Rose State College News
Rose State College Spring 2010 Great Issues Lecture Series
February 24 Ms. Sherry Alexander, Empower Program, Rose State College -
What Are They Thinking? Poverty as Cultural Paradigm
March 10 Ms. Gena Timberman, Executive Director of the Native American Cultural and Educational Authority of Oklahoma - Affluence Issues in Oklahoma’s Native American Culture
March 24 Professor Daniel Ratcliff, Rose State College Director of Environmental Science/Technology Program - Global Warming and Global Affluence
April 7 Mr. Steve Burrage, CPA, Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector -
The Federal Stimulus in Oklahoma
All lectures are held from 3:00 –4:00 p.m.
on Wednesdays in
The Rose State College Lecture Hall
and are funded by
The Don Reynolds Lectureship Endowment
New Health Sciences Center Opens at Rose State College
More than 400 students from a variety of health-related majors can attend classes in a new, state-of-the-art Health Sciences Center at the Rose State College Campus beginning this semester.
The new facility, designed by The Benham Companies of Oklahoma City and constructed by Atlas General Contractors of Bixby, is located on the campus of Rose State College in Midwest City, near the intersection of Interstate 40 and Hudiburg Drive. The approximately 44,000 square-foot, single-story building is designed for teaching and training students in the provision of health services using the latest technology.
Health care students from Rose State spend thousands of hours per semester in area hospitals, clinics and other health facilities as part of their clinical education experience, helping alleviate the shortage of providers in central Oklahoma’s health care infrastructure, said Rose State President Dr. Terry Britton.
“Oklahoma alone faces a shortage of thousands of health care workers in the coming decade, and this new facility will provide badly-needed capacity for better health care education,” said President Britton.
The project was made possible by the 2005 Oklahoma Higher Education Capitol Bond Issue.
Rose State College Cybersecurity Garners Grant to Create Mobile Device and Virtualization Capabilities
Rose State College’s cyber security program is the recipient of a $125,000 National Science Foundation grant to upgrade its program with mobile device access and “virtual computers”—a system that creates images of computers on different servers and allows students to work on them from different locations.
The system will allow students to replicate the kinds of server environments and situations exploited by hackers— against whom the students are learning to protect.
Recent reports of hacker attacks on national banking institutions, and the appointment of a White House cyber security coordinator by President Barack Obama underscore the need for constant improvement in the cyber security discipline, said Rose State cyber security program director Ken Dewey.
“Virtualization will allow Rose State and all CSEC participants access to multiple servers serving virtual images of computer systems of all types from Windows to Unix/Linux,” said Professor Dewey. “This will also allow students to access these systems from their home networks, allowing for expanded distance learning opportunities.”
The NSF awarded the grant to Rose State through the University of Tulsa. Both TU and Rose State College are part of a statewide consortium of colleges and universities called the Cyber Security Education Consortium, or CSEC. The virtualization grant is part of a $2.7 million three-year Advanced Technological Education grant awarded the NSF to help reverse the outsourcing and off shoring of high-tech jobs.
Rose State College is the only community college in the country that offers all six levels of federal cyber security certification.
Rose State College Expands Free Tuition Program
Hundreds more high school students will be able to attend classes tuition-free at Rose State College due to the expansion of a popular benefit.
The benefit, called “Ticket to Rose”, already allows students graduating from three area high schools to attend Rose State College without having to pay tuition.
Now, graduates of Choctaw High School in eastern Oklahoma County will join students from Midwest City, Del City and Carl Albert high schools in the program. The Rose State Board voted to expand the program at a recent meeting since the Choctaw District and the Rose State College Technical Area Education District overlap significantly.
“It is a fulfilling and important mission for Rose State to extend a helping hand to students in need of a solid college education,” said Rose State College president Dr. Terry Britton. “Expanding that mission allows us to better serve our community.”
Students who wish to enroll through Ticket to Rose must graduate high school with a 2.5-weighted grade-point average, must complete the Free Application For Student Aid (FAFSA) and enroll in at least 6 credit hours at Rose State College.
“We know that every year there are students who would love to get a college education and can’t, for various reasons. This gives every student at Choctaw who meets the qualifying standards—which are very fair—the chance to get a degree,” said Choctaw High School superintendent Jim McCharen. “We just think it’s an amazing opportunity for the students.”
“We are excited that students who in the past who have not been able to attend college, to whom financial reasons were a barrier, that those are no longer a barrier. We know our students will take advantage of it and we are looking forward to more and more students going to college,” said Choctaw principal Donny Black. “It’s a win-win for everyone.”
Choctaw graduates more than 300 seniors each year, most of whom would be eligible for the Ticket to Rose program.
Mid-Del schools superintendent Bill Scoggan said Ticket to Rose has grown very valuable to his district’s graduates, especially in the recent economic downturn.
“A lot of our strong students are taking advantage of this program, simply because of the financial conditions,” said Scoggan. “Some real solid kids who plan to go to OU or OSU are saying, ‘You know, I think I’m going to take my first two years at Rose.’ They get a real solid education.”
Figures at Rose State College show that first-time student enrollment increased by approximately 20 percent this year.
For more information about Ticket to Rose, call the Student Welcome Center at (405) 733-7372.
Cutline:
Rose State College President Dr. Terry Britton (second from left) presents a symbolic Ticket to Rose to Choctaw High School superintendent Jim McCharen (far left) and Choctaw principal Donny Black (center). They were joined by Tracy Mosley (second from right), executive vice president, Choctaw Chamber of Commerce, and Mid-Del Schools superintendent Bill Scoggan.
Rose State College Offers “Weekend College” to Tinker Employees
Tinker Employees can finish their college degree on weekends with a new program at Rose State College. Orientation begins January 7.
Tinker employees who undertook the Supervisors' Training Program (STP) and the Employee Leadership Program (ELP) received up to 15 credit hours of the 60-62 hours needed for a degree from Rose State—giving them a head start, said Stan Greil, Vice President for Workforce Development.
“Getting a degree is an important step in any career. We’ve put together this program to help Tinker employees especially finish what they’ve started,” Greil said.
The college offers three ways to earn the degree: Traditional Classes (8 & 16 wk courses), Fast Track (Fri night and Saturday; 4 weekends for 3 credit hours), and online classes (4, 8 & 16 wk classes), or any combination of the above.
These classes help Tinker employees by:
* Custom-fitting in with a busy lifestyle.
* Providing a location close to home, work or play—campus is just off Hudiburg Drive and Interstate 40.
* Providing free parking, internet and coffee.
*Kicking off the semester with free orientation classes beginning January 7.
Rose State offers 11 Tinker-specific courses to choose from either in classroom or online. For more information call 405-733-7488 or visit www.weekendcollege.eventbrite.com. Registration is free and easy.
Inventive Students Needed!
Oklahoma students with a bent toward the innovative need to participate in the 21st Annual Invention Convention at Rose State College Communication Center, February 23, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Applications are being accepted from teachers and parents for young inventors to compete in five invention categories, grades 3-10.
Students are asked to build inventions useful to society, said Rose State College Regent Betty J.C. Wright, Invention Convention coordinator. Students from all educational backgrounds may enter, Wright said.
“Parochial, public schooled, home schooled—we have them all,” Wright said. “We like to help students release their creativity and come through with inventions to serve society.”
Entries will be judged by volunteers from Tinker Air Force Base, patent officers and by patent attorneys.
For entry forms or for more information, call 405-670-3131 or email rwright20@cox.net. Deadline for entries is Feb. 23rd.
Rose State College Offers Paralegal Courses at Norick Library
Rose State College is offering paralegal studies courses downtown in the heart of the legal community. The courses will be offered at the OKC Downtown College, located on the 4th floor of the Norick Library, 300 Park Avenue. Classes will meet Mondays and Wednesdays at 4:30 pm beginning August 24th.
The Rose State College’s Paralegal Studies Program was the first in Oklahoma and has been approved by the American Bar Association since 1976. Paralegals perform a wide variety of professional duties and tasks specifically delegated by an attorney.
For additional information, or to inquire about admissions and enrollment, please email Jimmie Sue Baker at jbaker@downtowncollege.com, or call 232-3382. Downtown College’s website at www.downtowncollege.com contains a complete listing of all available classes.
|
