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.
A crucial part of any health care training is the hands-on clinical experience. The pandemic has made it difficult for students to get the clinical hours they need to graduate and move into the industry. To help meet that need, Tulsa Tech invested in three state-of-the-art simulation labs.
With the pop of a flashbulb, three Tulsa Tech students earned the opportunity of a lifetime. Each student recently interned for Macy’s department stores, a Fortune 500 company.
From the lumber yard to the server room, Robert Randolph has made his own path to success. The California transplant moved to Tulsa shortly before the pandemic. As he tells it, he found a good job that paid the bills but it was not a career, and that is what he wanted.
Step onto North Greenwood, and the history of the area will hit you. Paintings, murals and lists of businesses destroyed a century ago line the street. But, there is a new buzz. Rose Tax Solutions is a business looking to follow in the footsteps of that historic area.
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, employers have been looking for ways to say "thank you" in a big way. Tulsa Tech Foundations of Web Design student Hannah Brown entered a contest by Hillcrest Medical Center to do just that. As the winner she now has a large mural displayed at 11th and Utica downtown.
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” As adults, we throw this loaded question at our children from the moment they are old enough to talk. If you asked a child what they want to be every year for five years, you will likely get five different answers.