May 24, 2013 -- Joe and Ann Shirley of Alva have a long history of giving back to Northwestern Oklahoma State University, or perhaps it’s more of a paying it forward to students who have come after them. The benefactors of the Shirley’s generosity are members of the Northwestern rodeo team. And, all it took for them to want to give back – a love of the university and learning about a need.

May 24, 2013 -- Alva senior Amanda Callender, Northwestern Oklahoma State University’s Civic Education Fellow for 2013, spent the second week in May working with Sen. Bryce Marlatt in the Oklahoma State Legislature during a legislative internship program. The political science student was selected for the honor by the social sciences department.

May 24, 2013 -- The deSERVING Ranger Award is designed to recognize an outstanding Northwestern Oklahoma State University student serving within the Northwestern communities and campuses. Cassaundra Webb, Enid junior, recently was given this award based on her help with clients at the Enid Community Clinic.

May 22, 2013 -- Campus Compact has named 181 student leaders who have demonstrated an investment in finding solutions for challenges facing communities throughout the country as 2013 Newman Civic Fellows, and included in that list is Kathryn Montes, a Northwestern Oklahoma State University senior.