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UCO MBA’s New Major Updates Megan Thele

@1bigtimenicole Reporter

The University of Central Oklahoma’s College of Business announced that it will be offering two new majors in healthcare and energy systems, under the Masters of Business Administration (MBA) program, starting this fall. “We are thrilled to offer two new and innovative majors as part of our MBA program,” said Megan Tyler, director of MBA enrollment. The majors will be offered at UCO MBA, a campus in the heart of downtown Oklahoma City. All MBA programs offered are accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). “Being located in the heart of Oklahoma City’s Central Business

District, the UCO MBA, including the new majors, is just steps away from the leading energy and health care stakeholders in OKC,” said Tyler. The healthcare major will offer courses specifically focusing on topics in the healthcare industry, while maintaining the core MBA curriculum. Students will be able to learn and gain experience through integrated and application-based learning specific to the industry. Specific courses will cover healthcare management, finance, and informatics, as well as legal issues in the healthcare setting. While focusing on core business aspects, the energy systems major will also focus on the legal environment and forecasting supply and demand in energy production and disposition. Courses in energy law, antitrust and regulation will offer a holistic ap-

proach and provide skill in foreSee “MBA” on 3

Megan Tyler, director of MBA enrollment; Travis Roach, Ph.D., assistant professor of economics; Ethan Waples, Ph.D., director of the MBA program; and Stuart MacDonald, Ph.D., professor of finance stand together in downtown Oklahoma City.(Provided/ UCO University Communications).

Students Personal Secret Service

else,” said Turner. “We really don’t try to limit who we recommend using this device. All ages can use it. It’s popular with outdoor people and college students.” Turner said the noise is projected from a small speaker, unlike an ambulance siren. It still creates the same amount of noise, just in a smaller distance. She said it can be heard 300 feet away, and further in some environments. A person who went by the initials V.M., wrote on BASU’s website. “My girlfriend is a nurse and works night shifts very often, frequently walking alone at night on dark street towards her car. She noticed some suspicious person following her one night while she was walking towards her car in the parking lot. The sound startled the suspicious-looking person and he ran away.” BASU's website described the eAlarm's common uses as a crime deterrent, animal repellent, rescue signal, and intrusion alert. The website said the eAlarm will sustain sound until up to 30 minutes of

Faith Kelly @vista1903 Reporter

BASU’s eAlarm may give safety confidence to college students by providing a piercing sound decibel equivalent to an ambulance siren. The product was developed by a California company, BASU. The eAlarm is a keychain that is about two inches long and one inch wide. When the pin is pulled, it emits a 120-decibel alarm, which could be compared to a loud rock concert or an ambulance siren. It is portable and is Transportation Security Administration approved. It is durable and waterproof, and is difficult to be silenced. The owner can silence it by putting the pin back into the socket, or it will stop automatically after 30 minutes. Jill Turner, the public relations director of BASU, said the device can be used by anyone. “It is a family version of pepper spray.” She said the point of the eAlarm is to prevent an attack. “People are not always trained to use weapons or pepper spray, so they may end up hurting themselves or someone

The BASU eAlarm can be attached by keychain to keys, purses, backpacks, etc. The device is intnded to be small and easily accessible in case of emergency. (Provided/ BASU).

used alarm, and then will gradually weaken. See “eAlarm” on 3


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