t want to sit behind a desk. student with a wonderful positive attitude McDonald House. I wanted to be out doing something, I and great work ethic. Although he’s not wanted to do something with my hands,” outspoken in words, he’s rather quiet ac- Larson’s work in raising money for the he said. “I love the program. The tually, he speaks volumes with his actions, Ronald McDonald House Charities while instructors see so much potential; they which are very positive,” Shepherd said. also excelling as an Air Conditioning & want to help us.” “I am excited for Michael, and believe he Refrigeration student at OSU Institute The same can be said of his work raising will represent the Newman Civic Fellow of Technology is why he was named a money for Ronald McDonald House Award and what it stands for very well, Newman Civic Fellow in May 2015. Charities and Change for Change as well not only as a student, but also as an active The Newman Civic Fellow Award, as volunteering with 4-H and FFA. member of society for years to come.” sponsored by the KMPG Foundation, “Even if it’s something small you can Larson said serving his community has honors college students who have demon- do, it really can help,” Larson said. become a very important part of his life. strated an investment in finding solutions His community service went from a “Choosing to help someone definitely for challenges facing communities through- requirement to a true calling when he makes you a better person,” he said. out the country. learned a fellow 4-H member was also a “Somebody you walk past, you have no Larson said he learned of the ACR patient at a Ronald McDonald House. idea what they’re going through, so even program in the School of Construction “Every time she came back she told just smiling and saying hello can help Technologies after his cousin graduated us how much the building had changed, them.” n STUDENT SUCCESS OSU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 7

BREAKING THE MOLD Women Challenging the Status Quo

AGGREKO SELECTECH POWER PLANT TECHNOLOGIES

HANNAH VINCENT STEPHANIE BOND ANISA HARRIS COLE DOUGLAS | CLASS OF 2015 | | CLASS OF 2015 | | CLASS OF 2015 | | CLASS OF 2015 | “I can’t imagine being in the “On internship, it still surprises “I didn’t even plan on going to “I like to work with my hands and program without these two,” people that we can do the work, college, but the Aggreko recruiter I knew the programs here at OSUIT Vincent said. “We have three very but by the end I think we’ve changed my mind. I could go at were more hands-on. You can go strong, independent women. I changed some minds.” a reduced cost, and I would get a anywhere in the world. There are think together we’ve made a bigger degree, and I had a job guaranteed jobs everywhere.” impact. Every time we go out on after I graduated.” internship, that’s three shops that are affected, that’s three shops that are changed.”

PIPELINE INTEGRITY TECHNOLOGY AUTOMOTIVE COLLISION REPAIR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

KALEA ARGUELLO FERNANDA SOLIS AMBER POWELL ASHLEY WALLS | CURRENT STUDENT | | CURRENT STUDENT | | CURRENT STUDENT | | CURRENT STUDENT | “I was born into a family of “At first I was intimidated; now “It’s 98 percent hands-on and it’s “I’m a woman going into the pipelines starting with my we’re all talking and communicating, great. It’s satisfying to be able to construction business so I’ll have great-great-grandfather. It’s a and I’m more comfortable. The guys say ‘I fixed that.’ People have a more opportunities to advance than family business passed down don’t make us feel like ‘You’re girls, preconceived notion of what you in other fields. I like seeing dirt turn from generation to generation. My you can’t do this.ʼ” can and can’t do. It’s an adjustment. into a building.” father and uncle both work in the They’re bewildered I can do this, industry.” but they also think it’s great.” 8 OSU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY STUDENT SUCCESSGRANTS

| Graphex 46 Winners Announced | Jordan Coon, who graduated from the School of Visual Communications in April 2015, took bronze in the Best Student Portfolio category at the Graphex 46 award reception in May 2015. The annual Graphex Awards, presented by Art Directors Club of Tulsa, recognizes the creative talents of commercial graphic designers, photographers, videographers, Dr. Glen D. Johnson, chancellor of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, delivered the web developers, advertisers and writers commencement address to the graduating class of more than 200 students during the spring graduation from across the country. ceremony in April 2015. The competition received about 130 professional entries and 40 student entries “The emphasis here is where it should be — on the students’ needs and their with more than 100 people attending the success after they leave,” Johnson said. “You are graduating from one of the most awards reception in Tulsa. significant institutions in our system.” Several Visual Communications alumni took home hardware from the awards reception including John Amatucci, Chelsea Garland, John Hammer and Barry Miller. Kim Woodard from the OSUIT Office of Marketing & Communications won bronze in the In-House Design category.

| Pipeline Integrity Graduates First Class | OSU Institute of Technology’s newest academic program in the energy sector celebrated its first class of graduates during the 2015 spring commencement | Culinary Students Volunteer at show organizers, manning the cookie ceremony in April. Sugar Art Show | decorating station, and monitoring and Dipen Patel, Jake Thompson, Christian Every year, artists from all over the protecting the cakes as hundreds of people Perdasofpy, and Jake Richards each came country take part in the Oklahoma State walked around the displays during the to the Pipeline Integrity program a little Sugar Art Show, a competition that three-day show. differently, but are now looking forward to showcases some of the best sugar and OSUIT culinary instructor Chef careers in the energy sector. cake artistry in the world. Grady Perryman participated in the Joe Bartlett, who worked in the pipeline The three-day Sugar Art Show takes show and entered a raptor skull molded industry for close to two decades, was place every fall during the Tulsa State Fair. from chocolate. hired as the program’s first dedicated This year, about 50 School of Culinary Perryman won first place professional instructor. Arts students from OSU Institute of division in the chocolate category, as well “I’m pretty proud. Very proud,” Technology volunteered their time to as $300 in the overall draw. Bartlett said of his first graduating class. work during the sugar art show loading “These guys are ready.ˮ and unloading cakes and supplies, assisting STUDENT SUCCESS OSU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 9

SCHOLARSHIPS

The Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills Competition, hosted by OSUIT, has 10 two-person teams of | Two Named to All Oklahoma/USA high-school aged technical center students from across the state compete to diagnose and fix as many bugs Academic Team | as possible in 10 identical Ford vehicles in an hour and a half. Two OSU Institute of Technology and travel expenses to the Gas Compressor students were selected to the 2015 All Short Course Conference. Oklahoma/All USA Academic Team The conference offered seven courses and were recognized at a ceremony at to choose from, each lasting two and a the State Capitol in Oklahoma City in half days, and all three said it was tough March 2015. deciding which course to take. Martin McCurdy is working on his In addition to what the three learned Bachelor of Technology in Information in their courses, the conference also gave Assurance & Forensics, and Park Davis them a chance to network with leaders and will graduate with an Associate in Applied companies in the natural gas compression Science in Construction Management. industry. McCurdy and Davis were selected More than 30 people gathered in a room at because of their grade point averages of at Choctaw Defense in McAlester to recognize two | CAT Students Earn mikeroweWORKS least 3.5 and provided examples on how new members of the manufacturing company’s Scholarships | they demonstrated their leadership skills workforce and OSU Institute of Technology’s Adam Bell and Ryan White each wanted in the classroom, on campus, and in the newest students at a signing event in May 2015. a better career and life for their families community. so they enrolled in OSU Institute of Tanner Williams and Colby Crosby signed | IT Internship Leads to Scholarship | Technology’s CAT Dealer Prep program sponsorship agreements along with Choctaw two years ago. Martin McCurdy also turned his recent Defense President Stephen Benefield at a ceremony Their hard work in the classroom and in internship into a winning research project similar to those held for student athletes about to the shop has paid off with each receiving and a $2,000 scholarship. enter college. a mikeroweWORKS Foundation tool McCurdy, who interned at Tulsa-based scholarship for $1,000 in May 2015. True Digital Security, is now working there The mikeroweWORKS Foundation full time and finished his degree by taking | Natural Gas Students supports and promotes skilled trades and courses online. He graduated in August 2015. Attend Conference | grants scholarships to men and women While on his internship, McCurdy was Natural Gas Compression students who have an interest and aptitude in encouraged by his supervisors at True Ronnie Cheshier, Jonah Hulbutta and mastering a specific trade. Digital Security to apply for the Oklahoma T.J. Potter had the opportunity to learn Fifty-one students from across the country Center for Advancement of Science and more about the energy industry at a gas were awarded mrWF tool scholarships Technology intern scholarship program. compressor conference in September this year, and OSUIT is the only school in McCurdy did his research project on a 2014 thanks to scholarships from the the state that had scholarship winners. n specific compliance in the payment card Engineering and Geosciences program industry and the different methods of at the University of Oklahoma. compliance. The three each received a $1,000 scholarship to cover registration, lodging, ALUMNI SUCCESS service, Your Resident Gourmet, for military families living on the base. Booker also took advantage of her CHEF JENNIFER HILL BOOKER European residence and attended the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu College of From a young age, Jennifer Hill Booker Culinary Arts in Paris. knew what she wanted to do when she When she returned to the United States, grew up— she wanted to cook. her personal chef business continued to grow and she became an instructor Now the OSU Institute of Technology teaching at the Le Cordon Bleu campus alumna wants to inspire others to do what in Atlanta as well as starting the culinary she loves and has written a cookbook of her program at Grayson Technical Education own, “Field Peas to Foie Gras: Southern Program in Georgia. Recipes with a French Accent.” The next step for Booker was to take Booker graduated from Tulsa’s Booker all her experiences and the recipes she T. Washington High School, then developed over the years and put them attended the University of Tulsa at her together in a cookbook combining the parents’ urging, despite wanting to go cooking styles she loves. straight to culinary school. In February 2015, Booker held book sign- “During that time I always wanted to ings on the OSUIT campus as well as Barnes be a chef,” she said, so after she earned & Noble in Tulsa. A portion of the proceeds her bachelor’s degree in communications, from the cookbook sales during the Barnes she enrolled at OSUIT and graduated & Noble signing went into a scholarship fund It was such a great school. There were from the School of Culinary Arts in 1995. for OSUIT culinary students. international instructors, it was a great She worked in Tulsa primarily as a “It’s my family recipes from the Missis- environment to learn and was small pastry chef before moving to Germany sippi Delta and incorporating some French enough that there was a lot of hands-on with her husband, an officer in the U.S. techniques and flavors. Lightening it up a learning. Army. She started her own personal chef bit,” she said. n ALUMNI SUCCESS OSU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 11

CONSTRUCTION ALUMS, ADVISOR DANNY HANCOCK RECOGNIZED BY AGC OF OKLAHOMA

The Oklahoma chapter of the Association Both Hancock and Venable, who of General Contractors recognized several attended vocational technology programs of their members during an awards while in high school, said scholarships led banquet in February 2015, including two them to OSUIT’s School of Construction OSU Institute of Technology alumni and Technologies. a longtime Construction Management Venable, now senior project manager advisory committee member. at Flintco LLC, and Hancock, who is now construction manager at Cowen Danny Hancock, who graduated from Construction, both said going through the OSUIT in 1993, is now serving his one-year Construction Management program was term as president of AGC of Oklahoma. instrumental to their career trajectories. The organization has about 220 business Creekmore’s association with OSUIT members representing 2,500 to 3,000 came about after he was approached in employees in the construction industry. 1992 by Dean Steve Olmstead to join Brett Venable, Construction Management Construction Management’s advisory class of 1998, was named Project Manager committee comprised of professionals from of the Year, and Larry Creekmore, who has the industry that advise administrators and been on the Construction Management instructors on curriculum and equipment Advisory Committee for 23 years, was needs so students are better trained and honored as Builder of the Year. prepared for the workforce. n ALUMNI SUCCESS

"View from the Top" Nathan Harmon - Class of 1997 OSUIT Faculty

"The Discovery" "Zeppelins" Larry Latham Shanna Teague-Bishop OSUIT Faculty - Passed in 2014 Class of 2001 ANNUAL ART PLUS

For the second year, OSU Institute of Technology’s School of Visual Communications hosted Art Plus, an art show and auction featuring work done by alumni that benefits current students.

Proceeds from the silent auction event, held in April 2015 in downtown Tulsa, went to the School of Visual Communications Student Scholarship Fund. James McCullough, dean of the School of Visual Communications, said last year about 17 Visual Communications alumni participated in the inaugural event, but this year the number has grown to 25 artists, including photographers, donating pieces for Art Plus. The first Art Plus raised a little more than $10,000 for the scholarship fund and this year’s event exceeded that total and raised about $13,000. "My Little Brother's Radio Flyer" In fact, $4,000 of the funds raised last year have already been Dean Wilhite awarded as scholarships to four Visual Communications students. n Class of 1980 14 OSU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ALUMNI HALL OF FAME

“To me, OSUIT was home. The faculty was family, the staff was family and it’s a relationship that continues today,” Mertes said. “It’s amazing the opportunities ALUMNI this school gives you. It’s amazing the skills you gain here.” Kirk D. Hurst, senior vice president of manufacturing and special projects for National Oilwell Varco, said the training HALL OF FAME and skills students learn at OSUIT are needed in industries around the world. Ten people were honored in the second “I don’t know where I’d be if it hadn’t There were lots of smiles and even a few Hall of Fame ceremony. Five were been for this school,” said Hurst. “One tears at the annual OSU Institute of inducted as Distinguished Alumni, those thing I can say for certain, without my Technology Alumni Homecoming Reception who are established in their professions education I would not have been able to and whose career accomplishments have accomplish the things I have accomplished. and Hall of Fame induction held in April been outstanding, and five were named This award, it means a whole lot to me.” 2015 on the university campus. Rising Stars, those alumni who have President of Tulsa Gas Technologies demonstrated significant or outstanding Tom Sewell came to OSUIT just to accomplishments within their first 10 become an electrician, but an instructor years of graduation. saw his potential for more. One of those who expressed heartfelt “The instructor changed my whole thanks for the recognition was Laurie focus. These guys took just an electrician Mertes, Art Director with Saatchi & Saatchi and woke me up and taught me how to and founder of Laurie Lunow Design. learn,” Sewell said. “This place changed my life.” n

Kirk D. Hurst, '76 Tom Sewell, '81 School of Engineering Technologies School of Engineering Technologies Senior Vice President of Manufacturing President of Tulsa Gas Technologies & & Special Projects for National Oilwell founder of Blue Energy Fuels Varco in Houston

Jim Swank, '58 School of Construction Technologies Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Jerry Bisbee, '70 Nanette Robertson, '83 Retired founder & President of RAE School of Diesel & Heavy Equipment School of Arts & Sciences Corporation Freightliner Dealer Trainer & Troubleshooter Executive Director of the Eastern for ATC Freightliner Group, LLC. Workforce Investment Board in Muskogee ALUMNI HALL OF FAME OSU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 15

Laurie Mertes, '11 Monty Dyer, '04 School of Visual Communications School of Diesel & Heavy Equipment Art Director with Saatchi & Saatchi Dealer Trainer at ATC Freightliner and founder of Laurie Lunow Design

Stephen Silva, '11 School of Nursing & Health Sciences Jack Herron, '06 Certified prosthetic technician & certi- School of Culinary Arts fied fitter of orthotics at Hanger Clinic Danilo Barros, '07 Executive Chef of catering operations in Tulsa School of Diesel & Heavy Equipment at the Jimtown Store in Healdsburg, Director of Latin America for SST Software California BUILDING SUCCESS

LIBRARY GRANT

The Library at OSU Institute of Technology was awarded a grant of $30,000 from the Roy and Mariana Holleman Foundation, which distributes funds to academic library science programs.

The grant will be used to create and furnish a media:scape room, a private and collaborative space away from the main library area that will accommodate a larger group of students or staff, said Library Director Jenny Duncan.

The grant provides the funding for two 32-inch monitors, desk and chairs, six laptops, personal marker boards, components for high-definition videoconferencing and six media connector Pucks, which allow patrons to share content more easily via laptops. n BUILDING SUCCESS

STUDENT UNION CAFETERIA REMODELED Photos by Janelle Azevedo & Rubria Ireland

After four months of being closed for floors and walls, including tiles etched with renovations, the Student Union Cafeteria Pistol Pete and the OSUIT logo. and its adjoining dining area reopened The much-needed Servery renovation in April 2014 to rave reviews. project stayed within the $640,000 budget and was in the planning stages for two The serving area features new equipment years, said James Byrd, director of Student including an extended salad bar, a dessert Union and Auxiliary Services. case and a new grill area. “The Student Union was built in 1989. The new equipment also allows more Most of that equipment was original to the food to be kept in the serving area so food building,” he said, and this new serving service staff don’t have to replenish as equipment is safer and much more energy often. efficient. “I think it enables Hayley and “The students are really, really happy,” her crew to do more, be more creative and said Hayley Holmes, Campus Food Services offer more to the students.” n manager. “The entire food services staff is excited about the physical changes as well as the additional services we’re able to offer our students, faculty, and staff.” In addition to the equipment, the serving area has new lighting, ceiling, and tile GPA/GPSA DONATION

Representatives from the Gas Processors This most recent contribution, combined Association and Gas Processors Suppliers with other scholarship and excellence Association were on the OSU Institute of funds donated to the school, brings a Technology campus in September 2014 for total of $100,000 donated by the GPA/ a ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony GPSA Midcontinent Chapter to OSUIT of the newly renovated GPA/GPSA Midcon- since last summer. pipelines in the U.S., transporting 65 tinent Chapter Classroom in the school’s “The millions of Americans who rely percent of the country’s oil and nearly all Pipeline Integrity Technology program. on natural gas to heat their homes or of its natural gas, having skilled workers cook their meals may not realize it, but to maintain that complex network of The need for skilled engineering they depend heavily upon the skilled and pipelines is a top concern for the energy technologists that install, operate, knowledgeable pipeline technicians every industry. maintain, repair and manage the integrity day,” said GPA/GPSA Midcontinent “The growth potential in the pipeline and security of pipelines is on the rise, and Chapter President Brian Leedy. “We are integrity field is unbelievable as we the OSUIT program enables students to proud to help support this vital mission continue to see not only interest from develop the skills necessary to be successful to train and teach our future pipeline students, but interest from industry in the pipeline industry. The Midcontinent integrity technicians who are in such professionals who want to be part of this chapter of GPA and GPSA, incorporated demand across the country.” program,” said OSUIT President nonprofit trade associations, donated The Pipeline Integrity program began Bill R. Path. “We are so thankful to the $25,000 toward classroom improvements at OSUIT in 2013 after industry leaders GPA/GPSA Midcontinent Chapter for for the program. came to the university asking for a training recognizing our program and what it’s The renovated classroom includes new program to help meet the need of skilled doing for the industry, and choosing to teaching tools, technology and equipment, technicians in the pipeline field. support the education of the next generation as well as classroom supplies and furniture. With more than 2.5 million miles of of pipeline technicians.” n BUILDING SUCCESS OSU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 19

INVESTING IN STUDENTS

OSUIT has a strong network of friends and alumni who support OSUIT students every day. These are just a few of the great supporters with a passion for OSUIT who have made a difference this past year:

Mary Roomsburg, as executor of the Dora Rose Roberts Trust, increased the endowment of the JD Roberts Scholarship to over $100,000 to support OSUIT students from Okmulgee.

Susan and Roger Bey made a generous gift of $25,000 with an additional estate pledge of $100,000 to establish the Michael F. Bey Endowed Scholarship in INDUSTRY SUPPORT THROUGH honor of their son who graduated from OSUIT in 2006 in the Automotive Technologies EQUIPMENT DONATIONS Pro-Tech program. Wanda and Thomas Payne established the Wanda S. Payne Endowed Scholarship Over the last year, a number of OSU utilized in the field, said Roy Achemire, and the Thomas H. Payne Endowed Institute of Technology programs dean of the School of Energy Technologies. Scholarship with a combined gift of received donations of equipment, The companies and industry partners $50,000. This is the second year for the machinery and materials from industry benefit from the equipment donations as Payne’s to establish new scholarships partners and companies. well when new employees from OSUIT at OSUIT. In 2013, they created the are already trained on the equipment. Senator Tom Payne Memorial Endowed Donations included a natural gas “It gives the students a real leg-up Scholarship Honoring Edgar Vassaur and compressor skid, 225 feet of pipeline, when they go out to the dealerships or the Senator Tom and Maxine Payne Memorial Endowed Scholarship, in memory about a dozen engines, a tractor, several out in the field. They aren’t afraid of of Thomas Payne’s mother and father. automobiles, an excavator, generators, these new systems, they are ready to go,” Achemire said. control systems and network servers. Kendall Adams established the Keeling Equipment donations can include The recent donations are a combination of Adams Memorial Scholarship in memory highly valuable new, slightly used or requests from programs as well as companies of his son, an OSUIT Construction loaned items that are exchanged when offering equipment, and industry partners Management student. This scholarship machinery is updated. are always generous when a need arises. will support current students in the The new excavator donated from If it weren’t for donations of new and Construction Management program. Komatsu is valued at $250,000 alone. updated equipment and technology, The natural gas compressor skid from many programs couldn’t function at the Jennifer Hill Booker, OSUIT’95 donated Devon Energy is worth $225,000, the high level they are now. n a portion of the proceeds from her new new John Deere tractor on loan is worth book, Field Peas to Foie Gras, to establish the Jennifer Hill Booker OSUIT Culinary about $80,000 and Koch Industries’ Scholarship to support students in the donations and delivery of pipe was worth OSUIT Culinary Program. n about $15,000. All the recent donations combined have a total value of more than $1 million. To make a gift to OSUIT, or for more By having equipment donated, students information, please contact Director of are given an opportunity to train on the Development Glenn Zannotti at same machines and technology that is 918.606.8313 or [email protected]. 20 OSU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OKMULGEE RISING

The Grand Old Post Office and Barksdale Apartment buildings on the northeast corner of Fifth Street and Grand Avenue will be the first of OSUIT’s two downtown properties that will be renovated as student housing. BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE: Downtown Properties Purchased for Student Housing

In 2014, OSU Institute of Technology began President Bill R. Path. “It really met our of both downtown properties. studying a unique opportunity to show its criteria for student residential needs.” Path said renovating the historic down- commitment to the Okmulgee community The second property purchased was the town spaces is comparable to constructing while simultaneously increasing housing Bell Block Building, built in 1900, on the new buildings on campus. options for students. northeast corner of Morton Avenue and “We could have spent a lot of money Sixth Street for $95,000 plus closing costs. building a brand new residence hall In January 2015, The OSU/A&M The estimated renovation costs are still on campus, but we can accommodate Board of Regents approved the purchase pending. students and help out the community at of two properties in downtown Okmulgee After the former post office is renovated, the same time by renovating these historic that will be renovated into residence halls work will begin on the Bell building turning buildings,” he said. for OSUIT students. the second floor into loft-style spaces. The recent boon of other downtown OSUIT purchased the property on the Administrators are going over options Okmulgee buildings being bought and northeast corner of Grand Avenue and for the first floor, which faces downtown’s converted into commercial lofts means Fifth Street consisting of two connecting commercial stretch along Sixth Street. OSUIT can leverage its investment with buildings, Okmulgee’s original post office “This gorgeous building has been the owners of these new living spaces, built in 1918 and the Barksdale Apartment remodeled many times over the years and Path said. Building completed in 1919. housed several different retail interests, “This falls squarely within the university’s The university bought the half-block of but originally served as Okmulgee’s first land grant mission,” he said. “It is tangible buildings for $280,000 plus closing costs opera house,” Path said. “We love the community engagement for the greater with renovations estimated to cost $3 to prominent location and wanted to secure good of Okmulgee and OSUIT.” $4 million. the building before someone else buys it.” Since the project began, a key “It’s a beautiful building with a grand In June, OSUIT hired KSQ Architects component has been student input and entrance. It has a lot of character, and and Oakridge Builders, both Tulsa-based involvement. it has such good bones,” said OSUIT firms, to oversee the design and renovation Staff surveyed students in August 2014 OKMULGEE RISING OSU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 21

The Bell Building as it currently stands in 2015. The Bell Building is OSUIT’s second downtown property purchased for student housing.

who is working toward a Bachelor of The Bell Building as it originally stood in 1905 complete with turret. Technology from the School of Infor- mation Technologies, said she likes the idea of renovating downtown lofts much to determine their interest in downtown better than constructing new dorms. | DESIGN STUDENTS DEVELOP living and what amenities they most “Being a smaller, more nontraditional OKMULGEE RISING BRAND | desired, and a student focus group was campus, we have students with families, formed to tour different downtown prop- and we have student veterans. They Okmulgee Rising, the downtown revitaliza- erties and discuss wants, needs and ideas will want to live someplace where they tion movement that has gained momentum with Dean of Students Devin DeBock and can live their life,” she said. “Having over the last year, now has its own brand Residential Life Director Bo Hudson. different housing options will open the thanks to OSU Institute of Technology “The overwhelming positive support university up to so many more students.” graphic design students. and input from students has been crucial Getting student buy-in has been vital to School of Visual Communications instructor in our decision to move forward with this the revitalization efforts through different Mary Miller had students in her Identity project as a university,” Path said. avenues, not just the focus group. and Branding class each come up with a Harley Turner, an Information Graphic Design students from the logo and campaign for Okmulgee Rising. Technology student, was part of the focus School of Visual Communications The students spent six weeks during the group and said he liked the fact that developed the Okmulgee Rising logo as spring 2015 trimester developing an iden- university officials were seeking input part of a class project with Okmulgee tity package that included a logo design, from the very people who would utilize Main Street selecting Jennifer Jackson’s brochure, motion graphic, web design, and the downtown housing. design as the winning logo. social media meme. Faculty then narrowed “It’s not just important to have students Students in the 3D Modeling & the field to their top three finalists: Jennifer involved in this process, it’s essential,” Animation program also had the chance Jackson, Becca Patton, and Abbey Robnett. Turner said. “You get the opinions of the to contribute to the Okmulgee Rising Members of the Okmulgee Main Street kind of people who will be living in these efforts by creating 3D fly-throughs of two Board and Main Street Director Heather spaces.” downtown properties that have recently Sumner attended a presentation by all three OSUIT’s purchase of the two properties been renovated as apartments. finalists and chose Jennifer Jackson’s logo is part of a larger revitalization effort in the Mary Miller, Visual Communications as the winner. n downtown district called Okmulgee Rising. instructor, said getting students involved “OSUIT students are considered a key in different aspects of the student housing constituent group in the Okmulgee Rising renovations and the Okmulgee Rising effort,” Path said. “Much of the success of effort means students are more invested this project will depend on their willingness in their school and the community. n to reside in downtown Okmulgee while they are pursuing their college education.” TM For Adrienne Luster, a student veteran photo/Janelle Azevedo

In April 2015, OrangeFest expanded into a two-day event that highlighted the exciting changes happening in downtown Okmulgee as well as the hands-on programs and campus culture of OSU Institute of Technology.

OrangeFest kicked off Friday, April 10, in downtown Okmulgee with a Chalk Walk, 5K Glo Run, music by Voices of Okmulgee winners, and artwork by Wayne Cooper on display inside the Creek Council House as well as a two-story mural completed by American Indian artist Yatika Starr Fields. Okmulgee Main Street Director Heather Sumner said it was a great success for a first-time event. photo/Janelle Azevedo On Saturday, April 11, OrangeFest activities moved to the OSUIT campus headlined by “The Voice” winner Craig Wayne Boyd. I couldn’t quit smiling. The support and sense of community Visitors also got a taste of OSUIT’s wide variety of academic pride that was felt in Okmulgee Friday night and Saturday at programs through hands-on activities and lots of fun for families the OSUIT campus really validated our efforts. Partnering with including the Kids Zone, Kite Fest, and the Culinary Tailgate Zone. OSUIT for an event such as OrangeFest was a giant step in the “The outpouring of support from the community brought right direction. It will take all of us working together to improve the event to a new level that we have been working toward Okmulgee and get us where we want and deserve to be. for the last three years,” said Executive Vice President Anita Gordy-Watkins. “To have OSUIT’s orange explosion encompassing n — Heather Sumner the greater community was fantastic.” Okmulgee Main Street Director

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BEYOND OUR BORDERS

| Israeli Chefs Get Okie Education | Academy have become the chosen partner They say you learn a lot about a place and to carry out such exchanges. its culture through its food. For the first In February 2012, Chef Aaron Ware two weeks of November 2014, four chefs was hosted by Rimonim Culinary School in Tiberias, Israel, and last year, he and from Israel spent time at OSUIT’s School said. “It’s important to open your mind fellow culinary instructor Celia Melson of Culinary Arts to learn about the food to new things, just to think outside of returned for a second visit. The next step and cooking techniques popular in the your box. The kitchen is an art studio was to bring young chefs to Oklahoma U.S. and Oklahoma, and in turn, to teach and you can create new foods. You have for a similar experience. Oklahomans a little about Israeli cuisine. all these ingredients and you can create About 30 recent graduates of Rimonim The visit signifies an important next new tastes.” step in a long-standing partnership with applied to take part in the exchange. After Oklahoma’s Jewish community. Working several rounds of interviews and tests, four | Two Take Part in Study Abroad | young chefs were chosen: Chefs Moshico with Oklahoma Israel Exchange and OSU Institute of Technology students Atias, Maayan Glass, Aviv Golan, and Partnership2Gether, the Jewish Federation Taylor Shatwell and Cameron Bridger Shlomi Marciano. of Tulsa has supported culinary exchanges said they learned a lot during the five days During the week, the chefs stayed on between Oklahoma and the Sovev Kinneret in May 2015 they spent in the Dominican campus and attended hands-on lessons with region of Israel for more than seven years. Republic as part of the Oklahoma Study instructors as well took part in culinary field Recently, the focus has evolved to Abroad Project. trips throughout Oklahoma. culinary education and fostering cultur- OSAP is a study abroad service project Glass said he hopes their food opens al learning through culinary arts, and initiative by the Oklahoma Association people’s minds to Israel. OSUIT’s School of Culinary Arts and of Community Colleges. Eleven two-year “I think food opens a lot of doors,” he Global Leadership & Faculty Development colleges sent up to two students each on INTERNATIONAL OSU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 25

OSUIT students Taylor Shatwell and Cameron Bridger in the Dominican Republic for the Oklahoma Study Abroad Project. the trip to study the impact of global | Nursing Student Crowned She took a few classes over the summer warming and climate change on the Ms. International | and started in the Nursing program full small farming community of El Castillo A search for scholarship opportunities led time in the fall 2014 semester. as well as conduct a service project in the to OSU Institute of Technology student While looking online for available village. Elizabeth Chitseko being crowned scholarships to help pay for her classes, “It was definitely a trip where education Ms. International at Oklahoma State she learned about OSU’s Ms. Inter- was first,” Bridger said. “I was surprised University’s Stillwater campus in national competition for international how much of our time we spent learning. November 2014. students that awards the winner a $500 We did a lot of case studies, and we had to Chitseko, a nursing student, grew up in scholarship. present on the causes and effects of global Zimbabwe before moving to the United Typically the only contestants are en- warming and climate change and then States seven years ago. She was attending rolled on the main campus, but Chitseko present possible solutions for the village.” Victory Bible College when she learned made the trip to Stillwater to compete In total, 21 students and three faculty about OSUIT and its hands-on technical and was the only contestant from one of members from 11 colleges traveled to the education. the branch campuses. Dominican Republic to participate in the “All the participants were really nice. first-ever OSAP trip. Just to be in a pageant with people like Shatwell said she wishes more students me was nice. We were all rushing after would take advantage of international practice to do homework,” she said. learning opportunities. Chitseko wasn’t a pageant rookie. She “It gives you insight about what’s out was crowned Miss Zimbabwe-USA in there, and it broadens your mind,” she 2011 and Miss Intercultural in 2012. With said, and getting to share the experience her experience in pageants, she thought with other college students was priceless. she had a pretty good shot at placing at “We all were from different parts of the Ms. International competition, until Oklahoma, we all came from different she met the other 13 contestants. places. I think we were intrigued by each “Everyone was so talented and so other. We all asked what our school was confident. They were all such beautiful like, what our majors were like.” girls.” n

VETERANS MEMORIAL DEDICATED Long before becoming a college campus, a rich military heritage was imbued upon the acreage in Okmulgee, Okla., where OSU Institute of Technology now stands.

A lot has changed in nearly 70 years since the university was founded; yet OSUIT’s commitment to assisting and training veterans for the civilian workforce has never wavered.

In November 2014, the campus and area veterans came together to dedicate the new Veterans Memorial monument on the OSUIT campus as part of the campus’ Veterans Day commemoration, which also included a parade and honor ceremony. n 28 OSU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FACULTY/STAFF SUCCESS

Anita Gordy-Watkins Dr. Scott Newman Devin DeBock

| Anita Gordy-Watkins Named includes the Office of Institutional became the founding dean of what is now Executive Vice President | Research, the Economic Development & the School of Information Technologies OSU Institute of Technology named Training Center, Workforce Development, in 2001, a position he held until he was Anita Gordy-Watkins to the role of Global Relations, Grants and Sponsored named interim vice president of academic executive vice president in August 2014. Programs, the Advanced Training Center affairs in late 2014. Gordy-Watkins most recently served as at MidAmerica Industrial Park, and the He holds graduate degrees from the vice president of Institutional Advancement. Office of Marketing & Communications. University of Oklahoma, The University of “With 25 years of service to the institution “I’m honored to have this opportunity Oxford, and Oklahoma State University, in a variety of leadership capacities, Anita to further serve the university I’ve come and is an alumnus of Leadership Oklahoma. brings exceptional depth of knowledge to love,” Gordy-Watkins said. “There is a Newman is also a peer reviewer for The and experience to this new role,” said growing excitement in the air at OSUIT, Higher Learning Commission, has served Dr. Bill R. Path, OSUIT president. “She and I take great pleasure in building as an Oklahoma State Regents for Higher is an innovative thinker and exceptional awareness about our programs and services Education Fellow and an American Council motivator, and the connections she has made for students that will ultimately translate on Education Fellow, and been recognized on behalf of OSUIT are unparalleled.” into the development of a stronger, highly- as one of the nation’s top technology leaders Gordy-Watkins holds a bachelor’s educated workforce in Oklahoma.” by Computerworld. degree in Marketing Education and a His role as vice president of academic master’s degree in Human Resource | Dr. Scott Newman Selected affairs is to help the university serve its Development from Oklahoma State Vice President of Academic Affairs | stakeholders in new and significant ways, University. She is past-chair for the In June 2015, the Oklahoma A&M Board he said. Oklahoma Governor’s International of Regents approved the appointment of “We need to engage our stakeholders Team and a member of the Oklahoma Dr. Scott Newman to the position of Vice to determine what the next five and State Regents for Higher Education President of Academic Affairs at OSU 10 years will look like for OSUIT,” Economic Development Council. Institute of Technology. Newman said. “There’s no question the She has served on the OSU Alumni Newman had been filling the position university, like virtually all other higher Leadership Council, was Chair of the on an interim basis since December 2014. education institutions, will face significant American Association of Engineering Newman has been a fixture at OSUIT challenges in the future. However, if we Education’s Continuing Education Division, for nearly 15 years first coming to the work closely with our constituencies and and also chaired the Green Country Chapter Okmulgee campus as a faculty member develop a shared vision that others can of the American Society of Training and then taking on leadership roles in admin- get behind, our opportunities are even Development. istrative positions. greater.” Gordy-Watkins will continue oversight He opened up more opportunities of Institutional Advancement, which for students and the university when he FACULTY/STAFF SUCCESS OSU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 29

| Devin DeBock named Dean of Students | After a national search with more than 65 applicants, OSU Institute of Technology’s new dean of students was a familiar face on campus. Devin DeBock, former director of residential life and emergency management, accepted the offer to become the university’s first dean of students. His new assignment began in December 2014. “It has been one of my personal and professional goals to one day be able to serve the campus community as dean of students,” DeBock said. “To be offered this leadership position is such a wonderful opportunity that to say I was enthusiastic would be quite the understatement." The dean of students is responsible for NISOD recipients back row: James Byrd and Chef Aaron Ware. Front row: Celia Melson, the overall quality of student retention Dr. Regina Foster, and Dr. Maria Christian. services and student life at OSUIT, Banquet in June 2015. your students will rise to it,” he said, but he said, and will oversee the offices of Arts & Sciences instructor Thomas that doesn’t mean he’s a taskmaster in student life, residential life, counseling Holman was named Outstanding Faculty class. “You have to make it fun for the services, the Child Care Center, and Member and Nate Todd, director of students. You have to approach it in a Student Union services. Prospective Student Services, and Pat different way. You have to make it relevant DeBock, along with a pool of selected Singleton, Student Life staff assistant, to them.” candidates, interviewed with three separate were named Outstanding Staff Members Singleton said she’s humbled to now committees: senior administration, in the exempt and non-exempt categories. join the list of past award winners. representatives of administrative council, Holman has taught social science “My predecessors have been people and those individuals who would report courses such as government, history and I have looked up to and have had the to the dean of the students. geography at OSUIT for nearly 12 years. privilege of working with over the past “We had excellent candidates, but Singleton has worked at OSUIT since nine years,” she said. “I consider it an Devin was clearly the best person for 2006 and Todd has been at the university honor and requirement to live up to the the position,” said Dr. Ina Agnew, vice for the past three years. standards of an Outstanding Staff winner president of student services. “Devin has “You come in and do the best you — to serve as a role model for other staff been a consistent, outstanding performer can do in your position, but you’re not members and be an ambassador for the and longtime employee of OSUIT.” looking for any kind of recognition. It’s university. To not only tell others, but DeBock has been on the Okmulgee nice someone noticed that I’m trying to show others what a great place OSUIT is campus since 1999 when he started as contribute,” Todd said. “This is a fantastic for students and employees.” the student life activities, wellness and university. I’m glad I work in a place that intramural sports coordinator before values their staff and faculty.” | Six Recognized as NISOD Winners | becoming director of residential life. Holman, who is retired from the U.S. Air Four faculty and two staff members Force, said the award validates his priority have been named winners of the National | Outstanding Faculty & Staff Winners | of educating, not just passing, his students Institute for Staff and Organizational Outstanding Faculty and Staff awards and holding them to a high standard. Development Excellence Awards for 2015. were presented at the Annual Employee “If you keep your standards the same, School of Arts & Sciences instructors RETIREMENTS 27 26 23 13 5 Years of Service Years of Service Years of Service Years of Service Years of Service Glenda (Chris) Ballard Steven R. Kamm Clay T. Parmley Tommy Lawson John F. Reed 30 OSU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FACULTY/STAFF SUCCESS

Rouche Award Recipients from left to right: Sable Vasquez, Dr. Maria Christian, and Diana Sanders Chef Bill Leib

Dr. Maria Christian and Dr. Regina Foster nearly 600 opinion pieces written by | Nursing Endowed Professorship were recognized in the Innovative Practices nonprofit college and university presidents Created | category for their cross-disciplinary teaching and created a list of the most published With more than 20 years, experience project, A Tale of Two Disciplines: Lessons administrators with Path making the list in the health care field— 17 years as in Critical Thinking. because of his 10 Huffington Post blogs a nurse and nine years as a nursing James Byrd, director of Student Union that ran in 2014. instructor— Jodi Campbell knows the and Auxiliary Services, was recognized “I was truly surprised when the researcher importance of educating and preparing in the Service to OSUIT category for his informed me that I was being included in the future health care workforce. work spearheading the Student Union his list of the top 14 most prolific college Executives at First National Bank & Servery renovation project. presidents for 2014. I really had no idea Trust and Citizens Security Bank in Ok- School of Culinary Arts instructors that what I was doing was that meritorious mulgee understand that importance as Chef Aaron Ware and Celia Melson and or unusual,” Path said. well, which is why the banks created an Andrea Gardner, former global rela- endowed professorship for OSU Institute tions coordinator, were recognized in | Chef Bill Leib Scholarship Established | of Technolog y. the Collegiate Project category for their School of Culinary Arts Chef Bill Leib Campbell, who has been a nursing in- work coordinating the Rimonim Chef will soon do more for his students than structor at OSUIT for the last four years, Exchange Program. just teach them. was recently chosen as the recipient of NISOD is a member organization that The new Chef Bill Leib Scholarship is the endowed professorship. promotes and celebrates excellence in being established that will be awarded to “It demonstrates the bank’s com- teaching, learning and leadership at two- a student or students seeking an Associate mitment to the university and the year institutions and technical colleges. in Applied Science in Culinary Arts. university’s commitment to the nursing NISOD winners were honored at the The school hopes to award the first program,” she said. “I’m very humbled Excellence Awards Dinner and Celebration Chef Bill Leib Scholarship in the fall to be recognized by my peers and the held during the annual conference in 2015 semester to one or two second year university with this distinction. I’m very Austin, Texas, in May 2015. students to help with their continued proud to represent the program and the education costs. community.” | Dr. Path Recognized for Blog Series | The scholarship came about after Leib President Bill R. Path was recognized was invited to participate in the John | Three Selected as Rouche Excellence nationally for his opinion pieces and blog Hope Franklin Center Dinner of Recon- Award Winners | posts about issues facing higher educa- ciliation in 2012, and he’s volunteered his For the second consecutive year, OSUIT tion and the ever-widening skills gap in time and talents every year since. is the only university in Oklahoma to the U.S. Now a portion of the proceeds will go have John and Suanne Roueche Excel- A study by Roland King of PhairAd- toward the Chef Bill Leib Scholarship fund. lence Award recipients. This year three vantage Communications, LLC, analyzed employees were recognized for the honor. FACULTY/STAFF SUCCESS OSU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 31

“This isn’t just recognition from the university or the even the state. This is a national award,” said Sable Vasquez, special events coordinator in prospective student services who was recognized in the staff category. IN MEMORIAM Dr. Maria Christian, an instructor in the School of Arts & Sciences, was | Laurel Behn | | Larry Latham | the recipient in the faculty category and OSUIT Library Technical Assistant School of Visual Communications Diana Sanders, director of financial aid Instructor, 3D Modeling & Animation and scholarships, took the top honor in Most libraries are places of quiet in order the administration category. to foster concentration and contemplation. If you grew up watching cartoons in The award recognizes faculty and The OSU Institute of Technology Library is the 1980s and ‘90s, then Larry Latham staff from two-year colleges and univer- no different, except when technical assis- likely played an important part in your sities across the country. OSUIT’s three tant Laurel Behn was working. childhood. honorees were the only recipients from Oklahoma. “Her laugh, you could hear it across the Latham, an Oklahoma City native, was | Path Appointed to Education library,” said Beth Kieffer, the reference a producer, director and storyboard Advisory Committee | and instruction librarian and archivist. artist on a number of animated series Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin announced “There was no quiet when she was and movies including “The Smurfs,” the formation of the Governor’s Edu- around. She was like an anti-librarian.” “DuckTales,” Emmy-nominated “The cation Advisory Committee in March Tick,” and Emmy-winning “TailSpin.” 2015, naming several key leaders in public Behn died unexpectedly Jan. 22, 2015. She education to join, including OSU Institute had been with the OSUIT Library for 10 Latham, who lived in Broken Arrow, of Technology President Bill R. Path. years, often the first friendly face visitors died Nov. 2, 2014 after battling a rare Committee members are representatives saw when they entered the library. n form of cancer. of schools, career-technology centers and colleges and universities that will advise the “Laurel was the heartbeat of the library. After a successful career as an animator governor on education policy and aid in the She loved the students, she loved her in California, he returned to Oklahoma development and implementation of the in 2001 before coming to OSU Institute governor’s “Oklahoma Works” initiative. job,” said Library Director Jenny Duncan. The new initiative, announced in Fallin’s “She would go out of her way to help of Technology six years ago as an State of the State address in early February anyone who came through the door.” instructor in Visual Communication’s 3D 2015, seeks to develop local partnerships Modeling & Animation program. n between the public and private sector to ensure that students have access to the “The heart and soul of the 3D program education and training they need to find was Larry. His wealth of knowledge good-paying jobs after graduation. was unparalleled. No one could ever “It’s an honor to be a part of this new replace him.” education advisory committee and for — Michael Lister '14 OSU Institute of Technology’s mission to be recognized by Governor Fallin,” Path said. “The Oklahoma Works initiative seeks to build partnerships between public education institutions and private industry where our graduates will start their careers.” n 32 OSU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY COURSES

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