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Volume 38

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Winter 2007

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	Oklahoma FIRST Robotics Kicks Off On Jan. 6, 12 teams of Oklahoma high schoolers, some aspiring to be engineers, learned the rules for an international Robotics competition. *More*		Oklahoma CareerTech Pilots First ‘Technology Centers That Work’ Initiative Oklahoma broke ground in January with a first-of-its-kind school improvement initiative in technology centers. *More*
	CareerTech Testing Validates Hiring Decisions, Impacts Bottom Line While test taking may not be on the top 10 “favorites” list for students, every year thousands of Oklahoma CareerTech graduates apply lessons learned and earn credentials for skills through competency testing and assessments. More		OBAN Helping Oklahoma Businesses for Twenty Years Last year Oklahoma companies received more than $442 million in contracts and 7,844 jobs in Oklahoma were secured or retained with help from the Oklahoma Bid Assistance Network. This is a return on investment of $308 to $1. More
	Midwest City DECA Makes Guinness World Record DECA members surpassed the world record Jan. 16, for the most people wearing Groucho Marx glasses at one time. The event was held at a Hornets’ game for the fund-raiser, DECA Goes Groucho Against Cancer. *More*		Culinary Arts Program Receives New Kitchen Equipment Yukon High School students are cooking gourmet meals in a new $50,000 commercial grade kitchen, thanks to industry partner donations. More
	New CareerTech Champions Two new CareerTech Champions are highlighted. More		Program Helping Youthful Offenders Get on a Track Toward Successful Careers About a year ago, it seemed like the world was coming down around Anthony Cardin-Ali. More