Volume 116, Issue 18
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Tuesday, July 10, 2018
TPS to Roll Out New Parking Permits Megan Thele @1bigtime
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Students vehicles are parked in the Liberal Arts Parking lot on October 30, 2017 with their UCO parking passes displayed in the lower corner of their windshield. This year students will have the option to but a cheaper parking pass called the remote/event parking pass. (Vista Archives)
Transportation and Parking Services at the University of Central Oklahoma is introducing a new parking permit, which will cost half the price of a standard permit, to provide a more cost-effective option for students, faculty and staff. Although parking permit prices are staying the same this year, TPS is introducing the new remote/evening permit, which is $62.50 and allows parking in northern parking lots during the day and multipermit lots in the evening, according to Josh Stone, director of Transportation and Parking Services. “The remote/evening parking permit is replacing the North Parking program that has existed in previous years,” Stone said. “This permit is Continued on page 4
UCO Recognized for Service to Santa Fe South Christian Tabak
South Superintendent Chris Brewster said that their partnership with UCO Editor-In-Chief stands out for the institute’s supportThe University of Central Oklaho- ive programming and work within ma was recognized as Santa Fe South Santa Fe’s classrooms. Schools’ 2018 Higher Education “Clearly as a result of the servant Partner of the Year for its compreleadership of [College of Education hensive and generous involvement Dean John] Machell, we have a longwithin the district at the charter term, productive partnership with school’s fourth annual Spring Gala. the College of Education,” Brewster Among the district’s many partsaid. “We have always been warmly ner universities, which also include received, supported and encouraged Oklahoma State University and the by our interactions with the dean and University of Oklahoma, Santa Fe the members of the UCO faculty.”
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While the award recognizes all the ways in which UCO has supported the district as an institution for higher education, the College of Education and Professional Studies accepted the award on behalf of the university specifically for the college’s work in supporting education within Santa Fe South. “Here in the College of Education and Professional Studies we partner with many organizations in the Oklahoma City metro. Santa Fe South is one of our valued partners,” said
Lorene Roberson, who coordinates communications and public relations for CEPS. “We work with Santa Fe South is many ways, whether it be through our student teaching program or our faculty visiting classrooms to share information with students.” Along with the college’s student teaching and classroom visits, it is also an active partner within Oklahoma’s Bilingual Teacher Pipeline Project and the Urban Teacher Preparation Academy programs. Continued on page 4
OKLAHOMA NEWS
Tax Increase
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BRONCHO SPORTS
UCO Golf Takes a Major Swing
Teacher Pay
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