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Community celebrates nursing school grand opening
By Cari Griggs, Senior Staff Writer Dr. Marvel Williamson, dean of Kramer School of Nursing, announces a scholarship made in honor of Denise Burton on April 6 at the grand opening of the nursing school...
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Former OCU Faculty Member Dies
By Rikki George, Web Editor A Celebration of Life is being held on August 27 at 10:30 a.m. Former OCU Adjunct Faculty, Dean of Students and Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Tom Heggy died on...
View ArticleNursing school faculty inducts 90 students
By Farris Willingham, Editor-in-Chief Faculty from the Kramer School of Nursing hosted a ceremony Sept. 10 to induct 90 students who began their first nursing classes this semester. Attendees observed...
View ArticleFundraising needed to complete nursing school construction
By Rachel Morse, Multimedia Editor After opening its classrooms in January 2011, the Kramer School of Nursing East is near completion. The third floor, which was left unfinished due to limited funds,...
View ArticleUniversity officials see enrollment increases in freshman class
By Susannah Waite, Editor-in-Chief This year Oklahoma City University has seen an increase in the number of entering freshmen students. There are about 340 domestic freshmen and 10 international...
View ArticleSpring enrollment begins this week
Enrollment for the spring semester began Monday for certain students. Enrollment opened Monday for honors students and Tuesday for students who have completed 60 or more hours. All other students can...
View ArticleTenth annual 5K run hosted in honor of university volunteer
The 10th Annual Marianne Vanatta Race with the Stars 5k and 1 Mile Fun Walk is scheduled for 8 a.m. Nov. 2 on campus. The event honors Marianne Vanatta, a passionate volunteer and board member of the...
View ArticleCreative peace symposium scheduled
A symposium focusing on peacemaking through education, networking and advocacy will be coming to campus. The Creative Peacemaking Symposium is scheduled for March 7-8 in the Kramer School of Nursing....
View ArticleProduction focused on right to die laws to open in nursing school
A show taking place in the Kramer School of Nursing addresses right to die laws. Whose Life is it Anyway? is a play about a paraplegic man, Ken Harrison, who is being kept alive by his doctors and...
View ArticleHealth clinic to move to new location that provides easier access
By Kyle Wallace, Staff Writer The Student Health Clinic soon will have a new home, thanks to the physician assistant program and the Kramer School of Nursing. The west side of the Kramer School of...
View ArticleNursing officials institute medical simulation lab
Nursing students will put their knowledge to the test through simulations of high-risk medical scenarios. Kramer West, which includes the Campus Health Clinic, soon also will include the Herman and...
View ArticleFlu deaths in Oklahoma increase, clinic offers vaccine
The country is experiencing one of the deadliest flu seasons in the last decade. Oklahoma alone is reported to have had 74 deaths, as of Jan. 31, attributed to the flu since September, according to the...
View ArticleNursing student begins donation drive
The Student Nursing Association is accepting donations of feminine products and coats for the Norman school district. The donation drive began when Kaitlyn Crockett, nursing senior and SNA historian,...
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Nursing senior works toward goal of becoming dean
Rachael Bachhofer, nursing senior, prepares for her career by working at two hospitals between classes and clinicals. Bachhofer will finish her clinicals this week and graduate in May. She will return...
View ArticleNursing school starts program for registered nurses at Mercy Hospital
The Kramer School of Nursing is starting a new program at a local hospital. The program opens in January at Mercy Hospital, 4300 W. Memorial Rd. It will be a two-semester program to help registered...
View ArticleNursing school ranked 12 out of top 75 schools
The Nursing School Almanac ranked the Kramer School of Nursing No. 12 in the southwest region in their 2018 list of the Top 75 nursing schools in the southwest. The site collected data from more than...
View ArticleCareer Services officials to provide job opportunities with pop-up events
Career Services officials are beginning School Pop-up Days to provide career guidance to more students. School Pop-up Days are events where Tiffany Smith, director of career services, and Kanika...
View ArticleNursing senior works night shifts at local hospital
Loralisa Summerhays, nursing senior, moved from across the country to get where she is today. Summerhays is from Alaska, but she didn’t initially end up at OCU for college. “I transferred from...
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Nursing students study healthcare in Mexico
Nursing students spent nine days helping communities in Mexico this summer. Ten nursing students traveled to Oaxaca, Mexico to learn professional nursing skills in a real world environment, led by...
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Students, faculty remember nursing staff member
photo courtesy of okcu.edu A former Kramer School of Nursing faculty member recently died. Christopher Black, former director of communications and outreach for the Kramer School of Nursing, died of a...
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Nursing School donates masks, gloves to local hospitals
Kramer School of Nursing donated all of their supplies to St. Anthony’s Hospital and Integris Hospital. Both institutions reached out to OCU in need of any extra supplies the school would be willing...
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University COVID-19 guidelines affect classes
photo by Stephen jackson Officials from each school at OCU have adjusted the classroom experience to accommodate for new COVID-19 policies. George Sims, interim provost, said an emergency operations...
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Officials respond with optimism, flexibility, caution to reopening
Before classes began, academic officials and students responded to the risks of the coronavirus. Note: The following quotations were recorded between August 13-18. Responses to the coronavirus and the...
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Nursing school partners with online university
The Kramer School of Nursing recently began a program partnership with Mid-America Christian University. The program will allow students at Mid-America Christian University to complete degree...
View ArticleNew programs, courses boost fall enrollment 12%
New student enrollment at Oklahoma City University grew significantly this year, having a 12% increase compared to last year’s numbers, produced by the new curriculum, online courses, and hybrid...
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