Oklahoma achievers: Heritage Hall alumna receives scholarship; Oklahoma Hall of Fame inductees

UCO HR society given award

The Society for Human Useful resource Administration (SHRM) not too long ago awarded the College of Central Oklahoma Human Useful resource Society the 2021-22 Advantage Award for offering superior progress and growth alternatives to pupil chapter members.

SHRM, is the world’s largest affiliation dedicated to human useful resource administration. The coed chapter advantage award program started in 1972 and was created to encourage pupil chapters to require ongoing excellence within the following areas: pupil chapter necessities; chapter operations; chapter programming {and professional} growth of members; assist of the human useful resource career; and SHRM engagement.

For extra details about the UCO Faculty of Enterprise, go to www.uco.edu/enterprise.

Oklahomans to be inducted into the Corridor of Fame

Eight Oklahomans will likely be inducted into the Oklahoma Corridor of Fame and obtain Oklahoma’s highest honor on the ninety fifth Annual Oklahoma Corridor of Fame induction ceremony 7 p.m. Nov. 17 on the Cox Enterprise Conference Middle in Tulsa.

The Oklahoma Corridor of Fame was based in 1927 with the aim of honoring Oklahomans of their lifetime with the state’s highest honor and educating Oklahoma’s youths on our state’s wealthy historical past.

The 2022 Oklahoma Corridor of Fame honorees are:

• Sue Ann Arnall, of Poteau
• Bob Blackburn, of Oklahoma Metropolis
• Chet Cadieux, of Tulsa
• Patty Gasso, of Norman
• Roger Hardesty, of Tulsa
• Pleasure Harjo, of Tulsa
• Pamela McCauley, of Oklahoma Metropolis
• Leon Russell, of Tulsa

For extra details about this years honorees, ceremony, buying tickets or making a nomination to the Oklahoma Corridor of Fame, contact Brenda Schwartz at 405-523-3209 or bbs@oklahomahof.com.

Heritage Corridor alumna receives scholarship

The Heritage Corridor Alumni Affiliation (HHAA) not too long ago acknowledged Taknesha Hawthorne, Heritage Corridor Class of 2008, as its 2022 Alumni Scholarship recipient.

The scholarship honors an alumnus who has been in larger schooling for a minimum of one semester and exemplifies the tenets of the College’s Charger Code which is to be taught with honor, lead with braveness and serve with compassion.

Hawthorne attended Heritage Corridor from 2000 to 2008. She continued her schooling on the College of Oklahoma, the place she acquired a Bachelor of Science from the Faculty of Nursing. After working as a crucial care cardiac nurse for eight years, Hawthorne was accepted into the Grasp of Science in Cardiovascular Perfusion program at Thomas Jefferson College in Philadelphia.

Award recipients obtain $1,000, and an extra $250 will likely be donated to the charity of their selection. Hawthorne selected HeartGift. This group offers life-saving coronary heart surgical procedures to kids worldwide the place specialised medical remedy is both scarce or nonexistent. 

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