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When does Short-Term become Long-Term? And Zero-Sum Thinking

March 4, 2020

When does Short-Term become Long-Term? And Zero-Sum Thinking Bart Binning, Ed. D. Short-Term vs Long-Term In examining ripples on a pond, the event that creates the ripple is the now, and the initial ripples moving through time are the short-term. The question then becomes, “when do we arrive at the long-term”, and why is […]

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Chuck Spicer – The New OU Medicine and Health Care in Oklahoma

March 3, 2020

Chuck Spicer, FACHE, is President and CEO of OU Medicine, Inc., Oklahoma’s only comprehensive academic health system. Spicer came to OU Medicine in 2005, first serving as CEO of OU Medical Center then The Children’s Hospital. When OU Medicine became a locally owned nonprofit academic health system on Feb. 1, 2018, Spicer assumed leadership of […]

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Dreaming of those “Far Away” Places

February 28, 2020

Dreaming of Those “Far Away” Places by Leonard Sullivan As a young farm boy in school in Oklahoma, as we studied our history and geography lessons, we never dreamed the impossible dream of one day traveling to “far away”places. The only persons I knew, or knew of, who had traveled out of the USA were […]

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Russell Evans, OCU – Economic Forecast

February 25, 2020

Russell Evans, Associate Professor of Economics, Exec. Director, Steven C. Agee Economic Research & Policy Inst. Economics & Finance Education Ph.D., Economics, Oklahoma State University B.S., Economics, Oklahoma State University Areas of Expertise Dr. Evans brings academic and business perspectives to his teaching and specializes in regional and fiscal economic forecasting, local analysis of […]

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Adults in the Room

February 21, 2020

Adults in the Room by Pat Rooney After reading about yet another college student protest effectively running off an invited speaker on campus, I was struck by the student’s response that any possible discipline being discussed of said students “would have a chilling effect on free speech and expression on campus.” Notwithstanding the steeped irony, […]

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Greg Slavonic, Assistant Secretary of the Navy – The Navy Our Nation Needs

February 18, 2020

Gregory J. Slavonic was sworn in as the 18th Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs on June 11, 2018. He is responsible for the overall supervision and oversight of manpower and reserve component affairs of the Department of the Navy, including the development of programs and policy related to military personnel […]

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How Bad Can It Get?

February 17, 2020

How Bad Can It Get? By Ron Page Among those of an age to worry about grandchildren and future generations, I hear concerns about the direction of our country and our world. I share those concerns but in my attempt to contrast a grim future to the good times past, I discovered that by view […]

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Paycom: Transforming Oklahoma through Leadership and Technology

February 11, 2020

Chad Richison has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since he founded Paycom in 1998. He has also served as a member of our Board of Directors since 1998 and was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors in August 2016. Mr. Richison began his career in sales with a national payroll and human […]

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10 Things I Love About Rotary

February 5, 2020

10 Things I Love About Rotary by Karen Wicker February is the month of love, a time to share joy and appreciation with important people in our lives. There are countless reasons I love being a Rotarian, but here are the ones which immediately spring to mind. Rotary is a place where I can […]

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Retirement 101

February 5, 2020

Retirement 101 by Tisha Tate Garcia What does retirement mean to you? Every American likely has their own definition of the word. You may already be experiencing the phenomenon known as retirement, it may only be a fleeting thought because it is decades in the future or you may have “been there and done that,” […]

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