All classes meet in the Fitness Studio, North Hall 117, across from the Wellness Center.

Fitness classes are free for all OSU students, staff and faculty. You must renew your Wellness Center membership each semester.

All classes meet in the Fitness Studio, North Hall 117, across from the Wellness Center.

Fitness classes are free for all OSU students, staff and faculty. You must renew your Wellness Center membership each semester.

Fiction in a Flash

Flash fiction provides a great vehicle for learning craft, exploring possibilities in fiction, and finishing a bunch of stories. In this 4-week workshop, you’ll read various examples of flash, talk about aspects of the stories, and write your own work.

Instructor: Christopher Murphy's fiction has appeared in Gulf Coast, This Land Press, The Jellyfish Review, decomP, and The Tulsa Voice. Chris is a native of the Boston area and an Assistant Professor of English at Northeastern State University.

• Dates: Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m. for four weeks starting October 15
• Registration Fee: $150

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SHOCK WAVES AND IMPACTS - HOW TO HIT THINGS REALLY HARD

Veronica Eliasson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Structural Engineering
University of California, San Diego

Ross Group Distinguished Speaker

ABSTRACT

The Olympic motto — Citius, Altius, Fortius, which is Latin for “Faster, Higher, Stronger” — neatly summarizes the research focus of our group. Our research areas include a mix of fluid mechanics and gas dynamics theory combined with solid mechanics and fracture dynamics. We strive to develop a deeper understanding of the response for different types of materials and structures as they are subjected to high strain rate impacts or shock wave loading. If we can better understand the failure modes of solids during highly dynamic short-duration experiments, we can then improve the dynamic response and performance of a number of applications. Some examples of specific areas of interest to us are underwater explosions near naval structures, and shock wave focusing to enhance the non-invasive treatment of kidney stones. In this talk, I will begin with a brief overview of some of our research projects after which I will introduce in more detail our shock wave dynamics research. The figure shows an example of the shock wave pattern that occurs during one of our shock focusing experiments.

SPEAKER

Veronica Eliasson is an Associate Professor in the Structural Engineering Department at University of California San Diego. Prof. Eliasson obtained an MSc Degree in Vehicle Engineering and a PhD in Mechanics from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. Prof. Eliasson’s research interests are multi-disciplinary and range from shock wave dynamics to fracture mechanics — all explored relying on a strong foundation of experimental mechanics coupled with different types of ultra high-speed photography techniques. Prof. Eliasson works hard to promote research experiences for a diverse group of high school students, undergraduate students and graduate students through participation in laboratory experiments.

All classes meet in the Fitness Studio, North Hall 117, across from the Wellness Center.

Fitness classes are free for all OSU students, staff and faculty. You must renew your Wellness Center membership each semester.

Enroll for Classes and Explore Opportunities During OSU-Tulsa Transfer Days

Register for Nov. 7 OSU-Tulsa Transfer Day here.

Whether you are ready to enroll for your first semester at OSU-Tulsa or are exploring transfer options for a future semester, let OSU-Tulsa help you get started during Transfer Days.

Our advising, admissions and financial aid staff are ready to help answer your questions to get you started on the right path to earning your OSU degree.

During OSU-Tulsa Transfer Day, you can:

• Explore degree opportunities at OSU-Tulsa
• Meet with an academic advisor to learn what classes transfer
• Enroll in courses for the spring semester (Must be admitted. Non-degree seeking students may enroll beginning Nov. 22)
• Check on financial aid and scholarships or initiate military education benefits
• Take a tour of campus

Hours are 9 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. and 2 - 6 p.m.

Check-in at North Hall 130

Students may also visit advising and admissions counselors during regular business hours from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday.

Get more info on Transfer Days here. 

All classes meet in the Fitness Studio, North Hall 117, across from the Wellness Center.

Fitness classes are free for all OSU students, staff and faculty. You must renew your Wellness Center membership each semester.

All classes meet in the Fitness Studio, North Hall 117, across from the Wellness Center.

Fitness classes are free for all OSU students, staff and faculty. You must renew your Wellness Center membership each semester.

Adventures in Food Writing

In this seminar/writing workshop hybrid, you: will learn the principles of drafting restaurant reviews; read and discuss essays, stories, and poems about food; create and share with your peers multiple, short written projects; and compose a final written work (approx. 7-15 pages) in the genres of your choosing (e.g., restaurant review, essay, story, poetry, etc.). As you write about food and discuss it with your classmates, you will also be asked to examine the role food plays in your personal, political, and social lives, and to contemplate how writing about food can do more than simply describe the way it tastes. 

Instructor: Eric Howerton has a background in creative writing and nearly 15 years of food writing credentials. He teaches writing and literature at OSU.

• Dates: Thursdays, 7-9 p.m. for five weeks starting October 3
• Registration Fee: $185

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All classes meet in the Fitness Studio, North Hall 117, across from the Wellness Center.

Fitness classes are free for all OSU students, staff and faculty. You must renew your Wellness Center membership each semester.

All classes meet in the Fitness Studio, North Hall 117, across from the Wellness Center.

Fitness classes are free for all OSU students, staff and faculty. You must renew your Wellness Center membership each semester.

Ross Group Distinguished Speaker
School of Materials Science and Engineering
 

ABSTRACT

Born out of the Manhattan Project, Sandia National Laboratories has a long history of innovation in materials science and engineering to meet mission critical needs. Sandia’s core mission is to advance technology to ensure global peace. With such broad aspirations, Sandia must utilize extensive facilities to create and analyze novel materials to produce innovative electronic and optical material solutions for a variety of applications. To support our energy security goals Sandia is producing lower temperature sodium batteries for grid scale storage. To reduce the price of NH3 and thus make fertilizer less expensive, Sandia is producing novel catalysts to reduce the temperature of nitrogen reduction reactions. For global access to clean water, Sandia is developing chlorine tolerant graphene oxide desalination membranes. Sandia also drives towards fundamental understanding of novel materials like metamaterials for better optical detectors or thermal sprayed coatings for environmental protection. An overview of Sandia’s work in these areas and more will be presented as well as opportunities at Sandia for students and collaboration.

SPEAKER

Ryan Haggerty manages the Electronic, Optical and Nano Materials department at Sandia National Laboratory’s Center for Material, Physical and Chemical Sciences. With the primary goal of developing innovative materials for national security needs, Ryan leads an interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers that constantly pivot across broad areas of materials science. Additionally, Ryan is the program manager for Sandia’s efforts in archiving and accessing Sandia’s Nuclear Weapons programs through the National Nuclear Security Administration’s engineering campaigns. As a ceramics engineer, Ryan previously served as Sandia’s subject matter expert for ferroelectric power supplies and glass to metal seals. He graduated with his PhD in Materials Science and Engineering and a MS in Systems and Entrepreneurial Engineering from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and received his BS in Chemical Engineering from University of California at Santa Barbara.

All classes meet in the Fitness Studio, North Hall 117, across from the Wellness Center.

Fitness classes are free for all OSU students, staff and faculty. You must renew your Wellness Center membership each semester.

All classes meet in the Fitness Studio, North Hall 117, across from the Wellness Center.

Fitness classes are free for all OSU students, staff and faculty. You must renew your Wellness Center membership each semester.

All classes meet in the Fitness Studio, North Hall 117, across from the Wellness Center.

Fitness classes are free for all OSU students, staff and faculty. You must renew your Wellness Center membership each semester.

All classes meet in the Fitness Studio, North Hall 117, across from the Wellness Center.

Fitness classes are free for all OSU students, staff and faculty. You must renew your Wellness Center membership each semester.

The 2019 Writers on Greenwood event will feature Justin Phillip Reed, winner of the 2018 National Book Award for Poetry on Thursday, Nov. 14 at Helmerich Reseach Center, Room 157 (OSU-Tulsa)

6:30 p.m. - Writer's Workshop & Craft Talk

Join us for a craft talk for writers with National Book Award-winning poet and essayist Justin Phillip Reed. We'll share insights and conversation about honing your craft, navigating the publishing world, and more! Free and open to all. Helmerich Research Center, Room 157.

7:30 p.m. - Public Reading & Discussion with Justin Phillip Reed & Andrew Belton. Book signing to follow.

Justin Phillip Reed will have a public reading of his poetry beginning at 7:30 pm and a conversation with poetry scholar Dr. Andrew Belton. Fulton Street Books will have books available for purchase and signing. Helmerich Research Center, Room 157.

About Justin Phillip Reed: Justin Phillip Reed is an American poet and essayist. He is the author of Indecency (Coffee House Press), winner of the 2018 National Book Award in Poetry and a finalist for the 2019 Kate Tufts Discovery Award, as well as the chapbook A History of Flamboyance (YesYes Books, 2016). His second full-length collection of poetry, The Malevolent Volume, will be released in Spring 2020. He is the 2019-2021 Fellow in Creative Writing at the Center for African American Poetry and Poetics. His work appears in African American Review, Best American Essays, Callaloo, The Kenyon Review, Obsidian, and elsewhere. A three-time high school expellee and an ex-college dropout, he received his BA in creative writing at Tusculum College and his MFA in poetry at Washington University in St. Louis, where he served as Junior Writer-in-Residence. He has received fellowships from the Cave Canem Foundation, the Conversation Literary Festival, and the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis. Reed was born and raised in South Carolina.

About Andrew Belton: Andrew Belton is Assistant Professor in the Department of English - Oklahoma State University. His book project, “Hip Hop Illiterate: Hermeneutics for the Future of Literary Theory and Criticism,” puts the aesthetic techniques and critical reading practices of the hip hop emcee at the center of a millennial theory of African American literature and cultural criticism. His study places Rakim, Nas, and Lauryn Hill in critical conversation with canonical black writers such as Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Alice Walker.

Writers on Greenwood celebrates writers of color and Indigenous writers and adds to the cultural life of Tulsa in service to the outreach mission of Oklahoma State University. Through craft talks and public readings, Writers on Greenwood engages voices from the community and strives for greater inclusivity in the literary arts.

All classes meet in the Fitness Studio, North Hall 117, across from the Wellness Center.

Fitness classes are free for all OSU students, staff and faculty. You must renew your Wellness Center membership each semester.

OSU-Wellness will be hosting TED Talk Tuesdays!

Topics will be announced soon.

All classes meet in the Fitness Studio, North Hall 117, across from the Wellness Center.

Fitness classes are free for all OSU students, staff and faculty. You must renew your Wellness Center membership each semester.

To better serve our student veterans and military-affiliated students, the OSU Coordinator of Student Veteran Academic Services and a VA Certifying Official from the Office of the Registrar will be at OSU-Tulsa in North Hall 103 from 1-6 p.m. Please stop by with any questions or concerns you may have. No appointment necessary.

Engaging with Veterans
Wednesday, Nov. 20
2:30-3:30 p.m.
North Hall 150

Rick Hansen, Coordinator of Student Veteran Success at OSU-Stillwater will present a session on Engaging with Veterans. The purpose of The Office of Student Veteran Success is to support our student veterans and create a sense of community for them on campus.

During the session, Hansen will:

• Discuss who our student veterans are and what they bring to campus 
• Provide simple do's and don'ts on how to engage with student veterans
• Present resources available both on and off campus

The session is open to all OSU-Tulsa faculty and staff who wish to attend.

All classes meet in the Fitness Studio, North Hall 117, across from the Wellness Center.

Fitness classes are free for all OSU students, staff and faculty. You must renew your Wellness Center membership each semester.

All classes meet in the Fitness Studio, North Hall 117, across from the Wellness Center.

Fitness classes are free for all OSU students, staff and faculty. You must renew your Wellness Center membership each semester.

Free Film Screening: "Tribal Justice" (2017)
OSU-Tulsa | North Hall 150
Screening begins at 5:30 p.m.

About "Tribal Justice":
Winner of the 2018 American Film Award

“The tribal courts both incorporate traditional values and hold up an example to the nation about the possibilities of alternative dispute resolution. [They] have much to offer to the tribal communities, and much to teach the other court systems operating in the United States.”

— The Honorable Sandra Day O’Connor, former Supreme Court Justice

Guest Post-screening discussants:
Judge Gregory Bigler from the Kansas Kickapoo, Quapaw, and Iowa Tribes of Oklahoma

OSU-Tulsa Cineculture Club screenings are free and open to the public.

Find OSU-Tulsa Cineculture Club on Facebook for updates and reminders.

All classes meet in the Fitness Studio, North Hall 117, across from the Wellness Center.

Fitness classes are free for all OSU students, staff and faculty. You must renew your Wellness Center membership each semester.

Reconciliation Book Club: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Whitty Books
2407 E. Admiral Blvd
Tulsa, OK 74110

OSU-Tulsa American Studies Department is collaborating with Whitty Books for a Truth & Reconciliation Book Club.
The book club will cover books that start a dialogue about truth and reconciliation. This is open to OSU students, faculty and members of the community.
Everyone is encouraged to attend — there is no charge. You can even attend if you haven’t read the books.

The first four books have been selected and by participating in the book club you will help select future books for discussion.

Nov. 24, 3PM – Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

All classes meet in the Fitness Studio, North Hall 117, across from the Wellness Center.

Fitness classes are free for all OSU students, staff and faculty. You must renew your Wellness Center membership each semester.

All classes meet in the Fitness Studio, North Hall 117, across from the Wellness Center.

Fitness classes are free for all OSU students, staff and faculty. You must renew your Wellness Center membership each semester.