Every year the world’s most dedicated and intensely trained dog sled racers line up in Anchorage, Alaska, to compete in what is described as “The Last Great Race on Earth,” otherwise known as the Iditarod®. This year the Iditarod® is coming to Stillwater, Okla.

The OSU Foundation announces the exhibition opening of “Sled Dog Racing:  Exercise Physiology Research on the Last Frontier” now on display through September 28 in the Malinda Berry Fischer Gallery at the Foundation.

Freshman and transfer students have been enrolling all summer long at OSU-Stillwater and for every new student the university sees, the OSU Alumni Association sees a future graduate.

Enter the S.T.A.T. program – Students Today, Alumni Tomorrow.  The program was created in 1999 and has been acquainting current students at OSU with the Alumni Association ever since.

OKMULGEE, Okla. – Pedorthic practitioners attending Oklahoma State University-Okmulgee’s recent workshop gained techniques to benefit their patients and expanded their knowledge base of understanding.  Sponsored by the university’s Health and Environmental Technologies Division, the workshop helped more than 50 practitioners learn new ways to design and fabricate orthotics.  Included were custom-fitted shoe inserts designed to provide people with relief from many painful or debilitating conditions of the legs and feet, including those caused by diabetes.

Bruce Jensen, C.Ped., owner of Reuter’s Shoe Store in Topeka, Kansas, attended the workshop  to learn more about pedorthics and how to fit diabetics with proper orthotic shoes.  “At my store, I work with diabetics to fit them with orthotic shoes, so I wanted to learn more about the newest techniques.  I myself have had diabetes for 25 years, so I’m familiar with the debilitating symptoms of the disease and the need for proper orthotic shoes.”

“Events such as Mad Cow disease, E. coli outbreaks and anthrax contamination of federal mail indicate the relevance of being able to quickly and accurately identify the source and, if applicable, the perpetrator(s) of contamination of agricultural products or disease outbreaks,” said Clarence E. Watson, associate director of OSU’s statewide Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station system.

Sarkeys Distinguished Professor Jacqueline Fletcher of OSU’s Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources will serve as director of the institute.

“OSU is in a position to make a real contribution to the nation,” Fletcher said. “The institute will support national and regional biosecurity and law enforcement communities, as well as the U.S. agricultural industry, by identifying, prioritizing and addressing issues of crop and food biosecurity.”