GLOBAL

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On the cover

From its roots after the end of WWII, the unit now known as OSU Global has grown immensely as a crucial part of the university.

(Cover photo by Gary Lawson)

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A helping hand Afghan refugees commemorate 1-year anniversary of being resettled in Stillwater and at OSU following fall of their country.

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Loyal and true

Indonesian Ambassador Rosan Perkasa Roeslani, an OSU alumnus, returned to his alma mater in the fall as an inductee in the Henry G. Bennett Distinguished Fellows Program.

18 Unique path

Ghanaian freshman spends whole life working toward becoming an OSU Cowboy after receiving orange T-shirt as a child.

24 Champion ambassador Olympic champion and OSU wrestling legend John Smith traveled to Azerbaijan in 2022 as an ambassador of the sport.

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6 Sustainable Development Goals

14 Delegation Yearbook

22 Student Author

28 Around OSU Global

34 Fast Facts

ASSOCIATE PROVOST AND DEAN, OSU GLOBAL

Dr. Randy Kluver

ASSOCIATE DEAN OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

Dr. Jami Fullerton

ASSISTANT DEAN AND DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS

Dr. Jeff Simpson

OSU GLOBAL COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST

Kelli Norton

EDITOR

Jordan Bishop

ART DIRECTOR

Dave Malec

DESIGN

Paul V. Fleming

PHOTOGRAPHERS

OSU Archives, Garrett Kirksey, Gary Lawson, Kelli Norton, Phil Shockley, Andrea Sisson and Bruce Waterfield

WRITERS

Stephen Howard, Randy Kluver, Kelli Leech, Kelli Norton, Andrew Ranson, Sydney Trainor and Brandon Wulz

OSU GLOBAL UNIT HEADS

Dr. Emily Boersma, English Language and Intercultural Center

Dr. Jami Fullerton, School of Global Studies

Tim Huff, Office of International Studies and Scholars

Andrew Ranson, Center for International Trade

Dr. Jeff Simpson, Center for Global Learning

GLOBAL is a publication of Oklahoma State University Global and is designed to provide information on college activities and accomplishments while fostering communication among the Global family and friends. GLOBAL.OKSTATE.EDU

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Welcome to the first issue of GLOBAL, which showcases Oklahoma State University’s incredible impact on the world.

OSU has a remarkable legacy of international leadership, and we hope to use this new publication to help our community better understand its global engagement and impact. GLOBAL will be dedicated to telling the story of the entire university — how faculty, staff and students engage the world. As you will read elsewhere in this issue, Henry G. Bennett, the transformational president of Oklahoma A&M College throughout the 1930s and ’40s, was instrumental in the university’s transition to a global institution with a worldwide impact. Seven decades later, President Bennett’s legacy lives on through the countless students, faculty and staff who are dedicated to bringing their talents, knowledge, skills and passion to changing the world.

I consider it an immense privilege to be a part of OSU’s global legacy, and to work to create the campus infrastructure that supports it. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, our international travel was suspended, though now it is quickly resuming. Our students are starting to begin their studies around the world in earnest, and our faculty and staff have returned to engaging the world as well. Within OSU Global, we took the period of hiatus to restructure and rethink our structures and processes, and have reorganized a number of units to support greater global engagement. In this issue, we will explore some of those changes, as well as our plans for moving ahead in the future.

In January 2023, we proudly announced the renaming of the School of Global Studies and Partnerships to OSU Global to better reflect our mission and our work. Later in this issue, we explain how the university has managed its international engagement throughout the decades, and how we arrived at this stage. The change is meant to better clarify the unit’s scope and responsibilities for both international and domestic audiences. Even though our name has changed, we remain dedicated to supporting international experiences for our OSU and Stillwater community.

Elsewhere in this issue, you will read about a number of activities and events on campus and around the world, including visits from ambassadors and delegations, our work to welcome Afghan refugees to Stillwater and the international recognition the university has received for our contribution to the UN’s Sustainable Development goals.

We hope you enjoy reading the first issue of GLOBAL to learn about our college and accomplishments in 2022. As the associate provost and dean, I am more than happy to hear from all of our friends, alumni and others who have an interest in the university and OSU Global. We look forward to hearing from you! I also invite you to visit our website for news and information about our global activities and engage with us via our social media.

Thanks for taking the time to learn more about OSU’s global engagement, and we welcome you to join the entire Cowboy family to help change the world!

Respectfully,

Dr. Randy Kluver Associate Provost and Dean, OSU Global