The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education would like to add information to their website featuring Oklahoma’s state agencies, organizations and businesses that provide a tuition assistance benefit to help employees pay for higher education.
The Chamber recently released its legislative agenda for 2022. Get more details on our Education & Workforce Development legislative priorities for this year's session.
The Chamber’s board of directors recently adopted a comprehensive set of public policy priorities that are crucial to creating a strong future for Oklahoma businesses.
The U.S. Department of Defense awarded Oklahoma State University’s College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology (CEAT) a $6 million grant to develop education programs in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) for economically disadvantaged or underrepresented students.
Aerospace continues its ascent as one of the top industries in the state of Oklahoma, adding more companies and more jobs to this extremely important ecosystem that has quickly become the state’s second largest industry behind energy. But all of the aerospace and defense entities that call Oklahoma City home may not have fared so well if not for the number of colleges and universities and career technology centers across the region producing the skilled workforce they need to flourish here.
A donation ceremony was held on Thursday, Oct. 28, at Chamber member Rose State College (Rose State) where Glenna and Dick Tanenbaum delivered a $1.3 million check for the Tanenbaum Aerospace and Cybersecurity Center. The $1.3 million donation will go towards naming rights to the new facility, program equipment and furnishings.
For years, the metro’s colleges and universities, public school systems, private schools and career technology centers have worked together to help provide Oklahoma City with a workforce that meets the needs of business and industry.
Oklahoma City University music professor Sergio Monteiro will perform the complete cycle of Ludwig van Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas in an eight-concert series beginning Sept. 11 and 12.
