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Oklahoma State University’s commencement ceremonies returned indoors Saturday for the first time in two years as Chancellor Allison Garrett of the State’s Regents for Higher Education delivered the keynote address. OSU President Kayse Shrum presided over her first graduation, making the 143rd commencement the first all-female-led ceremony in OSU’s history.

President Kayse Shrum last walked across the stage in 1998 and now she will be the one giving out the degrees. Dr. Shrum, who became Oklahoma State University’s president on July 1, has already accomplished a number of firsts in her role, but on Dec. 10 and Dec. 11, she will preside over her first commencement ceremonies.

Lou Watkins’ connections to Oklahoma State University run deep. She is a two-time graduate of the university, past member and chair of the Oklahoma A&M Board of Regents and even met her husband of 57 years, former state senator and U.S. Rep. Wes Watkins, at the OSU library. Most recently, Watkins was inducted into the 2021 OSU College of Education and Human Sciences Hall of Fame, the highest honor bestowed by the college. The recognition celebrates her lifelong commitment to empowering oth...

As one of only three legacy Pistol Pete’s in more than 60 years, Parker Wilson, Spears Business Master of Business Administration student and Department of Finance alumni, is following in his father’s bootsteps.

The Spears School of Business at OSU welcomes Cohort X to the Ph.D. in Business for Executives program.

Oklahoma State University and the Spears School of Business awarded veteran John Delbert “J.D.” Starrett III a posthumous degree recently, more than 50 years

Oklahoma State University announced graduates will get an in-person outdoor commencement ceremony this spring. The university said they plan to host ceremonies on May 7-8 at Boone Pickens Stadium. They said the ceremonies will be for students graduating in spring and summer 2021 and will invite the class of 2020 graduates “as capacity allows.” OSU said many COVID protocols will be in place, including required masks and socially distanced seating. The university said each student can receive...

Dursun Delen Dr. Dursun Delen is an internationally renowned expert in business analytics, data science, and machine learning. He is often invited to national and international conferences to deliver keynote presentations on topics related to data/text mining, business intelligence, decision support systems, business analytics, data science, and knowledge management. Prior to his appointment as a professor at Oklahoma State University in 2001, Dr. Delen worked for industry for more than 10 year...

By: Brian Mueller It’s a message that never gets old.  “Unity, working together, and that’s what Dr. Martin Luther King stood for," said Calvin Miller, pastor at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Stillwater. And that’s what the group walked for on Monday. Stillwater Community United didn’t want to miss a step in their annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day march but knew they would have to make some adjustments.  “It came to me like, with a relay race, why don’t we have a relay ...

To VA Secretary Nominee Denis McDonough: Heres How We Fix the Broken VA In this March 31, 2015, file photo, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center is shown in Portland, Oregon. (AP Photo/Don Ryan) 13 Jan 2021 Military.com | By Brian Reese Brian Reese is a leading expert on and advocate for U.S. veterans benefits. A former active-duty Air Force officer, he deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduri...