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April 2024 Bulldog Alumni And Friends News, Kari Jones, Garrett King

Bulldog Alumni & Friends News

April 5 Friends of Crowder Lake Dinner & North Family Endowed Lecture

April 6 Crowder Lake Opening Day

April 11-13 SWOSU College Rodeo

April 15 Dobson Bulldog Golf Classic

May 10 Distinguished Alumni Reception and Dinner

May 11 Spring Graduation

June 7-8 SWOSU Football Alumni Weekend

March 2024 Bulldog Alumni And Friends News, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Bulldog Alumni & Friends News

March 8

SWOSU Palooza

March 10-15

SWOSU Giving Week

March 18-22

Spring Break

April 5

Friends of Crowder Lake Dinner & North Family Endowed Lecture

April 6

Crowder Lake Opening Day

April 15

Dobson Bulldog Golf Classic

May 10

Distinguished Alumni Reception

May 11

Spring Graduation

February 2024 Bulldog Alumni And Friends News, Kari Jones, Garrett King

Bulldog Alumni & Friends News

February 15 &16 - SWOSU Jazz Festival, www.SWOSUJazz.com

March 8 - SWOSU Palooza

March 10-15 - SWOSU Giving Week

March 18-22 - Spring Break

April 5 - Friends of Crowder Lake Dinner & North Family Endowed Lecture

April 6 - Crowder Lake Opening Day

April 15 - Dobson Bulldog Golf Classic

May 10 - Distinguished Alumni Reception

May 11 - Spring Graduation

January 2024 Bulldog Alumni & Friends News, Kari Jones, Garrett King

Bulldog Alumni & Friends News

January 18 SWOSU Alumni Music Mixer, Tulsa. SWOSU Music Mixer Tulsa – SWOSU Foundation.

February 15 &16 SWOSU Jazz Festival, www.SWOSUJazz.com

March 18-22 Spring Break

April 5 Friends of Crowder Lake Dinner & North Family Endowed Lecture

April 6 Crowder Lake Opening Day

April 15 Dobson Bulldog Golf Classic

College Major Area And Career Commitment: Rethinking Steam In Educational- Vocational Guidance, James Hutson, Sara Bagley, Colleen Biri

Faculty Scholarship

Objective: The exigency for higher education to exhibit outcomes aligning with career competencies has intensified, driven by external pressures favoring job-specific training. Amidst shifting career tendencies of Generations Y and Z and the advent of artificial intelligence-led automation, the valuation of different college majors has come under scrutiny. This study aims to dissect the prevailing assumptions and explore the satisfaction and career commitment levels among individuals with career-focused degrees.

Methods: Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, the study delves into the relationships among areas of study, career commitment, self-esteem, and self-efficacy among alumni from a private Midwestern liberal arts college. Instruments …

December 2023 Bulldog Alumni & Friends News, Kari Jones, Garrett King

Bulldog Alumni & Friends News

December 15 Fall Commencement

December 22-January 2 Campus Closed for Winter Break

January 18 SWOSU Alumni Music Mixer, Tulsa. SWOSU Music Mixer Tulsa – SWOSU Foundation.

February 15 &16 SWOSU Jazz Festival, www.SWOSUJazz.com

March 18-22 Spring Break

April 5 Friends of Crowder Lake Dinner & North Family Endowed Lecture

April 6 Crowder Lake Opening Day

April 15 Dobson Bulldog Golf Classic

Ouachita Student Foundation Sets New Tiger Tunes Fundraising Record, Anna Roussel, Office Of Communications & Marketing

Press Releases

The Ouachita Student Foundation raised more than $205,000 during Tiger Tunes 2023, surpassing its $200,000 goal and securing the most money raised in one year by the event. Held each year in Jones Performing Arts Center during the university’s Homecoming weekend, Tiger Tunes is a song and dance production that parodies popular music as a competition among student organizations.

November 2023 Bulldog Alumni & Friends News, Kari Jones, Garrett King

Bulldog Alumni & Friends News

November 11 Live the Legacy Rodeo Event

November 22-24 Thanksgiving Break

December 15 Fall Commencement

December 22-January 2 Campus Closed for Winter Break

January 18 SWOSU Music Alumni Mixer, Tulsa

February 15 &16 SWOSU Jazz Festival, www.SWOSUJazz.com

March 18-22 Spring Break

April 5 Friends of Crowder Lake Dinner & North Family Endowed Lecture

April 6 Crowder Lake Opening Day

Cedarville University Alumni Association Award Recipients, Cedarville University

Archives Guides

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October 2023 Bulldog Alumni & Friends News, Kari Jones, Garrett King

Bulldog Alumni & Friends News

• October 6 SWOSU Homecoming Happy Hour
  
  
• October 7 SWOSU Hair of the Bulldog Brunch SWOSU Homecoming Tailgate
  
  
• October 12-15 SWOSU Fall Break
  
  
• November 11 Live the Legacy Rodeo Event

Australia Awards Alumni Global Tracer Survey 2022, Michelle Hsien, Daniel Edwards

Australia Awards Global Tracer Facility

This report details the findings of the Global Tracer Survey 2022 of alumni from the Australia Awards and predecessor development scholarships. The research was undertaken by the Australia Awards Global Tracer Facility (GTF), which is managed by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). The survey was administered online between November 2022 and January 2023 to alumni from 114 countries who had studied in Australia as part of a scholarship or fellowship. In total, 5116 alumni participated in the survey (a 24% response rate globally). Among this group were alumni who completed their award during the 1980s through to alumni …

September 2023 Bulldog Alumni & Friends News, Kari Jones, Garrett King

Bulldog Alumni & Friends News

September 15 SWOSU Charitable Hunt

September 16 SWOSU Family Day

October 1 SWOSU Piano Campaign Performance & Reception

October 6 SWOSU Homecoming Happy Hour

October 7 SWOSU Hair of the Bulldog Brunch SWOSU Homecoming Tailgate

October 12-15 SWOSU Fall Break

November 16 SWOSU Near You, Clinton - The Social

August 2023 Bulldog Alumni & Friends News, Kari Jones, Garrett King

Bulldog Alumni & Friends News

• Alumni Association Dinner
• The 17th Annual SWOSU Athletic Auction is August 19

• The Summer issue of Echoes from the Hill is now available for digital download.

• SWOSU Charitable Hunt 9.15.23

• SWOSU Baseball Endowment Group Photo

July 2023 Bulldog Alumni & Friends News, Kari Jones, Garrett King

Bulldog Alumni & Friends News

• Live Auction and Dinner
  
  
• Back the Bulldogs!
  
  
• Calendar of Events

Law School News: Dean Bowman On The Scotus Admissions Decision 6-29-2023, Gregory W. Bowman

Life of the Law School (1993- )

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June 2023 Bulldog Alumni & Friends News, Kari Jones, Garrett King

Bulldog Alumni & Friends News

• Summer picnic!

• SWOSU Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame

• Live Auction & Dinner

May 2023 Bulldog Alumni & Friends News, Kari Jones, Garrett King

Bulldog Alumni & Friends News

• The first-ever Randy’s Ranch event was held at the Beutler-Redd Ranch in Canute, Oklahoma on April 27.
• Each year the SWOSU Athletic Auction features unique items and experiences donated by our alumni and friends.

• Former Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating was the special guest for the SWOSU President’s Leadership Class (PLC) Banquet on April 10.

• The sold-out Dobson Bulldog Golf Classic was held at Oak Tree National on April 17.

• The SWOSU Foundation, Inc. held its spring meeting last week on the Weatherford campus.

Sara (Wheeler) Mcdaniel '98 (Renovation Takes Root), Jon Merryman

Press Releases

If you’ve ever wondered why Minden, La., is called “the friendliest city in the South,” one visit with Sara McDaniel ’98 explains it all. She is genuine, friendly, humble and kind – much like others you’ll meet in this sweet, Southern town.

After teaching elementary students in Texas for 10 years, McDaniel shifted to a career that supported teachers through educational sales and consulting. During this time, she went through a difficult divorce, struggling with what was next.

After feeling the Lord leading her to return home to Louisiana in 2014, McDaniel set her sights on restoring a cottage built …

Ann (Owen) Chami '83 (Caring Builds Connection), Felley Lawson, Office Of Communications & Marketing

Press Releases

It’s often been said that you can’t kid a kidder. Ann Chami ’83 would say that you can’t kid a kid.

“Children have the unique ability to discern how adults feel about them,” said Chami, a veteran educator who serves as head of lower school at Little Rock Christian Academy. “If they know you genuinely care for them and love them, they will do anything for you.”

Chami earned a Bachelor of Science in Education degree in early childhood education from Ouachita in 1983 and spent the next 20 years teaching first, second or third grade before becoming an …

Chris Babb '99 (Instructor Of Communications And Director Of Sports Media Productions), Anna Roussel, Office Of Communications & Marketing

Press Releases

As a senior communications major at Ouachita, Chris Babb ’99 sat across the desk from his advisor, Dr. Bill Downs, and told him he might want to teach. He was not sure what was pulling him in that direction but knew his future job also would involve sports.

“Dr. Downs told me, ‘Don’t do that. Go out in the world and get some experience, and then in 20 years if something comes available, you’ll have experience and you can teach,’” Babb said. “That was in the spring of 1999. In the spring of 2019, exactly 20 years later, was when …

Honoring Firsts (Green-Blevins Rotunda Dedication To Ouachita's First African American Graduates), Felley Lawson, Office Of Communications & Marketing

Press Releases

Carolyn Jean Green and the late Gustine Blevins, who in 1966 became the first African American graduates in Ouachita’s history, were celebrated Nov. 12 when the Green-Blevins Rotunda was dedicated in their honor.

The community-wide service and reception brought a standing-room-only crowd of students, faculty, staff and visitors to the refurbished rotunda in McClellan Hall at 10 a.m. for a program featuring guest speakers Green and Dr. LaJuan Martin, Blevins’ son.

“I have felt like I’m truly coming home,” said Green, the first Black student to live in a Ouachita dorm and pledge a social club, options she didn’t have …

Ouachita To House One Of The First Two University-Based Locations Of Tacos 4 Life, Felley Lawson, Ouachita News Bureau

Press Releases

Ouachita Baptist University will be one of the first two colleges to welcome Tacos 4 Life to its campus when the Arkansas-based restaurant chain launches an outlet in Ouachita’s Evans Student Center in Fall 2023.

The addition of a Tacos 4 Life venue reflects the university’s momentum in enhancing the student experience at Ouachita, where 98% of undergraduates live in one of nine residence halls or six apartment complexes and source most of their meals on campus. A remodel of Evans Food Court in the student center will make space for Tacos 4 Life to be located next to Chick-fil-A; …

Ouachita Alumni Further Technology In Schools With Apptegy, Kaitlyn Stoddard, Ouachita News Bureau

Press Releases

Ouachita Baptist University has sustained momentum in equipping students for postgraduate success, consistently reporting career outcomes rates that far exceed the national average. Graduates are pursuing opportunities in a variety of fields, including technology. For example, five alumni working at Apptegy, an education software company in Little Rock, Ark., are developing software for K-12 school marketing. Their contributions include software engineering, designing user-friendly interfaces and ensuring client success with Apptegy products.

March 2023 Bulldog Alumni & Friends News, Kari Jones, Garrett King

Bulldog Alumni & Friends News

Alumni Philip (04) and Heather Busey (07) recently donated an original piece of artwork to SWOSU. The art was created by Choctaw Master Artist, D.G. Smalling of Oklahoma City.

Gtf Global Tracer Survey 2022 (Year 7) - Survey Instrument Items, Australia Awards Global Tracer Facility

Australia Awards Global Tracer Facility

This survey instrument for the Year 7 Global Tracer Facility (GTF) Global Tracer Survey 2022 outlines the survey sections, area of focus, type of question and response options. The questions in the survey relate to the Australian development scholarship/fellowship which participants have previously completed.

Jacob Keith Watson ('11) (Captivating Audiences On Broadway And Beyond, Kiki Schleiff Cherry, Office Of Communications & Marketing

Press Releases

Actor, singer, Broadway performer and Ouachita graduate Jacob Keith Watson fell in love with the university while attending Super Summer camp on campus as a teenager. He was drawn by the discovery that the school had a musical theatre major—the only one in Arkansas at the time.

"One thing that was important to me was experience," Watson said. "I could do the operas, I could do the Shakespeare, I could do the contemporary plays, I could do the musicals." He was also able to stage-manage and design lighting and sound, which helped him become a "whole theatre artist," he said.

Matthew Shepherd ('98) (Pursuing People-First Politics), Jon Merryman, Office Of Communications & Marketing

Press Releases

There are a few things that seem to be in Matthew Shepherd's DNA—politics, law, Arkansas and Ouachita. He is a fifth-generation Ouachitonian, a family legacy starting with his great-great-grandfather, who attended Ouachita in the 1890s. It was his father's career that exposed him to the possibilities in the legal field, and he became an elected official somewhat unexpectedly.

"Growing up with my father as an attorney and later a judge—and my mother being a U.S. history teacher—law and politics were subjects I grew up around," Shepherd said. He earned a B.A. in history and political science from Ouachita in 1998 …

Holly (Burris) Kyzer ('00) (Director Of Dietetic Internship Program And Assistant Professor Of Dietetics), Jon Merryman, Office Of Communications & Marketing

Press Releases

Growing up around Ouachita's campus, Holly Kyzer knew Ouachita was going to be an integral part of her life, but she never guessed she would be a faculty member, much less an instrumental part of re-launching graduate programs at the university.

She earned her bachelor's degree from Ouachita in biology, with the goal of serving the community as a doctor. When she discovered the sight of blood was a problem for her, she recalibrated her career plans to become a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN).

Ouachita To Present "A Service Of Lessons And Carols" On Dec. 6, Kaelin Clay, Ouachita News Bureau

Press Releases

Ouachita Baptist University’s Division of Music will present its 24th annual “A Service of Lessons and Carols” on Tuesday, Dec. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in McBeth Recital Hall. The service is free and open to the public.

A Service of Lessons and Carols features Advent scripture reading alternated with Christmas carols, inviting audience members to explore and celebrate Jesus’ birth and sing along to familiar songs.

The Ouachita Singers, featured choral ensemble for the evening, is directed by Dr. Joshua Brown, director of choral activities at Ouachita.

Ouachita Presents 30th Annual Festival Of Christmas On Dec. 2-3, Kaitlyn Stoddard, Ouachita News Bureau

Press Releases

Ouachita Baptist University’s School of Fine Arts will present its 30th annual holiday program, A Festival of Christmas, on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 2–3, in Jones Performing Art Center.

The Friday performance begins at 7:30 p.m., and the Saturday show starts at 2:30 p.m.

“We are so excited to celebrate the 30^th anniversary of Festival of Christmas and Jones Performing Arts Center,” said Dr. Joshua Brown, co-director of the performance and director of choral activities at Ouachita. “This year we will have cookies and hot chocolate with Santa one hour prior to each performance, as well as an alumni …