Published: September 09, 2008 10:46 pm      

9-10 Ulife briefs

Edmond students to tour OSU

High school students from the Edmond area have been invited to tour Oklahoma State University in Stillwater on Sept. 24 and to learn about academic programs, housing opportunities, athletics and the campus, hosted by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.

OSU buses will pick up and deliver the students from Wal-Mart at 1301 E. 2nd St.

The day will include free transportation to and from OSU-Stillwater; a campus tour, including residence halls; a student life showcase; a tour of the athletics’ facilities; academic break-out sessions; lunch and bus snacks.

“These are opportunities for prospective students and their parents to come to campus, meet with OSU faculty, staff and students, and become familiar with life at OSU,” said Karen Lucas, director of Admissions. “It’s a great time for students to see what it is like on a university campus and to get answers to all of their questions.”

Applications for admission, scholarship information and financial aid information will be available to any student who is interested in attending the university.

Students will board the orange OSU bus at 8:15 a.m. at Wal-Mart at 8:15 a.m. and the bus will leave promptly at 8:30 a.m. Students will leave Stillwater at 3 p.m. and will arrive back at the Wal-Mart at 4 p.m.

To reserve a space on the bus, students can fill out a reservation form online by visiting admissions.okstate.edu/events.html and will receive a confirmation e-mail from Undergraduate Admissions at the address provided. Limited spaces are available on the bus.

To join the tour, contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions by calling (800) 233-5019, ext. 1, by e-mail at admissions@okstae.edu, or go the OSU Web site at admissions.okstate.edu.

Cole named to Top Twenty Freshman Women at OSU

Emily Cole of Edmond has been named a Top Twenty Freshman Woman at Oklahoma State University for 2008.

Selection of students, who are now in their sophomore year at OSU, is based upon scholarship, community service, campus involvement and outstanding leadership from their freshman year.

Cole will now continue through the interview process from which the Top Ten Freshman Women will be selected. Mortar Board is responsible for choosing students for the Top Ten Freshman Women and the Top Ten Freshman Men.

Cole, a business management major, is the daughter of Kemp and Keven Cole of Edmond. She is a 2007 graduate of Edmond North High School.

She is an active participant in OSU’s Honor College, is a College Board AP Scholar and a Multicultural Academic Scholar, and was named to Phi Eta Sigma honor society. She received the Most Outstanding Greek New Member Award and the Integris Foundations Circles of Excellence Young Philanthropist Award.

Cole was chosen for the President’s Leadership Council and Freshman Representative Council, is active in the Business Honor Society, Orange Peel, and served as an officer of the Freshman Business Student Leader Club. Among the scholarships she has received are the William S. Spears School of Business Scholar Leader Scholarship, an OSU Academic Excellence Scholarship, a Seigle-Guthrie Endowed Scholarship, and a Chickasaw Nation Millennium Scholarship.

Cole and Stivers among Top Twenty Freshman Men at OSU

Kempner Joe Cole and Jordan Stivers of Edmond have been named Top Twenty Freshman Men at Oklahoma State University for 2008.

Selection of students, who are now in their sophomore year at OSU, is based upon scholarship, community service, campus involvement and outstanding leadership from their freshman year.

Cole and Stivers will now continue through the interview process from which the Top Ten Freshman Men will be selected. Mortar Board is responsible for choosing students for the Top Ten Freshman Women and the Top Ten Freshman Men.

Cole, an industrial engineering and management major, is the son of Kemp and Keven Cole of Edmond. He is a 2007 graduate of Edmond North High School.

He is an active participant in OSU’s Honors College, was selected for the Freshman Representative Council, and was named the 2008 American Indian Science and Engineering Society Freshman of the Year and received the 2007 Integris Young Philanthropist Award and the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology’s Dean’s Academic Excellence Award. He has been active in the Engineering Student Government and Orange Peel. Among his scholarships are a four-year OSU Academic Excellence Award, a four-year Chickasaw Nation Legislator’s Award, a two-year Oklahoma City Community Foundation Award, and a Chickasaw Nation Millennium Award.

Stivers, a finance and accounting major, is the son of Jerry and Janet Stivers of Edmond. He is a 2007 graduate of Edmond Memorial High School.

He was selected for the Freshman Representative Council and the President’s Leadership Council, was a freshman representative to the Business Student Council, and was active as a Greek Ambassador, as a wrangler for Camp Cowboy, in Orange Peel and in ALPHA. Among the scholarships he has received are a four-year Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Scholarship, a Daughters of the American Revolution Regional Scholarship, a Shelby Hudson Memorial Scholarship, and a AAA Scholarship.

The Top Ten Freshman Men and Women will be formally recognized, along with their families, during a ceremony on Sept.13 in the Willard Living Room on the OSU campus, and later in the day during a ceremony at the OSU football game.

UCO to put on stock market game

The University of Central Oklahoma’s Center for Economic Education and the Oklahoma Council on Economic Education (OCEE) will give fourth- through twelfth-graders a unique learning opportunity with the Oklahoma Stock Market Game Program this fall.

Through the program, student teams get a hypothetical amount of money to buy and sell stocks traded on the national exchanges, teaching them about economics, finance and the American economic system.

“Most students will be faced with making financial market related decisions sometime in their lives, so they need to learn good money habits that will empower them to take control of their finances,” said Laurie Burt, operation manager and stock market game coordinator for the OCEE.

“It’s very important for our young people to have the knowledge to make educated decisions about the stock market and how to make their money work for them.”

In the program, students buy, sell and research stock, as well as monitor their regional and statewide rankings via the Internet during a ten-week period.

The Oklahoma Stock Market Game Program correlates with state Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS) requirements, helping to develop skills in math, economics, language arts, social studies and business education, as well as technology, life skills and critical thinking.

Throughout the course of the program, students of all ability levels are provided comprehensive curriculum materials, both print and online, while building and maintaining a stock portfolio.

The competition will run from Sept.15 through Nov. 21.

No-cost team sponsorships are available on a first-come, first-serve basis thanks to the generosity of First Fidelity Bank and Capitol West Securities, Inc.

Participating teams will receive complimentary copies of The Oklahoman, sponsored by Capitol West Securities, Inc.

To register for the Oklahoma Stock Market Game, visit http://www.stockmarketgame.org.

For more information, visit www.econisok.org or contact Burt at (405) 974-5346.