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The Transformative Tutoring Initiative at the Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education is seeking OU students to tutor Algebra I during the 2025–26 academic year.

Tutors will work with two high school students three times per week during school hours at one of eight community partner sites. This is a meaningful opportunity to support student success, develop leadership skills and make a lasting impact.

Interested? Learn more and apply now: https://link.ou.edu/4bc0XA2

Ready to level up your kitchen skills this summer?!

Join us at the OU Culinary Medicine Teaching Kitchen for hands-on cooking classes featuring Breakfasts, To-Go Lunches, and One-Pot Dinners! At each class, you'll prepare and taste six delicious recipes and take home a digital recipe packet to recreate your favorites.

With multiple class dates and times available, there's something for every schedule (starting as soon as next week!). Grab a friend and come cook with us this summer!

📍 OU Tulsa Campus - More details emailed the week of each class
🔗 Sign up through the link and choose the class that fits you best: https://link.ou.edu/4ehlMum

The June 1st deadline for incoming undergraduate applications to OU–Tulsa for Fall admission is less than a week away*!! Take the next step toward joining the Sooner family and building your future at OU! ☝️🎉

(*Excludes undergraduate nursing program at OU-Tulsa for Fall 2026. Fall 2027 Nursing application opening dates coming soon.)

Is your application ready? Visit: https://link.ou.edu/4e71OE9

As Oklahoma child care centers navigate ongoing funding challenges, strong partnerships between universities and early childhood programs are more important than ever. Through OU-Tulsa’s Early Childhood Education Institute (ECEI), local Research Training Partners like Crosstown Learning Center and The Preschool at Kirk Crossing provide valuable opportunities for staff to practice child assessments and classroom quality observations.

In return, partner sites receive incentives and specialized materials designed to support the use of research-based tools that improve outcomes for young children and families.

Read more about the challenges facing child care centers across Oklahoma in this Tulsa Flyer article: https://link.ou.edu/42LOSNc

Tulsa child care centers shift in survival mode over funding crisis As pandemic-era funding dries up and state subsidies shrink, Tulsa’s child care providers are warning families to prepare for what comes next.

A new collaborative doctoral program from OU and CCOSA is preparing Oklahoma educators to lead with purpose through practical leadership training, research and real-world problem solving. Designed for working professionals, the program helps emerging PK–12 leaders make an even greater impact in their schools and communities.

Learn More: https://link.ou.edu/4w0sLQy

Where Practice Meets Leadership: OU and CCOSA Introduce Collaborative Ed.D. The Collaborative Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Educational Leadership offers emerging leaders across Oklahoma’s PK–12 public education system a doctoral experience designed to be as relevant as it is rigorous.

In cased you missed it, this graduation season was an extra special one for OU-Tulsa! Congratulations to the inaugural cybersecurity graduating class from the OU Polytechnic Institute as they graduate from OU Engineering ready to strengthen Oklahoma’s workforce.

Learn More about this special group of students: https://www.ou.edu/news/articles/2026/may/oupi-first-class-crosses-the-finish-line-to-build-the-future

About last night... 🎓🎉 Congratulations to the OU-Tulsa Class of 2026!

Only ONE ☝️ more day until Spring Commencement 2026!!

🎓 Tomorrow's the day OU-Tulsa Class of '26 crosses the stage! Make sure you're prepared for the big day: https://link.ou.edu/4tkPQuE