{"id":1841,"date":"2020-03-13T13:13:04","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T19:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/?p=1841"},"modified":"2020-03-27T13:18:53","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T19:18:53","slug":"ssc-and-gordon-cooper-technology-center-partnership-honored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/ssc-and-gordon-cooper-technology-center-partnership-honored\/","title":{"rendered":"SSC and Gordon Cooper Technology Center Partnership Honored"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seminole State College and Gordon Cooper Technology Center were among colleges, schools and businesses honored during a Business Partnership Excellence Awards Luncheon held March 12 at The University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Present at the Regents Business Partnership Excellence Award Luncheon (l-r) were: Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Chancellor Dr. Glen Johnson, OSRHE Vice Chair Ann Holloway, Seminole State College President Lana Reynolds, Superintendent of Gordon Cooper Technology Center Bob Perry, GCTC Director of Partner School Outreach Ashley Fichtner, GCTC Superintendent Administrative Assistant Ronda Brady, SSC Educational Foundation Advancement Coordinator Kelsie Guy, SSC Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Linda Goeller and SSC Rural Business and Resources Center Director Larry Smith.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The award, sponsored\nby Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education (OSRHE), annually honors\noutstanding partnerships that lead to significant contributions in educating\nand developing Oklahoma\u2019s workforce. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comments were\nmade at the event by Oklahoma Lt. Governor Matt Pinnell. Oklahoma State Regents\nfor Higher Education Chancellor Dr. Glen Johnson gave the program address. The\nrecognition of honorees was done by State Regent and former state Attorney\nGeneral Mike Turpen. Fred Morgan, the President and Chief Executive Officer for\nthe State Chamber of Oklahoma, received special recognition for his commitment\nto higher education and economic development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seminole State College and GCTC have worked cooperatively for\ndecades, helping students achieve educational goals and, in turn, producing a\nbetter-trained workforce for Seminole, Pottawatomie, Lincoln, Okfuskee and\nHughes counties. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The GCTC campus\nhas provided classroom sites for numerous SSC college courses, both offered\nconcurrently to high school students and the public. Additionally, two SSC\nhigh-level math courses, Calculus I and Calculus II are offered to GCTC\nstudents in Shawnee for college credit. Dramatic cuts in state funding caused\nSSC to look at closing their long-time medical laboratory technology program in\nlate 2016. Through a partnership with GCTC, the program moved to new facilities\nprovided by the technology center. A physical therapy assistant (PTA) program\nwas also created, received national certification and graduated its first class\nlast spring. Students completing the PTA program receive an Associate in\nApplied Science degree from SSC and are eligible for a licensure exam. A\nsimilar effort to meet local workforce needs has been developed by the two\nentities through a cooperative program in engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cWe are so honored to have our partnership\nwith the Gordon Cooper Technology Center recognized through this awards\nprogram. We see so many students benefit from the partnership and go on to accomplish\ngreat things in their careers,\u201d SSC President Lana Reynolds said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more\ninformation about the OSRHE business partnership award, visit www.okhighered.org\/RBPE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seminole State College and Gordon Cooper Technology Center were among colleges, schools and businesses honored during a Business Partnership Excellence Awards Luncheon held March 12 at The University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1842,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,4],"tags":[85],"class_list":["post-1841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-http-www-sscok-edu-media-educationalfoundation","tag-march-2020"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1841"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1843,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1841\/revisions\/1843"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}