|
|
|
|||||
|
Dec. 21, 2007 |
Volume 4, Number 1 6 |
|||||
|
 More than 60 items of merchandise using the "Ride with Pride" theme now available online at www.cafepress.com/ nwridewithpride
On Tap at Northwestern * Dec. 24-Jan. 1, all Northwestern campus offices are closed for the holidays * Dec. 31, Ranger men's basketball vs. Kansas Wesleyan, Percefull Fieldhouse, 2 p.m. * Jan. 3, Double-header basketball game vs. Oklahoma Baptist, women at 6, men at 8 p.m., Percefull Fieldhouse * Jan. 3, Bradley Gilbert Benefit Cake Raffle, Percefull Fieldhouse during the double-header basketball game, 5 p.m. Anyone wanting to help provide baked items to sell at the table is welcome to bring those items to the table at 5 p.m. on this day or contact Angelia Case at (580) 327-8577 for other arrangements. Cash donations also will be accepted. * Jan. 4-5, Band Camp, 8 a.m., Herod Hall Auditorium * Jan. 5, Double-header basketball game vs. St. Gregory's University, women at 6, men at 8 p.m., Percefull Fieldhouse * Jan. 7, Spring semester classes begin * Jan. 7, Leadership Northwestern Class, Herod Hall Regents Room, 5 p.m. * Jan. 8, Financial Aid Counselor's Seminar, Student Center Ranger Room and Ballroom, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. * Jan. 11-12, Red Carpet Honor Band, on campus all day * Jan. 11, Northwestern Oklahoma Conductors' Symposium, Fine Arts Building, all day * Jan. 11, Northwestern Conductors' Symposium mini concert with the NWOSU Concert Choir and University Singers, Herod Hall Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. * Jan. 21, Martin Luther King Day Holiday, all Northwestern classes and offices will be closed.
Complete list of Northwestern Counseling Center for the University Community
“Centennial Celebration”
Ranger Sports News(www.nwosu.edu/athletic)
2007 Soccer Schedule Want your own Ride with Pride poster? Click here! University Publications Guidelines and Logo Usage Information
Please submit news articles via e-mail to University Relations personnel: Steve Valencia,Valarie Case, Lois Hudgins or Chesnei Zehr.
"On the Record @ Northwestern" is created by the
University Relations Office to help keep the Northwestern family aware
of what’s happening on our campuses. |
December 11, 2007 Northwestern Oklahoma State University has received a $1 million Upward Bound grant from the U.S. Department of Education to work with 10 area public schools to improve high school graduation rates and encourage students to pursue higher education options. The Upward Bound grant program is part of the Federal TRIO Programs that provide educational opportunity outreach programs designed to motivate and support students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Northwestern’s grant will be funded for four years. This is the second TRIO grant received by Northwestern this fall. Earlier, the University received a $1.25 million Upward Bound Math and Science grant. Read more...
December 19,
2007 Time is growing short for students to enroll for the spring semester at Northwestern Oklahoma State University. Classes begin on Jan. 7, and prospective students are encouraged to complete the enrollment process as soon as possible, said Dr. Steve Lohmann, executive vice president. Enrollment for the semester ends Jan. 18. Printed copies of the course schedule are available at all of Northwestern’s campuses, and a PDF version of the booklet is located on Northwestern’s web site at www.nwosu.edu/schedule. At the top of that web page is the link “Updated Course Schedule” that will allow the user to find courses in all programs. This location will keep everyone aware of what courses have been closed or canceled or if any changes have been made to course times, locations or instructors. USDA Rural Development grant received
December 21, 2007 higher education conference Dr. Katherine Garlough, director of assessment and institutional effectiveness at Northwestern Oklahoma State University, is co-author of an academic paper presented last week at the International Conference on Higher Education in Iraq. The meeting was held at Erbil, Kurdistan-Iraq. The paper was co-authored by Dr. Beriwan Khailany, currently deputy minister in the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Kurdistan, Iraq. Beriwan was a visiting professor in micropaleontology at the University of Oklahoma and was a guest speaker at Northwestern in October. Beriwan attended the Conference and presented the paper, titled “Emerging Trends in Evaluating Faculty Effectiveness: An Inclusive Model of Assessing High Education in Kurdistan.” December 20, 2007 for New Beginnings center in Alva The Lambda Omega Chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi at Northwestern Oklahoma State University has collected and delivered toys and other items to the New Beginnings transitional living center in Alva. Chapter president Yvonne Colle-Burden, Medicine Lodge, Kan., senior, said the members had collected a variety of games such as Battleship and Candyland, books and recorders for children, as well as a selection of clothing. Read more...
December 19, 2007 Stockton Graves, 2002 graduate of Northwestern Oklahoma State University and former member of the Ranger rodeo team, competed in the recently completed Professional Cowboys Rodeo Association’s National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in Las Vegas. The NFR features the top 15 money earners in each event in a 10-day competition that ended Saturday, Dec. 15. Standings are determined by how much money each cowboy wins during the year in each event in some 700 PRCA rodeos in 41 states and four Canadian provinces.
December 3, 2007 package offered to transferring students A one-time only offer is being made to students at other colleges and universities who are thinking about transferring to Northwestern Oklahoma State University. Those students who transfer for the spring 2008 semester will be eligible for a $500 special transfer award, said Brad Franz, dean of student affairs and enrollment management. Full-time undergraduate students who transfer to Northwestern for the start of classes in January and live in Alva will receive $500 to use as partial payment of tuition costs. A cumulative grade point average of 2.0 is required. Read more ...
December 7, 2007 Kimberly Weast, assistant professor of theatre at Northwestern Oklahoma State University, has been selected as Oklahoma vice chairman on the Region VI committee of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF). Region VI includes university theatre programs from New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma. Read more...
November 28, 2007 Besides the traditional Northwestern merchandise available in the university’s bookstores in Alva and Enid, there are special Centennial items developed to celebrate Northwestern’s 110th anniversary during Oklahoma’s Centennial year. Read more...
On the Record @ Northwestern consists of press releases and photographs generated and issued to media outlets on- and off-campus by the University Relations Office, as well as other information provided by university employees and students, as a service to the Northwestern community, its friends and supporters. |
