Their reasons for choosing a legal career varied from enhancing teaching and community service skills to winning a family argument. Regardless of why, 146 first-year students eagerly started coursework Aug. 23 at the University of Tulsa College of Law. Before the start of the school year, they participated in an intensive week of activities to [...]

Community Care College, along with its sister campuses, Clary Sage College and Oklahoma Technical College, today announced that the parent company was recently named to the Inc. 5000 list for 2010, a compendium of the most entrepreneurial and fastest growing private companies in the U.S. “Our college is joyously celebrating this accomplishmentm for this is [...]

The 16th annual Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association Conference & Tradeshow will be Aug. 22-24 at the Tulsa Convention Center. The three-day event, the third largest gaming tradeshow in the nation, showcases the latest in Class II and Class III gaming while providing an opportunity for casino operators to learn about the new technology and trends. [...]

The Environmental Quality Co., based in Michigan, recently announced the company has purchased a hazardous waste management facility located in Tulsa from A Clean Environment Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “The addition of the Tulsa, Okla., facility into EQ’s extensive facilities and services network enhances our western U.S. presence,” said David Lusk, [...]

Petroleum Abstracts, an information service of the University of Tulsa, observed its 50th anniversary today. Petroleum Abstracts is recognized as a leading information resource for the oil and gas industry worldwide. It publishes the weekly Petroleum Abstracts electronic bulletin and produces the online Tulsa database, which now contains about 1 million entries directly relevant to [...]

The American Miniature Horse Registry National Championships in Tulsa is preparing to be a big event for small equines and their fans. This year’s AMHR show will determine the nation’s top miniature horses during an action-packed week at Expo Square from Sept. 9-19. “The National Championships are the highlight of the year, and classes run [...]

How did you find yourself in banking and finance? In high school, they had this program called regional occupational programming. You actually spend half your day working. My junior year I did a credit union, then my senior year I worked in a finance company. Because of that experience, I started as a teller right [...]

Williams Partners LP announced today that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved a proposal to expand its Transco natural gas pipeline to serve markets in the southeastern U.S. New service from the Mobile Bay South II Expansion project would be available in May 2011. The project has been designed to create an additional 380,000 [...]

The public is invited to attend a public forum about the new Downtown Area Master Plan on Thursday at the Tulsa Community College’s Center for Creativity, 910 S. Boston Ave. The forum will be from 5:15 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Event Center. The forum is the first of several events as part of [...]

Public Service Co. of Oklahoma, a subsidiary of American Electric Power, yesterday announced a pilot project to convert its electric distribution system in Owasso to new gridSMART technology. The gridSMART system is designed to improve control, reliability and safety. All of PSO’s nearly 13,200 customers in and around Owasso will be included in the project. [...]