-‘Wizard’ on campus next week
NWOSU Theatre is bringing “The Wizard of Oz” to the public in Herod Hall’s Fellers Family Auditorium on Nov. 23, at 2 p.m.
Admission is $2 at the door.
The show will feature sets made by students in Theatre Production 1 and 2. Students also make up the cast.
NWOSU puts on a play each fall that is geared toward children. Students from Alva elementary schools as well as students from surrounding towns travel to campus to watch the show Nov. 21 and 22 during the day.
-Alva shows kindness on Friday
Groups within Alva are coming together to show their kindness as part of the Day of Kindness on Friday.
About 40 organizations are participating in the event, including BJCC, Grow and Share Extension Group, Hope Pregnancy Center and more.
Campus groups such as the agriculture department, some habitudes and Ranger Connection classes and psychology club, just to name a few, will be participating.
Anyone still wishing to participate as well can contact Valerie Case at vcase@nwosu.edu.
-See ‘Building Belonging’ exhibit
A new exhibit titled “Building Belonging” has made its way to Alva.
The show is installed in the second-floor gallery in 218 Jesse Dunn and will be open to the public, Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. through Nov. 21.
The exhibit features the work of five individual artists, each bringing their own unique touch to the work.
These include NWOSU professor Thomas Cornell, Oklahoma State University professor Robin Baker, University of Oklahoma professor Leticia R. Bajuyo, Tulsa Community Colege professor Cassidy Frye and and East Central professor Christyn Overstake.
All five of the artists are transplants to Oklahoma and have learned to build their careers and figure out how to belong in their new communities.
-Two students receive stipends
The Child Welfare Professional Enhancement Program has chosen two students as the stipend recipients for the 2024-25 academic year.
Kyra Hussey, a senior from Okeene, and Cammi Rogge, a senior from Alva, will be pursuing careers in child welfare services, which qualified them for the award.
The stipends are awarded to full-time students who major in social work. The stipend goes toward their educational expenses.
They will both completed interships with child welfare agencies within the Oklahoma Department of Human Services.
NWOSU students over the years have received $186,200 through this program.
-Donate blood, you’ll get T-shirt
NWOSU’s volleyball and softball teams will be hosting the 2024 Rein-Donor Holiday Blood Drive on Nov. 20 and 21.
It will be held in the Student Center Ballroom from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.
To make an appointment, call (877) 340-8777, or just walk in.
Those who donate will receive a limited-edition, reindeer-inspired, long-sleeve T-shirt and have a chance to win a $25 bookstore gift card. Free pizza will also be served to those donating.
Both teams hope to have 80 donors turn out out to give blood at this final blood drive of the semester.
Check your email for a link.
