Task force examines safety on state campuses

Five weeks after the Virginia Tech shootings, a group of Oklahoma officials has formally begun talks to improve safety and counseling services at our own campuses in the state. Read more.

UCO summit focuses on campus security

More than 500 university presidents, administrators and members of law enforcement agencies from 24 states gathered for the 2007 National Campus Security Summit, held May 30 on the campus of the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond. Read more.

The veterinary hospital at Oklahoma State University’s Center for Veterinary Health Sciences offers percutaneous laser disc ablation surgery for canines and is the sole provider worldwide of the treatment option for dogs. Read more.

OU adds women's rowing to intercollegiate athletics, commits to a new boathouse

University of Oklahoma President David L. Boren recently announced that with the assistance of Oklahoma City civic leaders Aubrey K. McClendon and Clayton I. Bennett, OU will add women’s rowing to its intercollegiate athletics program. Read more.

SWOSU offers wildland fire management program

Southwestern Oklahoma State University’s department of parks and recreation management in Weatherford recently began offering two new programs in wildland fire management. Read more.

OSU-Oklahoma City breaks ground on Public Safety Training Center

OSU-Oklahoma City broke ground May 31 on its new Public Safety Training Center. The center is needed to expand OSU-OKC’s growing human services degree programs. Read more.