For most students, going off to college means leaving your parents and your hometown to embark on your first steps toward independence. For Joe Anna Hibler, attending Southwestern Oklahoma State University meant that she would be attending college at the same time as two of her other family members. The other two students were her parents. While Hibler was getting her bachelor’s degree, her parents were pursuing their masters’ degrees in education. Both were teachers in Leedey. They would attend night classes during the school year and full time during the summer. “Since our hometown was an hour from the university, one summer we shared a house in Weatherford and all attended classes,” Hible
A career with the promise of a good salary is what motivated Wren Baker to attend college. Following his passion is what has made him one of the brightest young athletics administrators in the country and a trailblazer in several collegiate programs. Baker came to Southeastern in 1996 as a computer science major in the honors program. During his junior year he was asked to sit in on a prospective student interview. The student’s answer to why she chose her area of study resonated with Baker. “She told the faculty member that she would love to be a teacher. You could hear the passion in her voice,” Baker described. “But since she knew it wouldn’t make much money, she chose to focus on finance
Thomas J. Leck can be described as a scientist and inventor who loves to travel and explore. During his long career at DuPont, he worked on polymers, gases and liquids and earned the 47 patents with more patents still pending. In recent years, Leck has enjoyed the opportunity to travel around the world and speak at academic, industrial and governmental conferences about refrigeration, air conditioning and global climate change. Much of his scientific work involved the chemistry of the element Fluorine and using fluorine chemistry to develop products that will significantly reduce the impact of cooling on net carbon emissions, thereby reducing the potential for climate change. Leck grew up o
