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Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024

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UCO Volleyball No. 2 Seed at NCAA Championship

UCO Volleyball has earned the No. 2 seed in the NCAA Division II Volleyball Championship. They will face San Francisco State, the West Regional champion, at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 12, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The national semifinals are scheduled for Friday, Dec. 13, and the national championship match will be at 6 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 14. All games will be broadcast on ESPN+.

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OIT Community of Practice on Artificial Intelligence

UCO's Office of Information Technology (OIT) is launching a Community of Practice (CoP) on artificial intelligence (AI), a collaborative space where faculty, staff and students can connect, learn and innovate. To guide the process, OIT has established the Four Pillars of AI—a framework designed to position UCO as a leader in AI innovation and education.

Those interested in attending a kickoff meeting or attend training opportunities can fill out the interest form.

For questions, call OIT at 405-974-2688.

'Central Dissent' Submissions Now Open

The UCO Women's Research and BGLTQ+ Student Center and New Plains Student Publishing are now accepting submissions for the 2025 edition of "Central Dissent: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality."

Submission categories include poetry, prose, fiction, scholarly media reviews, essays, creative nonfiction and visual art. The deadline to submit a piece to the journal is Friday, Feb. 28.

For more information, email the editor-in-chief of Central Dissent.

UPCOMING EVENTS

DEC 9-13

Finals Week

All Day | Main Campus

DEC 13-14

Commencement

Various Times | Main Campus

DEC 23-JAN 3

Winter Break

All Day | Main Campus

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I know a little more how much a simple thing like a snowfall can mean to a person.

Sylvia Plath
Poet and Author

'CHOS IN THE KNOW

Congratulations to UCO College of Mathematics and Science student Lauren Sowards, a biomedical engineering major, who received a grant to participate in the Broader Engagement program at the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Mathematics of Data Science conference in Atlanta, Georgia.