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2008
August
Show Features Students Getting Head Start On College
Beginning Aug. 24 Oklahoma Horizon, a weekly show produced by the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, will begin airing a story on Oklahoma students earning college credit at technology centers.Two CareerTech Leaders Earn Prestigious Arch Alexander Award
Bruce DeMuth and Freelin Roberts received the Arch Alexander Award during the 41st Annual Career and Technology education Summer Conference.Tri County Tech Leaders Receive CareerTech’s Highest Honors
Tri County Technology Center Superintendent Anita Risner and Marketing and Public Information Director Tiffany Bruce have received Oklahoma CareerTech’s top awards.CareerTech Recognizes State Leaders with Distinguished Service Award
The Samuel Noble Foundation, Sen. Susan Paddack and House Speaker Chris Benge received the Oklahoma Association of Career and Technology Education Distinguished Service Award at the 41st Annual CareerTech Summer Conference.Lieutenant Governor Askins Promotes Enhanced STEM Education through ‘Real World Design Challenge’ Partnership
Lieutenant Governor Jari Askins announced on Tuesday the Real World Design Challenge, a partnership that will significantly boost science, technology, engineering and mathematics education (STEM) in Oklahoma.
June
Diverse Business Audience Expected for Indian Country Business Summit 2008
Business owners and managers will meet in Tulsa, Oklahoma Aug. 25 - 26 to network and learn about teaming for success in tribal, federal and other government markets.Trevor Hardway Champions CareerTech Around the World
In the early 90s, Oklahoma’s CareerTech education taught Trevor Hardway how to work with his hands and with people—skills that would take him around the world.CareerTech Impacts Life of Truman Scholar Cortney Timmons
Cortney Timmons’ passion for agriculture since her 4-H and early FFA days in the eighth grade led her to major in Biosystems and Agriculture Engineering at Oklahoma State University.Oklahoma FCCLA Surpasses Goal to Feed the Children
Raising enough money to fill two semitrailers with food for the national FCCLA Feed the Children Campaign was the Oklahoma FCCLA goal. After all was said and done, $24,340 was raised filling three semitrailers – enough food for a total of 1,200 families of four. *Photo gallery included
May
Recent “American Idol” Contestant Rooted in FCCLA
With a worldwide fan base and skills gained from his FCCLA experiences, Kyle Ensley’s road to success is wide open.Oklahoma BPA Brings Home Two National Presidents, Top Awards
Oklahoma CareerTech’s Business Professionals of America came on strong, bringing national recognition to the state at the recent Oklahoma 2008 BPA National Leadership Conference held in Reno, Nevada. Some 6,000 students and the professionals who educate and mentor them attended the three-day event.Cyber Security Invitational Competition Brings State CareerTech IT Students to OSU Institute of Technology
The Fourth Annual Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology Cyber Security Invitational Competition was held recently to test the cyber security skills of students studying computer and network protection at Oklahoma’s Career Technology Centers.
April
Charley Silkwood Named CareerTech Champion
From a hometown with a population less than 500 to a company with 13 locations in the U.S. and one in Canada, one 20-year-old welder is determined to do more than succeed financially; he wants to give something back.Roger Thompson is Focusing on the Bigger Picture
Roger Thompson is living the essence of his favorite quote by Napoleon Hill. “Most people have attained their greatest success, just one step beyond their greatest failure.”Nicole Hoffman Named CareerTech Champion
Nicole Hoffman admits to being “a bit of a stubborn kid.”After too many missed days from high school, she was expelled. Ironically, in just a matter of a few years-and CareerTech training-she was invited back to cater a special event at her former high school.
March
Oklahomans “Making It Work” Honored at Capitol
The Oklahoma Career and Technical Educators Equity Council will honor 22 students, educators, businesses and community partners at the 7th Annual “Making It Work Day at the Capitol.” The event will take place in the Oklahoma State Capitol Blue Room on April 2 at 10 a.m.
Conference Highlights Filling Workforce Gap
The Oklahoma Association of Minorities in Career and Technology Education on April 10 will host the 7th Annual Leadership Conference, Kaleidoscope:Twisting Lenses, Seeing Changes. The event will be held at the Moore Norman Technology Center South Penn Campus.
February
FIRST Robotics To Hold First Annual Oklahoma Regional
For the first time in nine years, Oklahoma FIRST Robotics teams will travel to Oklahoma City for regional competition held on March 20-22 at the Cox Convention Center.CareerTech Student Organizations Spring Forward to Conferences
While most people are gearing up for spring cleaning, Oklahoma students involved in CareerTech student organizations are preparing for spring conferences.Bixby High School Wins CareerTech LifeSmarts Financial Literacy Game
Just how financially literate are Oklahoma high school students?To find the answer, teams of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America from across the state were pitted, for the third year, against one another in the game of LifeSmarts.
2007
December
Oklahoma FCCLA Feeds The Children
Family Career and Community Leaders of America members are gearing up for a new outreach project with Feed the Children’s Truck Sponsorship Program. The Oklahoma FCCLA organization has set a goal to sponsor two Feed the Children trucks.FCCLA Focuses On 'The Student Body'
Oklahoma Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America members recently participated in Chapters in Action. The event was held at the Reed Conference Center in Midwest City with close to 200 Oklahoma FCCLA members learning more about the 2008 National FCCLA project, “The Student Body.”
November
CareerTech Agency Receives Spirit of the Family Award
The Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education was recognized recently with a Spirit of the Family Award by Smart Start Payne County.Tennessee Educators Visit Oklahoma’s Career and Technology Education System
A delegation of educators and leaders from Tennessee recently visited Oklahoma to see first-hand what they called a "model" CareerTech system to help them update and improve offerings for students in their state.
October
Organizations Preparing Students For Work In Nanotechnology
Before 2010, the market for nanotechnology products and services is estimated to reach $1 trillion in the U.S. economy and will require from 800,000 to two million new workers. Most of these workers will need at least two-year postsecondary degrees.CareerTech To Train Volunteer Firefighters
The Oklahoma legislature provided the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education with $400,000 and the responsibility to develop a training program for volunteer firefighters across the state.Oklahoma CareerTech Hall of Fame Inductees Honored
Five Oklahomans will be inducted into the Oklahoma Career and Technology Education Hall of Fame at a reception and banquet in their honor. The event will be held on Oct. 29 at the Conoco-Phillips OSU Alumni Center in Stillwater.Helping Hands Extend To Disabled Oklahomans
Oklahoma ABLE Tech is partnering with the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education in Stillwater. The partnership is designed to provide an additional location for people with disabilities to try out or check out assistive technology.
September
“Energy at Work” Seminars Offered for State Teachers
With the pending retirement of those from the BabyBoomer generation, the Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration industry is experiencing a shortage of skilled, service professional.
August
Diverse Business Audience Expected for Indian Country Business Summit 2007
Business owners and managers will meet in Oklahoma City Sept. 10 - 11 to network and learn about teaming for success in tribal, federal and other government markets.OK CareerTech Keeping Pace with Construction Specialty Trades
Projections show Oklahoma’s specialty trades construction industry in the top 20 growth industries through 2014, which continues employer challenges to find a skilled labor workforce.
May
CareerTech Embraces New Energy, Cost-Saving Construction Technology
Oklahoma CareerTech construction programs will be training with a new “greenbuild” technology donated by Greenblock Worldwide that not only saves money while helping the environment, it may help save homes from a variety of disasters.Oklahoman students succeed in BPA National Leadership Conference
The national chapter of Business Professionals of America selected a new roster of officers with a healthy dose of Oklahomans during its National Leadership Conference, May 9-13.OCU Meinders School of Business Offers $2 Million for CareerTech Scholars
The Meinders School of Business at Oklahoma City University is once again showing its commitment to CareerTech programs and related student organizations across the state to the tune of nearly $2 million worth of scholarship offerings to spring competition winners.
April
Mabel Bassett graduate showcases success on “Extreme Makeover”
Armed with new skills in the electrical trades, Carolyn Kent is getting a second chance at life after release from Mabel Bassett Correctional Center.Former DECA member uses motivation to change lives
After being abandoned at birth by his 17-year-old mother at an Oklahoma City hospital, Josh Shipp went through years of abuse. For 14 years Shipp was in and out of about 10 foster and group homes where he was neglected, mistreated and felt worthless because no one wanted him.Those ‘Making It Work’ Are Recognized
Outstanding students, leaders and community partners were recognized for their dedication, service and commitment to help remove barriers to families in poverty at “Making It Work Day” at the State Capitol.
March
CareerTech Student Leaders Learn at State Capitol
Students involved in leadership training programs at Oklahoma technology centers will be at the State Capitol on Wednesday to participate in CareerTech Student Leadership Day at the Capitol. Visits with legislators, student networking and tours of the Capitol are on the agenda for the day, as well as observing the legislative process from the House and Senate galleries.
February
Students To Showcase Programs At Event
CareerTech s tudents and faculty involved with Family and Consumer Sciences Education on Feb. 14 will showcase their diverse programs to state leaders at the State CapitolYukon High School’s $100,000 kitchen opens
Yukon High School students are cooking gourmet meals in a new $100,000 commercial grade kitchen. $60,000 was donated by a partnership with industry while Yukon’s school board and administration put $40,000 into the remodeling and electricity for the new kitchen.Oklahoma Bid Assistance Network celebrates 20th Anniversary
Last year Oklahoma companies received more than $442 million in contracts and 7,844 jobs in Oklahoma were secured or retained with help from the Oklahoma Bid Assistance Network. This is a return on investment of $308 to $1.Oklahoma CareerTech Pilots First ‘Technology Centers That Work’ Initiative
Oklahoma broke ground in January with a first-of-its-kind school improvement initiative in technology centers. Technology Centers That Work, developed by the Southern Regional Board of Education, will be piloted at nine technology center sites.DECA Members Surpass World Record at Hornets Game
DECA members surpassed the world record Jan. 16, for the most people wearing Groucho Marx glasses at one time. The event was held at a Hornets’ game for the fund-raiser, DECA Goes Groucho Against Cancer.LifeSmarts Competition Held
Six high schools competed at the state LifeSmarts competition. Family Career and Community Leaders of America sponsors the LifeSmarts program.Study Reveals CareerTech Students' Lifetime Wage Gains
A study revealed students who complete full-time programs in technology centers could expect to earn significantly more than those with no education beyond high school and contribute more than $2 billion of additional income earned.Program Trains Business and Industry Coordinators
More than 400 technology center business and industry coordinators, have completed the Business and Industry Services Certification Program (BISCP) during the past 12 years.
January
Greenblock Donates to CareerTech Construction Programs
Greenblock Worldwide, a manufacturer of Insulating Concrete Forms is donating more than $25,000 of forms and associated tools and materials to technology centers throughout the state to be used in the construction trades programs.CareerTech Testing Validates Hiring Decisions, Impacts Bottom Line
While test taking may not be on the top 10 “favorites” list for students, every year thousands of Oklahoma CareerTech graduates apply lessons learned and earn credentials for skills through competency testing and assessments.Oklahoma FIRST Robotics Kicks Off
On Jan. 6, 12 teams of Oklahoma high schoolers, some aspiring to be engineers, will learn the rules for an international Robotics competition.