OU OUTREACH NEWS

Southwest Prevention Center staff and local community members were thrilled to represent the Community Alliance of Resources for Everyone (CARE Coalition) for being honored with the prestigious 2024 Major General Arthur T. Dean Chairman’s Award at the Community Based, Advacacy Forcused, Data Driven, Coalition Building, Association (CADCA) National Leadership Forum in Washington DC this week.

We are thrilled to share the highlights from our recent event, "Outreach in the Age of AI: Navigating and Adapting to a New Educational Landscape," held on February 19, 2024, at the Thurman J. White Forum Building. At the heart of our event was the visionary leadership of Dr. Belinda Biscoe, Senior Associate Vice- President for University Outreach/CCE. This dynamic gathering brought together nearly 500 staff members (in-person and virtually) from across the College for a day of learning, collaboration, and inspiration.

KGOU Radio has announced its lineup of students who will be learning at the station this semester. Three Gaylord College journalism students – Julia Roberts, Spencer Plato, and Peyton Ferguson – are enrolled in KGOU’s Practicum class. Practicum provides individual instruction to OU students in a real-world environment at the top-rated NPR station in the Oklahoma City radio market. KGOU staff members teach Practicum students about news reporting, announcing, audio editing, operations, promotions, public relations, and the methods used by professionals in public service media.

Dear Colleagues,

We’re honored to announce the release of Native and Strong Lifeline: The Nation’s First 988 Crisis Line for Indigenous People<https://sprc.org/news/native-and-strong-lifeline/>. This success story features the first-ever 988 crisis line for Indigenous callers, run by the Volunteers of America Western Washington.

During its May meeting, the Oklahoma State Board of Education approved CECPD’s Early Learning Quick Assessment (ELQA) for statewide use as a kindergarten literacy readiness screening instrument.  School districts may now use Reading Sufficiency Act (RSA) funds to purchase the ELQA.

The University of Oklahoma Outreach has received a grant of up to $900,000 from Oklahoma Human Services through the Center for Public Management (CPM) in the College of Continuing Education. This funding is part of the State of Oklahoma's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF.) block grant.

OU.r Voice is a student group that advocates for mental health awareness and stigma reduction for OU and the Norman community.  ETEAM’s Clifford Sipes is the OU staff facilitator/advisor.  OU.r Voice is getting attention from students and staff because of its mission and activities. 

The bioscience, aviation, aerospace and energy industries have a large presence in Oklahoma, causing highly sensitive information to exchange hands every day and creating a need for highly skilled cybersecurity and coding professionals. The University of Oklahoma, in partnership with Fullstack Academy, is working to fill the state’s skills gap in these areas through a series of online bootcamps offered through OU Outreach/College of Continuing Education