The Oklahoma State Cowgirl soccer team opened the 2006-2007 season with a pair of victories this weekend.

 

The Cowgirls (2-0) began the weekend Friday with a 10-0 victory over Texas State University (0-1) in San Marcos, Texas.

 

Senior forward Jesyca Rosholt put OSU on the board early with a goal in the game’s

second minute of play, but it was redshirt freshman Leah Hope who provided the Cowgirls with their biggest spark.

 

“Leah came off the bench and did a great job,” co-head coach Colin Carmichael said.

 

“She wanted to impress and get some more minutes and score some more goals, and if she continues that in the next couple of weeks, hopefully she’ll get her way into the lineup.’

 

In Friday’s game, Hope scored three goals, giving the Tulsa-native a hat trick during her first collegiate game.

 

“I’d have to check the record books, but I don’t think that’s ever happened before,” co-head coach Karen Hancock said.

NASA will resume construction of the International Space Station with shuttle mission STS-115. The mission’s Aug. 27 launch date has been postponed, but when the Atlantis takes off, solar cells in hardware designed and manufactured by Oklahoma State University students will be on board, carried by astronaut and pilot Chris Ferguson.
           
During STS-115, the Atlantis crew will install a city bus-sized set of solar arrays on the space station, doubling its ability to generate power from sunlight. Ferguson conceived an educational component to the mission and turned to OSU’s Aerospace Education Services Program for assistance in its development.

 

From space, Ferguson will use the OSU designed array to conduct demonstrations for NASA Explorer School students throughout the nation. With arrays of their own, the students will be able to work along and, throughout the fall, conduct their own experiments.

Robbie and Mike Holder are committed to the vision of OSU Athletics.

 

To prove it, they are donating $500,000 for the first endowed scholarship representing Oklahoma State football.

Congratulations to the Achafoa chapter of Mortar Board at OSU, which has received the esteemed Golden Torch Award for the 2005-2006 academic year.

 

The chapter was one of 19 to take home the award, presented at the organization’s national conference. It is presented to chapters that go above and beyond timeliness and excellence while exemplifying the ideals of scholarship, leadership and service.

 

Mortar Board is a national honor society that recognizes college seniors for outstanding achievement in scholarship, leadership and service.

Mark your calendars for Parents' Weekend 2006, September 15 and 16. Come cheer on the Cowboys as they take on Florida Atlantic University in Boone Pickens Stadium and take part in numerous Family Weekend events.

 

We are proud to announce Walt Garrison as this year’s Homecoming Marshal. A former OSU Cowboy, he is 12th on the OSU career-rushing list. After OSU, Walt played for the Dallas Cowboys. He retired as third-leading rusher in Cowboy History and fourth-leading pass receiver.

Oklahoma State University graduates Christopher Brashears (2006), Matthew Hafner (2006) and Clinton Johnson (2006) departed for Japan from Houston, TX on July 29, 2006 to participate in the 2006 Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program.  Brashears, Hafner and Johnson will be working as Assistant Language Teachers in Japan.  Participants have been assigned to the following locations in Japan:

 

Brashears – Kagawa Prefecture

Hafner – Fukui Prefecture

Johnson – Nagasaki Prefecture

 

Established in 1987, the JET Program is a youth exchange program sponsored by the Japanese government to promote internationalization and improve English education in Japan.  Participants apply through the Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C. and are interviewed by Japanese Consulate's throughout the United States.

 

For more inforamtion on participants who departed via Houston, please contact the JET Coordinator at the Consulate-General of Japan at Houston, jetcoord@cgjhou.org or (713) 652-2977 x120.

A memorial fund has been established in honor of Kenny Egan, the OSU student who died in an off-campus house fire. Counseling services are also available to any faculty, staff member or student who may need help working through the grieving process.

 

The Kenny Egan Memorial Fund is set up at Stroud National Bank, 300 West Main, Stroud, OK 74079, and the phone is 918-968-2545. For counseling, students may contact OSU University Counseling Services at 405-744-5472.  Faculty and staff should call the employee assistance program at 405-744-6415.

Oklahoma State University-Tulsa President Gary Trennepohl announced to the OSU-Tulsa Board of Trustees today that a recent graduate has been awarded one of the most prestigious and competitive graduate scholarships in the nation.