Director's Memo 2026-6-29

More than 250 members of Oklahoma HOSA - Future Health Professionals celebrated the CareerTech student organization’s 50th anniversary with more than 15,000 people from around the world at the 2026 HOSA International Leadership Conference.

Oklahoma HOSA’s group of 254 joined members, advisers, health care professionals, alumni, guests, business and industry representatives and exhibitors at the conference in Indianapolis, where they competed, networked and attended leadership academies, educational symposiums, health care exhibits and more than 150 workshops.

Oklahoma CareerTech’s leadership and professional development division and family and consumer sciences education division are teaming up to help the next generation of students through Taste of Teaching.

The bite-sized professional development sessions hosted by technology centers give students a chance to explore practical teaching strategies, build confidence and gain tools to become educators.

Metro Technology Centers has appointed Jeremy Cowley as deputy superintendent.

Cowley will work directly with Superintendent and CEO David Martin to support the district's strategic initiatives, operations and commitment to providing career and technical education opportunities across the district.

Cowley joined Metro Tech in 2020 and has served as associate superintendent of innovation and knowledge management, senior director of student affairs and workforce development, dean of instruction and site director of the South Bryant Campus. He previously worked at Autry Technology Center and Meridian Technology Center and taught agricultural education.

Read more on the Metro Tech website.

Mary Ferguson graduated from Great Plains Technology Center in June 2026.

She is a 72-year-old high school graduate who demonstrates that with perseverance and determination one can achieve their goals. She has been working towards her goal of getting her high school equivalency diploma since 1983.

Having dropped out of school at an early age, Mary taught herself how to read by getting first-grade level books and eventually moving up to newspapers and dictionaries. Her pursuit of learning was not a straight path. While raising her children and grandchildren, she balanced family responsibilities with the inevitable ups and downs of life, returning to her education whenever circumstances allowed.