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Whether inspiring her students to reach out to U.S. veterans or influencing state policymakers to raise awareness about childhood obesity, Annette Dake has set a high standard for fellow and future educators.

On Nov. 5, Dake will be inducted into the USAO Alumni Hall of Fame.

From the campus of the Oklahoma College for Women to the glamour of the Paris Opera, Margaret Ann McConnel Singer has forged a legacy of artistic excellence and generosity that has touched thousands of lives. On Nov. 5, Singer will be inducted into the USAO Alumni Hall of Fame.

Seven schools, including the University of Science and Arts, are coming together to offer students a study abroad program in London next summer for credit hours and life experience.

More than 195 students at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or greater during the summer 2011 trimester and were named to the university’s honor rolls, USAO records officials have announced.

Described as “a champion for the deaf and hard-of-hearing students on campus,” Dan Bice received the Regents Staff Achievement Award for the fourth quarter of the 2010-11 year at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma.

As students prepare to return for classes at the University of Science and Arts on Aug. 29, they will have a new option waiting for them in the USAO Bookstore—the option to rent their textbooks for the trimester.

After five months of study in Wales, Brad Henry International Scholar Rachael Brown has returned home to Chickasha and is poised to begin her final semester at the University of Science and Arts.

Picasso. Whistler. Dürer. Matisse. Toulouse-Lautrec.

These are names of famous artists one might expect to see when visiting the Museum of Modern Art or the Smithsonian but local residents can view their works in person at the USAO Art Gallery through Aug. 5.

The Staff Association at the University of Science and Arts recently made a donation of $200 to Christmas in August, an annual event designed to deliver school supplies to area children.

In the early 1970s, Johnnie Pearl Coffey, a retired educator, had a vision to provide children in Chickasha with school supplies. Her vision became known as Christmas in August, an event in which the business community, civic leaders, educators and local churches unite to provide school supplies to children who attended Chickasha Public Schools.

Alicia Working of Mustang and Zachery Geary of Okeene have been awarded the William Neill Scholarship at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma this fall.

The scholarship covers the cost of room, board, books, tuition, and related fees for the recipient minus the amount applied to these costs through other University, state, and/or federal grant and scholarship sources. In short, it covers most things not covered by other aid.