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Crowder GEAR UP students tour Connors State College

Thirty-four Crowder eighth and ninth grade Eastern Oklahoma State College GEAR UP students recently toured Connors State College in Warner, Oklahoma. Students began the day in the Fine Arts Auditorium where they received information about Connors State College, current staff, available majors, work-study programs, sports, and financial aid. Students participated in a campus tour where they viewed the Equine Barn, Classroom Building, Student Union, and Melvin Self Fieldhouse. Throughout the tour, students received information regarding financial planning for college, including completion of Oklahoma’s Promise in eighth, ninth, or 10th grades. Following the tour, students ate lunch in the Student Union

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Crowder seventh and eighth graders tour Oral Roberts University in Tulsa

Forty-six seventh and eighth grade Crowder GEAR UP students recently toured ORU (Oral Roberts University) in Tulsa. Student Ambassadors Rosa Beitia (a Medical Molecular Biology senior from San Antonio, TX) and Marc Swanner (a Ministry and Leadership/Business Management freshman from Greenville, NC) welcomed Crowder students to the Global Learning Center before starting the tour. Student Ambassadors gave visitors an overview of the campus and life as a student at ORU. While college students each choose a specific major, ORU offers a holistic education, which focuses on the mind, body and spirit. Classes serve as mind growth but there are other

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Crowder GEAR UP seventh and eighth graders tour The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art

Forty-nine Crowder GEAR UP students recently traveled to Tulsa to tour The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art. Dennis Chambers and Pam Johnson greeted students; both have been docents at the museum for many years and were extremely knowledgeable of the Jewish culture and history. Students experienced the full tour of the Holocaust and Judea sections. The museum is ever growing with renovations in progress both inside and out. The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art in Tulsa was founded in 1966 as the Gershon & Rebecca Fenster Museum of Jewish Art, through the cooperative efforts of several local Jewish

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Crowder GEAR UP sixth and seventh graders tour Oklahoma State University in Stillwater

Fifty-one Crowder GEAR UP students recently traveled to Stillwater to tour Oklahoma State University. Students began the day with lunch inside the Student Union. The lines were long as numerous college students were released from morning classes. Crowder students were in awe of all the dining options. The hour lunch went by quickly as they gathered for the official tour of campus. Students began the tour on the fourth floor of the Student Union with a welcome presentation including an informational video about OSU. The video was awesome and highlighted clubs, organizations, activities and the overall campus feel from a

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