RSU Public TV welcomes “Weird Al” Yankovic on his return to Tulsa to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the production of his feature film, UHF. Shot in Tulsa during the summer of 1988 and released in 1989, the story of a daydreaming slacker who saves a small television station with his quirky programming has become… Read more »
New RSU Innovation Center Client Provides Online Hub for Claremore
A new tenant at the Innovation Center at Rogers State University has created an online community to serve as a hub for positive stories and insights about the Claremore community. Operated by the brother and sister team of Amy Gordon and Robert Melton, MoreClaremore.com serves as a centralized location for community information, events and websites…. Read more »
RSU Radio and Gary “Turbo” Webb Win ABOT Awards
RSU Radio on Tuesday won two top awards in Urban Tulsa Weekly’s annual Absolute Best of Tulsa contest, including Best Station for Music and Favorite Radio Personality. RSU Radio was heralded as the reader’s choice for Best Radio Station for Music, beating out two big-name commercial competitors in 104.5 The Edge and 97.5 KMOD. The underdog win… Read more »
RSU Grad Squeezes Ambulance Through Window, Provides EMS Department with New Tool
As Rogers State University student Kenneth Brull watched half of an ambulance dangle from the shovel of a backhoe in June, he couldn’t help but feel a little nervous. After all, squeezing the 3,000-pound ambulance through a window in the Health Sciences building was his idea. For years, completing vital in-ambulance training had been an… Read more »
RSU Dean Offers One of Oklahoma’s First Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC)
A Rogers State University dean has developed a sociology course that will be offered as one of the state’s first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), which allows large numbers of people to participate in a non-credit class. Dr. Frank Elwell, dean of RSU’s School of Liberal Arts and professor of sociology, has spent the past… Read more »