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Wildfire Response Teams Partner with Southwestern Oklahoma State University for Communications and Housing
Though any natural disaster is tragic, the cooperation and helpfulness demonstrated by SWOSU and the town of Weatherford enabled response teams to manage the Rhea fire quickly and efficiently. Their efforts and resources made a valuable difference in keeping Oklahomans safe and connected.
Read More →OneNet Helps K20 Center Provide Interactive Learning Materials to Students Across Oklahoma
For children in the digital age, their daily lives are immersed in technology. Technology has become an integral part of how we communicate, learn and enjoy our free time. While many digital tools seem to only have recreational value, leaders at the University of Oklahoma’s K20 Center are leveraging video game platforms to engage students in difficult education topics, and OneNet’s statewide network is bringing these resources to schools across the state.
Read More →MORe-OFFN Facilitates Ground-Breaking Research at Regional Universities
A National Science Foundation (NSF) grant is helping connect four new institutions into Oklahoma’s current dedicated research network. Providing regional universities with connections to Oklahoma’s Friction Free Network (OFFN) will increase research opportunities for more rural students and researchers across the state.
Read More →Distance Learning Upgrades Expand Learning Opportunities and Create Cost Savings
Technology is an integral component of education in today’s digital world, but maintaining modern technology systems can be expensive and require significant expertise. For Oklahoma’s higher education institutions, a new vendor contract is addressing this challenge, and the cost savings and efficiencies are having rippling effects for students of all ages.
Read More →Enid Public Schools Uses Internet Connectivity to Remove Educational Barriers
In a digital age where technical skills are integral to almost every task we complete, Enid Public Schools (EPS) is aiming to eliminate education gaps by investing in digital resources for all of their students. These investments are helping make EPS a model school district for Oklahoma and beyond.
Read More →Northern Oklahoma College Prepares High School Students for Success
Since the college’s beginning in 1901 with only 217 students, Northern Oklahoma College has been on the forefront of advancement. More than 100 years later, OneNet helps to provide the most up-to-date digital connection possible for the over 4,600 students who attend Northern Oklahoma College each year.
Read More →OneNet Connectivity Powers STEM Lab at Vanoss Public Schools
A classroom full of middle school students simultaneously experimenting with handmade robots, calculating physics equations for rocket launches and engaging in bioengineering projects, might seem a little chaotic. For students at Vanoss Junior High School in Ada, all of these projects, and many more, occur regularly in their science classes, but the scene is a lot calmer than you might imagine.
Read More →OCAN Connection Improves Course Delivery and Business Continuity for Cameron University
Cameron University’s Lawton and Duncan campuses now connect seamlessly to each other thanks to OneNet and the Oklahoma Community Anchor Network (OCAN). Because of this direct connection, the Duncan campus can now offer more reliable courses for its remote learning options and the university has a stronger business continuity plan.
Read More →OneNet Partners with Great Plains Network to Bring Collaboration, Cost Savings to Oklahoma
Collaboration and cost savings are hot topics on the minds of Oklahoma’s research organizations during a time of reduced budgets. One way our state is combating these issues is by participating in the Great Plains Network, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2017.
Read More →OneNet Connectivity Powers OSU-CHS Mobile Telemedicine Clinics
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences (OSU-CHS) is tackling Oklahoma’s health care obstacles straight on. Through numerous initiatives, leaders at OSU-CHS are addressing health and educational concerns as well as medical professional shortages.
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