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Numerous Cameron University degree programs that can be completed entirely online have earned placement in U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 Best Online Rankings.

Potts Family Foundation is thrilled to announce two groundbreaking partnerships to enhance the organization’s impact on the lives of young children in Oklahoma. The partnerships demonstrate the value of collaboration and bring together early childhood leaders in a shared mission to inspire innovation and leadership in Oklahoma.

Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU) and Rose State College solidified a partnership aimed at expanding student opportunities in Music, Business, and Baccalaureate Track Nursing. The agreement was signed at Rose State College on Monday, Feb. 12, 2024.

It’s not another gala. It’s not a ball. It’s the first-ever Shamrock Shindig and it will be held at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City on Thursday, March 14, 2024. This is not your typical event or fundraiser. The purpose of the evening is to honor the 2024 Grand Marshal of the Oklahoma City St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Anita La Cava Swift, the oldest of John Wayne’s 27 grandchildren. The evening’s proceeds will benefit the Center of Family Love in Okarche and the Toby Keith Foundation’s OK Kids Korral in Oklahoma City. The latter organization was selected by Ms. Swift and the John Wayne Cancer Foundation for the services it provides to pediatric cancer patients and their families in Oklahoma.

DEAR PAW’S CORNER: My dog Trey is a 3-year-old mixed breed, mostly Lab, who pulls at his leash every time we go out for a walk. I don’t want to use a choke collar, because it seems painful and counterproductive to punish him every time he tries to pull ahead.

The University of Central Oklahoma was designated a Purple Heart University by the Military Order of the Purple Heart Monday, Feb. 19, in a ceremony held on UCO’s campus. Central was awarded this honor for its longstanding commitment to serving militaryconnected faculty, staff and students, specifically those who were wounded in combat.

OU Medicine Inc. d/b/a OU Health (“OU Health”), paid $140,000 to settle civil penalty claims stemming from allegations it violated the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (“Act”) and its regulations, announced United States Attorney Robert J. Troester.

February is National Children’s Dental Health month. It might be tempting to put routine health check-ups on the back burner but neglecting those check-ups could put you at risk for more health problems down the road.