@okstate SVP of System Affairs. Passionate about helping others & making a difference. I love good books, OSU sports & spending time with my family.
Stillwater, OK
Joined January 2012
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A milestone for advancing care ⚕️
The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services partnered with #okstate on Thursday to celebrate a ceremonial groundbreaking for the new Donahue Behavioral Health facility, a 200,000-square-foot behavioral health facility.
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Make kindness the norm. What we all need is more dignity, grace and forgiveness. nitter.gq/EladNehorai/status/161…
Oklahoma's economic future depends on a ready-to-work labor pool. OSU Polytech ensures Oklahoma is open for business and has mobilized our efforts across the @okstate System to tackle this important issue.
Read more in my op-ed in @TheOklahoman_: okla.st/3wfz87T
Ram Truck 2013 Super Bowl Commercial "Farmer" youtu.be/dPREJDgTpSM?si=tILo… via @YouTube
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Only one rider could be the MVP inside MVP Arena.
Read all about Championship Saturday in Albany. ⬇️
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Hats off to Charlie's Bar in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland for producing this heartwarmingly poignant Christmas advert. Presents are not as important at presence at Christmas time.
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You are not too old to change your mind, walk under a sea of yellow leaves, learn something new, fall in love again, and forgive first
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Neil Gaiman on imposter syndrome:
“Some years ago, I was lucky enough invited to a gathering of great and good people: artists and scientists, writers and discoverers of things. And I felt that at any moment they would realise that I didn’t qualify to be there, among these people who had really done things.
On my second or third night there, I was standing at the back of the hall, while a musical entertainment happened, and I started talking to a very nice, polite, elderly gentleman about several things, including our shared first name.
And then he pointed to the hall of people, and said words to the effect of, “I just look at all these people, and I think, what the heck am I doing here? They’ve made amazing things. I just went where I was sent.”
And I said, “Yes. But you were the first man on the moon. I think that counts for something.”
And I felt a bit better. Because if Neil Armstrong felt like an imposter, maybe everyone did. Maybe there weren’t any grown-ups, only people who had worked hard and also got lucky and were slightly out of their depth, all of us doing the best job we could, which is all we can really hope for.”
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The best example of humanity that you will see here today nitter.gq/EladNehorai/status/161…
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CONGRATULATIONS SEC. ARTHUR!
Four weeks from today, Sec. @blaynearthur will receive an Honorary American FFA Degree at the 96th @NationalFFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis!
Please join us in congratulating Sec. Arthur on receiving the highest FFA honor!
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That’s it. I’m giving up onions.
Our 14-year-old dog Abbey died last month. The day after she passed away my 4-year-old daughter Meredith was crying and talking about how much she missed Abbey. She asked if we could write a letter to God so that when Abbey got to heaven, God would recognize her. I told her that I thought we could so, and she dictated these words:
Dear God,
Will you please take care of my dog? She died yesterday and is with you in heaven. I miss her very much. I am happy that you let me have her as my dog even though she got sick.
I hope you will play with her. She likes to swim and play with balls. I am sending a picture of her so when you see her you will know that she is my dog. I really miss her.
Love, Meredith
We put the letter in an envelope with a picture of Abbey and Meredith and addressed it to God/Heaven. We put our return address on it. Then Meredith pasted several stamps on the front of the envelope because she said it would take lots of stamps to get the letter all the way to heaven. That afternoon she dropped it into the letterbox at the post office. A few days later, she asked if God had gotten the letter yet. I told her that I thought He had.
Yesterday, there was a package wrapped in gold paper on our front porch addressed, 'To Meredith' in an unfamiliar hand. Meredith opened it. Inside was a book by Mr. Rogers called, 'When a Pet Dies.' Taped to the inside front cover was the letter we had written to God in its opened envelope. On the opposite page were the picture of Abbey & Meredith and this note:
Dear Meredith,
Abbey arrived safely in heaven. Having the picture was a big help and I recognized her right away.
Abbey isn't sick anymore. Her spirit is here with me just like it stays in your heart. Abbey loved being your dog. Since we don't need our bodies in heaven, I don't have any pockets to keep your picture in so I am sending it back to you in this little book for you to keep and have something to remember Abbey by.
Thank you for the beautiful letter.❤️
