Volume 116, Issue 15
the VISTA “Our Words, Your Voice.”
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Tuesday, June 19, 2018
FSI Receives Wildlife Conservation Grant Megan Thele @1bigtime
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The W. Roger Webb Forensic Science Institute received a $150,000 grant through the Kirkpatrick Foundation to create a DNA sequencing network for wildlife research, protection and conservation. The DNA sequencing network will be the first of its kind, known as the Rapid Online Wildlife Identification Network. It will become the first wildlife forensics DNA sequencer that can be accessed globally and compiles data from researchers around the world. “The ROWIN project has been an ongoing project in my lab for two years and we are still in the process of developing the technology,” said James Creecy, assistant professor of The external of the University of Central Oklahoma’s Forensic Science Institute on June 18 before any work has been done. The UCO Forensic Science Institute recieves a $150,000 grant from the Kirpatrick Foundation for wildlife conservation research (Katy Kortemeier/ The Vista).
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UCO Plans One Stop to Combine Them All Christian Tabak @CaffeineWallace Editor-In-Chief
After years of existing as a department without an official office, the Broncho One Stop will finally a find a home this fall in the University of Central Oklahoma’s Nigh University Center. Renovations to the south end of the NUC’s first floor will combine the Undergraduate Academic Advisement office and the Undergraduate Admissions and Enrollment office into one unified office space, according to Dallas Caldwell, senior director of Enrollment and Financial Services at UCO.
“We are in the middle of the process now, in terms of shifting our mindset and our approach to improving customer and student service,” Caldwell said. “The exact layout and composition is still being discussed as we try things out and gauge student reactions over the summer.” One Stop will combine the offices of Financial Aid, Enrollment Services, Student Records, Academic Advisement and Graduation Support Services. It will also create a new “SelfHelp” area for students to receive guided help at workstations for issues such as online course registration or digital transcript requests. Elimination of students having to
go from office to office waiting in line to solve issues with enrollment or financial aid during the university’s peak periods of activity in January and August is the project’s primary goal, according to Dallas “For some of the more difficult issues, we love the idea of a student who is sitting with her or his advisor being able to pull in a financial aid counselor for a few additional questions, rather than having to set up a separate appointment or go down the hall and wait to be seen,” Dallas said. To aid in this goal, One Stop will also include a new queue management system. The system will allow students to virtually join the line for One Stop’s services from anywhere
Outside of the Financial Aid office on the first floor of the Nigh University Center a poster hangs to tell students and faculty they will soon be moving locations. (Regan Rosson/The Vista) Continued on page 3
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