CAS News

Megan Barth Argo, an artist-in-residence in the Department of Theatre, is the music director for this week's sold-out performances of Oklahoma! She talks about the production as well as her experiences at Oklahoma State University and understanding the importance of quality mentors for aspiring theatre and music professionals.

Eve Ringsmuth spent her early years in a single-parent home, where her mom was determined to provide her with the same opportunities others enjoyed.

“I think she was from that generation where feminism was really coming into its own with more women entering the workforce,” Ringsmuth said. “For example, I remember participating in Take a Girl to Work Day with my mom and a few other people.”

The Oklahoma State University College of Arts and Sciences hosted its annual awards banquet to recognize its outstanding students and awarded 94 scholarships worth $215,000 on April 10 in the Student Union. The honors included the CAS Top 10 Seniors and each department's Outstanding Senior.

During his freshman year of high school in the state of Washington, Joseph Haley took a class in physics. Despite many warnings from friends and mentors about its difficulty, he took the challenge.

“You have to have a really solid math background to get into physics, but that was a moment in my life when it just clicked,” Haley explained. “I took that physics class and just took to it like a duck to water. I’m extremely lucky in the sense that I knew that’s what I wanted to do with the rest of my life.”

The Vietnam War and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial will be key topics of discussion April 19 at the Department of History's speakers forum The Vietnam War: Contested Legacies and Memories.

The free event is scheduled for 3:30-5 p.m. in Room 035 of South Murray Hall on the Stillwater campus and features three military history experts.

Shane Hoffman is famous. If you haven’t heard of “Prof Hoff,” then you probably don’t play MARVEL: Contest of Champions or spend hours watching reviews of Oreos and pizzas.

His YouTube channel has more than 30,000 subscribers and over 11 million views. Hoffman, a 31-year-old New Mexico native and a professor in the School of Media and Strategic Communications, is not your typical college lecturer.

The introduction of the Pokes PodCAS, which will share the best news and stories from the College of Arts and Sciences at Oklahoma State University. This inaugural episode also features an interview with Jamie Rogalski, coordinator of career services, about ways her office is helping students and alumni.

Colton Flynn, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Geography, got the amazing opportunity to go to Ethiopia for nine months to pursue his research thanks to the Fulbright Scholar Program. His research focused on an Ethiopian crop called tef.

“My research works on finding the health of the plant in agricultural fields using satellites. Then using a spectroradiometer we can predict the nutrient content of the plant and the seed in the field. Just by scanning the sun’s reflectance I am able to determine how much nutrient is in the crop or grain,” Flynn said.

After an intensive national search that began last fall, Oklahoma State University has landed on a recommendation for dean of its College of Arts and Sciences. Provost Gary Sandefur announced that Dr. Glen S. Krutz’s nomination will go before the OSU/A&M Board of Regents for approval at its April 26 meeting.