Fall 2017, Volume 13, No. 1 • statemagazine.okstate.edu
Welcome to the Fall 2017 issue of STATE magazine, your source of information from the OSU Alumni Association, the OSU Foundation and University Marketing. On the cover, Miss Oklahoma Triana Browne-Hearrell returned to Stillwater to share how she is preparing for the Miss America competition. Preliminary contests begin September 6 with the final night broadcast live on ABC at 8 p.m. CST on September 10. Read about how this track and field student-athlete and OSU graduate is bridging cultural divides one conversation at a time. (Cover photography by Phil Shockley)
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From track shoes to stilettos, Miss Oklahoma Triana Browne-Hearrell is running a new race as she steps out of her comfort zone to compete for the Miss America crown. The OSU alumna was featured in The Cowboy Way in the Spring 2016 edition of STATE magazine when she was the reigning Miss OSU. During her senior season on the Cowgirl track team, she blossomed in the heptathlon at the Big 12 finals. Read more about how she is “not afraid to step into the unknown” in our cover story on page 34. S PE CI A L S E C TION
Flavors of Stillwater The culinary landscape of Stillwater is transforming with the Robert M. Kerr Food and Agricultural Products Center and the Riata Center for Entrepreneurship helping ideas become reality. The FAPC is celebrating 20 years of service including assisting Billy Goat Ice Cream and 1907 Meat Co. OSU alumnus Russ Teubner is mixing up the gastronomical delights in town with his Backstage Chef Series in a renovated historical building. On campus, the Wine Forum of Oklahoma kicked off the grand opening for the new Wayne Hirst Center for Beverage Education.
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