Articles, In The Community »

[11 Feb 2010 | 3 Comments | 4,374 views]
OU Professor serves as first American Fulbright Scholar in Bhutan

by Michael Givel

From late June 2009 to late December 2009, I was honored to serve as the first ever American Fulbright scholar in Bhutan, a small constitutional monarchy between India and People’s Republic of China. Accompanying me on my journey to this ancient, rugged, and beautiful eastern Himalayan nation was my wife Rebecca Sherry and 11 year old son Noah Givel…

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Articles, In The Community »

[8 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 1,061 views]

Those interested in volunteering at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History are invited to attend one of two volunteer orientation sessions: one from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 20; and the other from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23. The sessions will take place in the Kerr Auditorium at the museum, located at 2401 Chautauqua Ave. on the University of Oklahoma Norman campus…

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Articles, In The Community »

[7 Feb 2010 | One Comment | 3,143 views]
Home Grown: OK Food Coop model for local food system spreading nationwide

by Kara Joy McKee

As the new general operations manager of the Oklahoma Food Cooperative (OKF), I had the privilege to travel to our nation’s capital last month to get a front and center view of the creativity and politics of the international local food movement. The OKF had been chosen to participate in the Wallace Foundation’s 2009 Community Food Enterprise study, which sought to identify the most promising and innovative local food projects going on today…

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Articles, Issues & Investigations »

[26 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 2,012 views]
Beyond the Tap: Preparing for water ‘booms and busts’

by Asia Scudder

On January 21 the City of Norman hosted the second in a series of water related forums. Kyle Arthur of the Oklahoma Water Resource Board spoke about how Oklahoma has gone through “boom and bust” periods of water availability since the mid-1800′s…

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Articles, General Updates »

[5 Nov 2009 | No Comment | 1,443 views]
VOK Update #15

Greetings to our Founders and Supporters! Many exciting things have happened and are being planned. Contents: (1) FCC Ruling; (2) Founders Party; (3) Web Magazine; (3) Grants; (4) Program Proposals; (5) Mission Statement; (5) Founders List…

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