CareerTech Foundation plans golf tourney
The Oklahoma CareerTech Foundation will host its 2024 golf tournament July 31 at South Lakes Golf Course in Jenks.
Proceeds from the event will support CareerTech student organizations and general scholarships offered by the foundation.
The tournament will have a shotgun start at 8 a.m., with team check-in at 7 a.m. and orientation at 7:45 a.m. The cost of $90 per player or $360 per team includes 18 holes, cart use, range balls, beverage cart service and lunch.
Sponsorships range from $100 to sponsor a hole to $2,500 tournament sponsorship, which includes up to 12 players.
For more information about the tournament, contact Gina Hubbard at 405-743-5167 or gina.hubbard@careertech.ok.gov or register online.
For more information about the Oklahoma CareerTech Foundation, visit the Oklahoma CareerTech website.
Nursing agreement helps students continue education
The statewide nursing articulation agreement between Oklahoma CareerTech and the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education will go into effect July 1 and make it easier for Oklahoma CareerTech licensed practical nursing students to continue their education in state colleges and universities.
CareerTech and the State Regents signed a memorandum of understanding in February to allow technology center students who pass the LPN NCLEX exam to receive up to 18 college credit hours at public two-year universities.
Read more about the agreement on the News 9 website and the Oklahoma CareerTech website.
EOC Tech grad achieves dreams at SpaceX
Dreaming of space, Clayton Smith joined Eastern Oklahoma County Technology Center’s newly established pre-engineering program when he was a senior at Choctaw High School.
Now Smith, who went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering at the University of Oklahoma, has fulfilled his dreams as he works with rockets and satellites at SpaceX. In his job, he said, he sends satellites to space and finds ways to attach them on rockets to fly into space.
“Satellites come in all different shapes and sizes and I develop structures and mechanisms to launch and deploy the satellites,” he said.
He has launched 139 satellites into space since joining SpaceX two years ago.
Read more about Smith on the EOC Tech website.
Gordon Cooper Tech superintendent honored
Julie McCormick, superintendent of Gordon Cooper Technology Center, has been named the 2024 Oklahoma Association of School Administrators District 20 Superintendent of the Year.
McCormick joined GCTC three years ago. She previously served as the El Reno campus director for Canadian Valley Technology Center.
Read more about McCormick and the honor on the GCTC website.
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