50 Rwandan Students Come to Oklahoma
Thanks to an ongoing collaboration between the Rwandan government’s Ministry of Education, Oklahoma Christian University, and ROC Partners, up to 50 high school students from Rwanda have furthered their education by coming to OC on scholarship. The Presidential Scholars Program, started in 2006, gives select top graduates from Rwanda’s secondary schools the opportunity to attend…
Read More >Body vs Brains
As school begins for another year, teachers and parents flood the aisles of paper, crayons, and notebooks while kids are trying to squeeze the last drops out of summer. Long, lazy days are being replaced by routines and alarm clocks. Like most kids her age, 12-year-old Grace Hong is trading a season of summer camps…
Read More >People Helping People
Falling on hard times is tough enough. It’s even tougher without a house to come home to. Countless lives have been changed by Habitat for Humanity, an international nonprofit ecumenical Christian housing business that builds homes for limited income families. “Some families who apply for Habitat homes live in substandard rentals or unsafe neighborhoods. So…
Read More >The Godfather of OCCC
The film business is one of the hardest in America to get into. Thousands wait in line to get noticed. Gray Frederickson, the godfather of Oklahoma City Community College’s film program wants to shorten the distance between the line and the camera for upcoming Oklahoma filmmakers. Frederickson recruited writer and director, Greg Mellot, to head…
Read More >Art From the Heart
Mix, dip, brush, breathe. Mix, dip, brush, breathe. A peaceful calm comes with each brushstroke, with each motion of a craftsman doing what she was born to do. Edmond painter Peggy Mills was born with a gift for creating both clean lines and movement in her art that boasts a distinctly youthful quality. Seventy-five-year-old Mills,…
Read More >Best of Edmond
McMahan Family Medicine Native Oklahoman Zann McMahan, M.D., has practiced medicine in several different countries during his career, but continues to make Oklahoma his base of operations. The full-time doctor and family man went to undergrad at Oklahoma Christian University, medical school at the University of Oklahoma and spent his residency at Great Plains…
Read More >Taking The Title
As the formation of dancers on the floor explodes into a series of perfectly executed, simultaneous back handsprings, one fact is clear to even the most casual of observers – cheerleading isn’t just girls with pom-poms anymore. “Cheering, for those who compete nationally, isn’t what it used to be,” says Orson Sykes, owner and founder…
Read More >Best of Edmond
Caring & Friendly Pediatric Dentistry The inside of her office looks more like a playroom than a dentist’s office. Toys, movie posters, TVs and video games – this is the stuff you’ll find in the office of dentist Martha Garzon, owner of Caring and Friendly Pediatric Dentistry. Catering to kids is different from caring for…
Read More >Old and True, Bronze and Blue
As summer golds fade to bronze, the autumn breeze blowing in brings more than just colorful leaves and cooler temperatures. University campuses spring to life as students move in, classes begin, players hit the field, and fans hit the bleachers. The start of UCO’s football season draws thousands of spectators each year, as the red-orange…
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