Thursday, October 19, 2023
Oklahoma Water Resources Center offers free well water testing Bella Casey News and Lifestyle Assistant Editor The Oklahoma Well Owner Network is making healthy well water accessible to Oklahomans. “In 2018, we surveyed citizens across Oklahoma on what their biggest water resource concerns were,” said Kevin Wagner, water resource center director. “Consistently across the state, Oklahomans’ key concern was drinking water quality.” To evaluate water issues in rural Oklahoma, the water center conducted a pilot program in Alfalfa, Pontotoc and Tillman counties in spring 2022 with the help of OSU environmental science students. More than 150 water samples were tested during the program. Twothirds of participants said they planned to adopt annual well water testing. See Water on 5
Courtesy of OSU News Kevin Wagner, Oklahoma Water Resources Center director, talks to well owners during the 2022 Oklahoma Well Owner Network Program.
Four OSU professors named editors of well-known journal Kennedy Thomason News and Lifestyle Editor
lishes original work relating to sociology, developments in theory and method and research on social processes. “The four of us had already been working together under the leadership of Dr. OSU professors from Long to develop the Center the department of sociology are the new editors of “Social for Insecurity and InequalProblems,” the official journal ity Research at OSU, so we of the Society for the Study of were motivated to apply and continue our scholarly growth Social Problems. together,” Schmitz said. “Drs. The four professors, Long and Fullerton also had Andrew Fullerton, Michael experience serving as coLong, Rachel Schmitz and Kelley Sittner, will start their editors of another sociology journal, ‘The Sociological tenure in June 2024. “Social Problems” pub- Quarterly,’ so we were in a great position to apply.” See Professors on 7
Steve Spears Miguel Morfin is working at Best Buy until he will be commissioned by the Army at a later date.
Small town store to military service Steve Spears O’Colly Contributor
Bryson Thadhani Four sociology professors have been selected to be editors of a prominent sociology journal.
date school, where he earned the rank of lieutenant, but the military has several processes which cause him to not be officially commissioned until a later date. Miguel Morfin, a recent Having already received graduate from the Spears orders for his next duty station, School of Business, would where he will lead 64 soldiers have never envisioned that in the US Army, Morfin knows five months after earning his his time at his current job is degree he would be helping customers at a local electronics short. That hasn’t stopped him from having a profound impact store. on his customers and coworkAfter graduating he ers. shipped off the officer candiDuring his short time at
Best Buy, Miguel has come in and not only exceeded expectations but worked hard to set the example for other employees to follow. “He’s hard working and a good person and a great employee,” assistant manager RJ Chandler said. “He’s nice and caring and treats it with the same amount of passion as his old jobs in the military and keep the same tenacity and effort and is coachable and wants to learn. He motivates everybody else to work hard.” See Service on 6