Recent News 
SIS Student Athlete Ryan Vail Receives NCAA Division I Academic Honors
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Ryan Vail, School of International Studies graduate student from Gresham,
Oregon, was just named to the NCAA Division I All-Academic team for men’s Cross
Country. In addition to Ryan, the entire OSU men’s and women’s teams are being
recognized as 2007 NCAA Division I All-Academic teams. Ryan began the Graduate
Program this spring and anticipates completing his master’s degree in May of
2009 with a focus area in International Business and Economic Relations. For
more information about the sports teams’ honors please visit the
OSU Cross Country homepage.
Ryan Vail. SIS Graduate Student from Gresham, Oregon.
SIS’s Study Abroad Office Garners Front Page News on the OSU Website
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Word is spreading about the successful activities of the OSU Study Abroad Office.
Since OSU Interim President and Provost Marlene Strathe launched an initiative to
significantly increase the international experience of OSU’s graduates, the
Study Abroad Office, part of the
School of International Studies, has been
working non-stop to advise and help students who are becoming more and more aware
of the office’s services. Currently, Study Abroad has been allocated $120,000 in
scholarships to provide incentives to get students to travel the world to study.
Visit the OSU home page for the full article.
To learn more about the Study Abroad Office,
please visit its website.
Several SIS students, taking advantage of the Study Abroad scholarships, were among those who traveled
to China and Tibet to study agriculture last summer. Here, they are standing in
a bamboo forest in a remote area of China.
Students from the School of International Studies Enjoy a Country/Western Cultural Night
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Approximately fifty students in SIS’s Graduate Program came to the Wes Watkins Center
Thursday Feb 7th to participate in a Country/Western Cultural Night dinner. The
School’s Student Association of Global Affairs (SAGA) and its advisor Kathleen Kelsey
cooked steak dinners for all of the attendees for a low cost per plate. Once everyone
was “stuffed to the hilt,” they were given the opportunity to burn off the calories!
Lance and Hanna, who teach Country/Western Dance Lessons at the Colvin Center, were
on hand to give everyone lessons on the Polka and Two-Step dances. SAGA hosts a
cultural dinner every month, featuring different foods and cultural experiences
from around the world. They provide the food, typically around $5 per plate, so
all people have to do is sign up! For upcoming cultural dinners, you can go to the
OSU International Gateway Page’s Upcoming Events Section, or contact Janet Herren
at janet.herren@okstate.edu.
SIS Students whirl around the room as they try to stay with their partners but keep their steps (and spins) to the music!
Students from the School of International Studies Attend Event Featuring Vicente Fox, Former President of Mexico
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Twenty students in the SIS Graduate Program took time from their busy schedules to
travel to Oklahoma City to hear Vicente Fox, former President of Mexico, Tuesday,
February 5th. Fox was the speaker for OSU's Spears School of Business' Oklahoma
City Management Briefing Series. Fox also spoke for the Spears School's Tulsa Business
Forum Series in the afternoon. The School of International Studies helped sponsor
each of the events. In addition to speaking, Mr. Fox was also inducted as the 17th
Henry G. Bennett Distinguished Fellow for the School of International Studies.
SIS students gathered in the foyer of Oklahoma City's Civic Center for a group picture.
OSU’s College of Agriculture Sciences and Natural Resources Returns from Mali Completing the MOU with OSU
Thursday, December 13, 2007
CASNR representatives recently returned from Mali after a two week stay for the third and final phase of the grant with the Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The focus of their trip was to meet specifically with the participants who spent five weeks in Oklahoma during the grant's second phase. This is the follow-up activity to continue to assist these media professionals in their professional growth and development. While in Mali, Drs. Dwayne Cartmell, Cindy Blackwell, Craig Edwards and Ed Miller completed the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding at the University of Bamako. A delegation from Mali was at OSU in September to begin the MOU signing process. The group on this recent trip to Mali also included Dustin Mielke, Oklahoma Farm Bureau; Rachel Hubbard, KOSU; Dr. Jim Hynes, Sam Houston State University; and Dr. Marty Frick, South Dakota State University. The time in Mali also included visits to agricultural regions of the country and to Tombouctou (Timbuktu). The group returned to Stillwater December 13.
Pictured are children with members of OSU’s delegation that visited Mali in March during the first phase of the grant.
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