The foundation awarded Hallman more than $40,000 for his research project, which will focus on the effects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the African country of Swaziland. The epidemic is one of the major challenges to Swaziland’s socioeconomic development. Hallman’s books include The Chess Artist, The Devil is a Gentleman, The Hospital of Bad Poets, In Utopia and Wm & H’ry. At OSU since 2011, Hallman is an assistant English professor in the creative writing program.
Medical Center Receives Funding
OSU Has Governor’s Cup Winners
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OSU-OKC’s Team RxOmni is, from left, Mayra Tello, Angela Davis, team leader Kris Monier, Angela Estevez, Lori Hasty, team adviser Amber Hefner and Herbert G. Foncham.
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he OSU Medical Center in Tulsa received $13 million as part of a legislative budget deal reached by Gov. Mary Fallin and state legislative leaders in May. A portion of the funds will be leveraged against available federal health funding to reach $18.25 million, the amount requested by medical center and university officials. The funding ensures that the medical center and OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine will continue to train physicians and provide health care services to the underserved throughout the state. “We are very pleased that the governor and state legislators recognized the value of OSU Medical Center and provided the support to needed to ensure continued success,” says Howard Barnett, president of OSU-Tulsa and the OSU Center for Health Sciences. “A strong teaching hospital enables us to continue our mission to train dedicated physicians for underserved areas of Oklahoma and helps Tulsa to prosper by providing quality health care for our community.” With the state’s support secured, OSU officials are seeking a long-term private partner for OSU Medical Center that is willing to provide financial, management and technology resources to ensure that the mission of OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine to provide physicians for Oklahoma’s rural and underserved areas can thrive.
Online Engineering Programs Ranked Best Buys
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, center, recognizes the R2R Technologies team members, from left, Aravind Seshadri, Pedro Velasco, Carlo Branca and engineering professor Prabhakar Pagilla.
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n OSU-Oklahoma City team won the Small Business Division competition at Oklahoma’s annual Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup. A team from OSU’s Stillwater campus placed second in the High Growth Graduate Division, and OSU-Tulsa won an interview award. The Governor’s Cup requires student teams to identify a concept, research the market, write a business plan and present it before a panel of judges. OSU-OKC’s Team RxOmni won with a software concept to alert pharmacists to possible adverse drug interactions. R2R Technologies from the Stillwater campus placed second in the High Growth Graduate Division. In May, R2R Technologies won its division at the Tri-State Donald W. Reynolds Cup in Las Vegas. It competed against teams from Oklahoma, Arkansas and Nevada.
hree OSU engineering programs are best buys for engineering professionals pursuing higher education master’s degrees online, according to a national survey conducted by GetEducated.com. The website surveyed 193 accredited online engineering master’s programs. “OSU’s engineering distance learning master’s programs have consistently ranked as a top best buy for consumers since GetEducated began ranking online graduate engineering schools for affordability in 2005,” says GetEducated.com founder Vicky Phillips. The three top-10 affordable online engineering master’s degree programs offered by the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology are a master’s degree in engineering and technology management, ranked seventh; and, tied at 10th, master’s degrees in engineering and management, and electrical and computer engineering.
Interstate Bridge Named for Graduate
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bridge on Interstate 44 in Oklahoma City was named for Kenneth Kilgore, who earned a 2009 OSU doctorate in school administration. The Maestro Kenneth Kilgore Memorial Bridge is on I-44 passing over Kelley Ave. In 1979, Kilgore founded what would become the Ambassadors’ Concert Choir. The Oklahoma City based choir has performed throughout the United States and in Mexico. It has provided music for the inaugurations of the past six Oklahoma governors. Kilgore’s successful music career won him several laurels, including induction into the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame along with the Ambassadors’ Concert Choir in 1992 and the Oklahoma Arts Award in 1996. He was the minister of music and fine arts for St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Oklahoma City from 1970-2011. He died in April 2011.
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