Fall 2021

The Daughters of the American Revolution have posthumously honored Jessie Thatcher Bost, OSU’s first alumna, with the “Women in American History Award.” The award was accepted by Beverly Golden, OSU alumna and Bost’s granddaughter.

The Oklahoma State University Library recently received a federal award for nearly $50,000 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services’ American Rescue Plan grant program. The grant will fund the Library’s oral history project titled “Impressions from the Pandemic: Oklahomans Reflect on COVID-19,” and was one of only five awards made to Oklahoma organizations out of the 390 total awards from this program.

A faculty member’s purchase in 1947 would provide one of the first opportunities to preserve sounds and voices from the college. Thomas Edison developed the phonograph 70 years earlier, but adaptations for the general public had been slow to develop and recording capabilities at OAMC were extremely limited.

The Oklahoma State University Library is partnering with the United States Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior to create the "Tribal Treaties Database." The project was publicly announced Monday at the White House Tribal Nations Summit.

Students at Oklahoma State University have collectively saved more than $500,000 through the OpenOKState Open Educational Resources program.

Dr. Safiya Noble is hosting a virtual lecture and Q&A session that is free and open to the public on Nov. 4. This lecture will explore the topics of race, gender and inequality within commercial digital media platforms.

The United States Constitution means a lot of different things to many different people. Hundreds of thousands of words have been written about it, but this week, the Oklahoma State University Library wanted to hear a person’s thoughts in only six words.

In celebration of Constitution Day on Friday, Sept. 17, the Oklahoma State University Library and the Department of Political Science are hosting a weeklong celebration starting Monday, Sept. 13.

The Center for Oklahoma Studies will host a virtual book talk for “This Land is Herland” on Sept. 15 at 3 p.m.