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The Wreaths Across America (WAA) Mobile Education Exhibit (MEE), a rolling interactive exhibit that remembers the nation’s fallen veterans, is on tour which will culminate at Arlington National Cemetery for Wreaths Across America Day on Dec. 18th.
Read moreState Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister Tuesday announced the 12 finalists for Oklahoma’s next Teacher of the Year.
Read moreThe American Indian College Fund and the National Native American Boarding School (NABS) Healing Coalition have joined forces to provide scholarships to descendants of boarding school survivors. Twenty scholarships of $3,000 each were awarded for the academic year 2021-22.
Read moreThe Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation has named Andrew S. Weyrich, Ph.D., president, effective Jan. 4, 2022.
Read moreThanh C. Bui, MD, DrPH, a researcher at the Thanh C. Bui, MD, DrPH, a researcher at the TSET Health Promotion Research Center (HPRC) at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center is setting his sights on improving health outcomes in Southeast Asia. His $3.6 million grant from the US National Cancer Institute (NCI) is the latest development in his continued efforts to effect positive global change.
Read moreThe Oklahoma State Department of Health, this November, will commemorate the 65th anniversary of Child Guidance, a statewide program that promotes and supports healthy family relationships and child development through prevention, education, screenings, treatment, and consultation services for families and caregivers of children from birth to age 13 in Oklahoma.
Read moreFor many Oklahomans, fall is synonymous with cooler weather, pumpkins, football and upcoming holidays. Fall is also the busiest time for Oklahoma beer distributors because of the increased demand for beer and the larger selection of beers available in the Sooner State. To fully embrace this season alongside tasty fall beers, the Oklahoma Beer Alliance has put together a food and beer pairing guide. This guide provides food and beer pairing ideas that can take Oklahomans from apple picking, pumpkin patches and football games, to Halloween and Thanksgiving.
Read moreOrganizations that advocate on behalf of Hispanic Oklahomans are celebrating today’s announcement that a permanent Mexican Consulate will be coming to Oklahoma City. At a press conference today in Mexico City, Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs Marcelo Ebrard and other officials of the Secretariat announced a plan to open two new consulates in the United States, one of which will be opening in Oklahoma City. Scissortail Community Development Corporation President Robert Ruiz said the new consulate is both a point of pride for local Hispanic residents as well as an important practical development for Mexican immigrants. “This is a big deal to Mexican immigrants living in Oklahoma, because a foreign consulate is responsible for helping to produce forms of identification, property and employment documents, and other assets,” said Ruiz. “We have people driving from Oklahoma to Arkansas right now for these services, which obviously is a hardship for a lot of immigrant families.” Scissortail CDC, which works to support economic development in Oklahoma’s Hispanic communities and underserved areas of the state, partnered with La Tremenda Radio KZUE to lead an email campaign in support of the new consulate. Ultimately, they helped over 4500 Oklahomans send communications to the Mexican government in support of a consulate opening in Oklahoma City. Support from both Gov. Kevin Stitt and Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt was also key to seeing the project come to fruition. Mayor Holt said the new consulate was an idea whose time had come. “In Oklahoma City alone, there are over 106,000 residents of Mexican descent,” said Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt. “The prominence of the OKC Mexican-American community is growing locally and nationally. It was absolutely time for a Mexican consulate in Oklahoma City, and I thank all the people who advocated for it, and the Mexican government for its commitment.”
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