Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Storm season safety tips for students Bella Casey News and Lifestyle Assistant Editor
Tornado sirens wailed during the first storm of the season Monday evening. High winds rattled windows and heavy rains flooded yards and streets. Anxious students gathered around their TVs and answered phone calls from their concerned parents. Tornado season has begun. Although many students have a routine they followed during severe weather before college, some students do not have a plan for how to take shelter during a tornado while at OSU. Here are a few tips on how to prepare for severe weather. Take refuge on campus OSUPD will open Ag Hall and Classroom Building after normal campus hours for students to take refuge in after normal campus business hours. Ag Hall and Classroom Building are walking distance from all on-campus housing, as well as some off-campus housing. These locations are to be used only by OSU students and employees. Establish a safe place If a tornado approaches your apartment or house and you do not have a storm shelter, take refuge on the lowest floor or basement of the building you are in. Use blankets or wear a bike helmet to shield yourself from debris. See Tips on 6
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OSUPD opens Ag Hall and Classroom building for students and employees to take shelter in when there is severe weather after normal campus business hours.
OSU One Health research targets swine microbiome to reduce antibiotic reliance Sydney Trainor OSU News
U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to investigate microbiome-targeted interventions for swine gastric disorders over three years. When piglets are The collaborative 3 weeks old, they are study includes researchers weaned. This change from Auburn University abruptly switches their diet from liquid of a sow’s and Iowa State University milk to a solid diet which who, along with OSU, they eat for three months split the total grant of $770,000 aimed at develuntil they are market oping antibiotic-reducing ready. The change in diet is treatments for healthy swine. a highly stressful period “We know that when for piglets, making them a healthy complex gut susceptible to infection, microbiome is present, diarrhea and other probthen these diarrheal issues lems. If the piglets can like E. coli infection do be managed effectively not happen. So, in mature during that phase, limitpigs, E. coli infection is ing infection and sickness, then they are usually not an issue. We see that healthy during the rest of in human medicine too,” Scaria said. “A lot of diarproduction. Traditionally, infec- rheal infections happen in the infant stage, and as tion treatments are to we age, and we develop a give piglets antibiotics. However, the mass use of healthy microbiome, unless something disastrous antibiotics causes antihappens, we don’t get biotic resistance, which has become a One Health diarrheal infections. That is this pattern problem affecting both between what you’re seeanimal agriculture and ing in human medicine, human medicine. as well as animals.” The Dr. Joy Scaria, team is applying lessons OSU’s Walter R. Sitlinglearned from human mediton Endowed Chair in cal practice for animal Infectious Diseases, has been awarded a $385,000 agriculture. See Swine on 8
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The Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education (FAME) program is designed to help students prepare for highly skilled, globally competitive jobs.
New program trains students for manufacturing industry Mack Burke OSU News
ing experiences in December 2023. “OKC FAME is an ideal fit for OSU Polytech, which encompasses applied technical education programming in Oklahoma The Greater Oklahoma across the OSU System,” said City Chamber and Oklahoma Kyle Wray, OSU senior vice State University-OKC recently announced a new partnership to president of system affairs. “Propromote an advanced workforce grams such as OKC FAME are an excellent way to bring togetheducation work/study initiative: er the best from the classroom The Federation for Advanced and the ‘real world’ to produce Manufacturing Education students who are ready to work (FAME) program. FAME is a national, highly day one following graduation. successful hybrid academic/train- OSU has been the undisputed ing program designed to help stu- leader in Polytech education for dents prepare for highly skilled, more than 60 years, making OKC FAME and Polytech work seamglobally competitive jobs. lessly into the construct of OSU’s Programs like FAME are commitment as a modern landaiding OSU Polytech, which launched an expanded vision for grant university.” OSU-OKC and the OKC innovative STEM-based curricuFAME chapter signed a Memolum, industry-aligned academic randum of Agreement to begin programs, flexible learning opportunities and real-world learn- the program at the OSU-OKC campus this fall. The Greater
Oklahoma City Chamber is the hub organization acting as the convening partner with FAME USA nationally and recruiting local companies to join the effort under the moniker OKC FAME. “OKC FAME and OSUOKC are offering an innovative intersection of education and paid training to help students earn an associate degree and the certifications needed to land jobs in a modern manufacturing workforce,” said Dr. Ronna Vanderslice, OSU-OKC interim provost and vice provost of academic affairs of the OSU System. “This partnership with the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber and a growing number of outstanding Oklahoma industrial companies is helping Oklahoma address its shortage of high-tech workers and spark a revolution of hiring and economic growth.” See Students on 7