In the world of college campuses, time passes in one- and four-year cycles, transitioning each spring on the coattails of graduation robes and flitting colored tassels.
On Saturday, May 4, President Mark Rutland’s four-year cycle at ORU will end. The 65-year-old academic CEO will join the class of 2013 on the Mabee Center stage and exit ORU with the group of students he started with four years ago.
“It is like we’re graduating at the same time,” Rutland said. “That’s kind of rewarding.”
This year’s diplomas will still bear his signature.
After another four-year cycle spins out, however, Rutland said he doesn’t expect future students to remember him. With generally short terms in office and even shorter legacies, college administrators are as transient as the Oklahoma wind from Rutland’s point of view.
“Kids are concerned about their papers and their dates and their basketball games, and you know, you’re gone,” he said. “That’s not sad. It’s real.”
The winners of faculty and student awards per college were announced April 11 on the 60th floor of the Citiplex Towers. The winners of Outstanding Service for each college are as follows:
Outstanding Service for each College
(Faculty) College of Arts & Cultural Studies J. Randall Guthrie, D.M.A
ORU student brothers Joshua Kevin Wagner and Jesse David Wagner recently competed on a popular TV Bible game show and talked about the event. The American Bible Challenge is highly regarded as the highest rated show on the Game Show Network, and it is just hitting its second season.
Is this your first time involved in anything of this sort?
Josh: This is our first time on the American Bible Challenge. But in the past we’ve been involved in another ministry for teenagers in high school called “Bible Quiz.” In this ministry we got to memorize large portions of Scripture--entire books from the Bible in fact. I’ve personally memorized nine books myself, Jesse has memorized 10, and Daniel has memorized 14. We would compete in Bible Quiz nationally, and our family’s team has won four out of the last five championships.
The tractors and dump trucks spreading around large amounts of mulch near the bridge between ORU’s Graduate Center and Aerobics Center are part of a cleanup project organized by the city of Tulsa.
The vegetation in Fred Creek has built up over the past six years, and is causing problems such as pooling, stagnant water and backflow.
The City of Tulsa has contracted with the company Earth Smart to complete the project.
“Anything blocking the water flow must come out,” said Travis Gibson, an Earth Smart employee.
In the world of college campuses, time passes in one- and four-year cycles, transitioning each spring on the coattails of graduation robes and flitting colored tassels.
ORU student brothers Joshua Kevin Wagner and Jesse David Wagner recently competed on a popular TV Bible game show and talked about the event. The American Bible Challenge is highly regarded as the highest rated show on the Game Show Network, and it is just hitting its second season.
The tractors and dump trucks spreading around large amounts of mulch near the bridge between ORU’s Graduate Center and Aerobics Center are part of a cleanup project organized by the city of Tulsa.
