STILLWATER, Oklahoma, May 8 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: "There are few men of the West of my generation who did not know of the pioneer woman in his own mother, and who does not rejoice to know that her part in building that great civilization is to have such beautiful recognition. It was those women who carried the refinement, the moral character and spiritual force into the West. Not only they bore great burdens of daily toil and the rearing of families, but they w  more

ANDERSON, South Carolina, May 9 -- Anderson University issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: Anderson University awarded honorary degrees to two lifelong friends of the University on Saturday, May 4, the second of two Spring Commencement ceremonies to cap the 2023-2024 academic year. The two honorees are nationally significant wildlife artist Sandy Scott, whose sculptures are on display on the Anderson University campus; and the late Irvin Cauthen, a local businessman and philanth  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, May 8 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: The jewel of college baseball, which can be found at the corner of Washington Street and McElroy Road in Stillwater, wouldn't be possible without Cecil O'Brate. The cheering crowds, the concourse concessions with its peanuts and Cracker Jacks, the immaculate grass and the state-of-the-art video board blasting The Gap Band after a Cowboy home run wouldn't exist without O'Brate. Oklahoma State University lost th  more

BUFFALO, New York, May 9 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: More than 240 Western New York elementary school students will receive free dental care while visiting with Billy, the Buffalo Bills mascot, on Tuesday, May 14, at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park. The University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine is partnering with TeamSmile, a Kansas City, Mo.-based nonprofit organization that pairs oral health professionals with professi  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, May 9 -- Husch Blackwell, a law firm, issued the following news release: National law firm Husch Blackwell is pleased to announce that Missouri Lawyers Media has named partner Joseph Orlet to its 2024 POWER list for Business Defense. Based St. Louis, Orlet is a member of the firm's Manufacturing and Technology industry groups. He focuses his practice on toxic tort, product liability, mass tort, and class action matters throughout the United States. In the toxic tort and   more

TOPEKA, Kansas, May 9 -- The Kansas Department of Commerce issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: Kansas Tourism today announced the Barn Adaptation and Restoration Needs (BARN) Grant Program is open for applications. This is the first grant program of its kind for Kansas Tourism. The grant has been created to support and expand agritourism businesses across Kansas through converting underutilized or vacant historic barns into new venues. "Transforming barns through the BARN program  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, May 8 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on May 7, 2024: * * * 24-TRAM-5078-TRA Docket Type: TRA - Transportation Order Docket Description: Transportation Orders Date Filed: 05/07/2024 * * * 24-CONS-3318-CPEN Docket Type: CPEN - Penalty Docket Description: Penalty Order - Culbreath Oil & Gas Company, Inc. Date Filed: 05/07/2024 * * * 24-CONS-3319-CPEN Docket Type: CPEN - Penalty Docket Description: Penalty Order - Zeiders Bros. Oil   more

SALINA, Kansas, May 9 -- Kansas Wesleyan University issued the following news release: Kansas Wesleyan University has won the KCAC Commissioner's Cup for the 2023-24 academic year, the conference office announced Tuesday. This marks the fourth time the Coyotes have taken home the KCAC Commissioner's Cup in the award's history (dating back to the 2012-13 academic year), and the fourth time in the past five years that Kansas Wesleyan has earned this honor. "This is a victory achieved by so many  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, May 8 -- The Kansas Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The Kansas Department of Transportation announces approved bids for state highway construction and maintenance projects. The letting took place April 17, 2024, in Topeka. Some of the bids may include multiple projects that have been bundled based on proximity and type of work. District One -- Northeast Douglas - 23 TE-0517-01 - Church Street, from 20th to 15th Street, pedestrian and bicycle pat  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 9 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Each year, the LSU Alumni Association and the LSU Pinkie Gordon Lane Graduate School recognize two LSU doctoral students whose research and writing demonstrate superior scholarship. * * * LSU Alumni Association 2024 Distinguished Dissertation Award in Science, Engineering and Technology The LSU Alumni Association 2024 Distinguished Dissertation Award in Science, Engineering and Technology is awarde  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, May 8 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: The Innovation Foundation at Oklahoma State University has released a vision plan for a reimagined, 678-acre collaborative research park in southwest Stillwater that has the potential to ignite transformational collaborations and revolutionize the innovation landscape in Oklahoma. Alongside Highway 51 in Stillwater, Innovation Park will be adjacent to the OSU Student Farm, Botanic Garden and the Ferguson Colleg  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, May 9 -- USA Softball issued the following news: The Phillips 66 Big 12 Softball Championship is set to be the first official event at the newly announced, Devon Park. The 10-team single elimination tournament is a new format adapted by the Big 12 and will begin Wednesday, May 8 and run through Saturday, May 11. All games will be played in the stadium on OGE Energy Field. Click here for the full tournament page with schedule, tickets, and more information (https://big1  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, May 8 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: Attorney General Alan Wilson led a 24-state coalition in a letter to Congressional leadership, urging Congress to permanently cut all funding to the terrorist-embedded United Nations Relief and Works Agency ("UNRWA"). On October 7, 2023, dozens of UNRWA staff participated in the largest attack on the Jewish community since the Holocaust. UNRWA's ties to terrorism are not just the work of a  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, May 8 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: State of Orange: A Day of Cowboy Service offered an opportunity for Cowboys to serve at more than 350 locations nationwide, including in Stillwater and nearly every county in Oklahoma. "Today is all about living the Cowboy Code, doing what's right, giving it our all," said President Kayse Shrum at the event's kickoff event in Stillwater. "Today, we're dreaming big about making a difference." Events were facili  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, May 8 -- The University of North Carolina Greensboro campus issued the following news: Story by Avery Craine Powell Since graduating from UNC Greensboro in 2016, former Spartan baseball player Keaton Haack '16 has been able to keep his love of the game in a successful career. Haack, who earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from the Bryan School of Business and Economics, is now an account executive for corporate sponsorships with the Durham Bulls.   more

NORMAN, Oklahoma, May 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news release: * * * The study offers solutions that would benefit both the plastic and petroleum refinery industries. * * * A recent study, led by University of Oklahoma researcher Hanping Ding, Ph.D., has revealed a new way to convert methane into hydrogen and benzene, a finding that could reduce carbon emissions produced during chemical manufacturing. The article in Nature Communications examines a new cata  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 9 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on May 8, 2024: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a letter to U.S. Congressional leaders, calling on the federal legislative branch to "stop funding United Nations Relief and Works Agency." The letter, which was led by the States of Iowa and South Carolina, issues its demand over the agency's continued and troubling ties to the terror organization Hamas. This letter, sent on May 7, follows a simila  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 9 -- Western Governors University-Utah issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: Western Governors University's (WGU) Michael O. Leavitt School of Health (LSH) today opened a new nursing simulation and learning laboratory in Kansas City, Missouri, that will provide high-quality, clinical nursing education to students from Missouri, Kansas, and Iowa. The lab is part of WGU's efforts to address the nursing shortage crisis in the United States by expanding access  more