Life can be full of adventures. The same can be said for David Loughney, who’s life has taken him from Hawaii to Texas and everywhere in-between. Needless to say, he has seen a lot of the world. Yet, his first love remained. “I have always liked turning wrenches,” Loughney said with a smile.
When you hear the word surveillance, you automatically think of cameras. However, today's systems are much more complex than merely a few cameras. Today's networks require a lot more technical background and for John Berry, Owner of Tulsa Surveillance Technology, Tulsa Tech helped point him on his path to success.
The tale of the last decade for Traden Karch is really a journey from tragedy to triumph. In 2015, he was involved in a car accident on the way home from school that would change his life. "They gave me 24 hours to live, and I was in ICU for three weeks while in a coma," he recalled.
The clang of pots, the grind of a knife, a kitchen is a feast for your senses. The sights, sounds and smells let you know exactly where you are at the moment. The gleaming commercial kitchen at the Owasso Campus is home to dozens of aspiring chefs, and was once a second home to Dakota Cannon.
If you have a fire emergency, you call 9-1-1. But what if nobody is available? That is the sad truth facing fire departments across America. Tulsa Tech and Oklahoma State University teamed up to help put on an accelerated fire academy.
Welcome to a world of bright lights, flashing buttons, and green screens. You are not on a different planet, but in the Television Production I classroom. While we are accustomed to images on our TV, behind the bright lights and glamour is a hard-working team. A team committed to making "TV magic."
Walk into the visual graphics classroom at the Riverside Campus and you will find students eager to create and learn. Amongst them is a student who has already seen the fruits of their hard work while attending Tulsa Tech. Hoi Nei Hlaing submitted an entry and was chosen as the winning theme for 2021-22 by Business Professionals of America (BPA).
A great example of choosing a job you love is Tulsa Tech graduate James H. Neel M.D., F.A.C.S. Neel is a Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon at Ascension St. John. His Tulsa Tech story doesn’t start like every other. Growing up on a sod farm in Bixby, Neel came to Tulsa Tech as an adult student. His dreams of being a doctor were put on hold following college.
Adversity can be the thing that pushes you forward or holds you back. Tulsa Tech is here to help you move forward. Talk with graduate Sherry Johnson and she will tell you how going back to school changed her life.
Soft-spoken but confident, that is what will strike you first talking to Tijay Vargas. The Union High School and Tulsa Tech graduate is now in his first year of Pharmacy school.