Tulsa Community College will be holding auditions for the Tony-winning ‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ in the PACE Studio Theatre at Tulsa Community College Southeast Campus on Nov. 18-19 at 7 p.m. The audition will be casting 12-20 actors of all genders and is open to the college and surrounding communities. Rehearsals will start Jan. 13,…
A First-Time Student Orientation Event at the Southeast Campus Tulsa Community College will be hosting Power Up! Student Convocation at the Southeast campus on Sept. 18, 2 p.m. – 7 p.m. The event, encouraging students to “Elevate your college game,” will host a variety of resources, sessions, and opportunities to connect with TCC students, faculty,…
Tulsa Community College is hosting International Day of Peace 2024 Commemoration. This year’s program will be hosted Sept. 19 at noon at the Peace Garden on the Southeast Campus. The event will feature live music, snacks, sharing of cultures, as well as activities related to “Peace Day”. The United Nations (UN) has designated ‘Cultivating a…
As the numbers of teens in Tulsa with eating disorders rises, health officials and clinicians saythat the resources are woefully inadequate to address it.Unfortunately, it is difficult to know if someone has an eating disorder. National statistics showthat about a fifth of teenagers suffer from disordered eating, which can range from bulimia tobinge-eating, but only…
Social Media is taking a role in everybody’s life nowadays and people have been getting more and more obsessed as the days go by. In this generation, teenagers are now considered as digital natives, meanwhile past generations are digital immigrants. The internet is the majority form of communication that teenagers know, use and understand. Not many…
This podcast speaks about the underfunding of eating disorders in Tulsa, while being backed up by directors and health professionals within the area. Primarily, most of the podcast includes a testimony from an Oklahoma teen who suffered from an eating disorder for 4 years. This testimony is projected to help ED individuals feel not as…
Physical and mental health is important, but do we talk about it in teens? Or even the LGBTQ+ youth? Your teenage years (ages 13-18) are the average time to come out as part of the community. On average, 82% of LGBTQ youth have come out to at least one of their family members, over half…
Podcast: ‘The Queer Perspective’ delves into the critical issues facing LGBTQ+ youth in the United States, but especially in Tulsa and Oklahoma. Each episode explores the unique challenges they encounter. From navigating an often hostile Healthcare System to grappling with discriminatory laws that undermine their rights. Discussions include the struggle to find support and unsupportive…
The number of teens with youth-onset type-2 diabetes is projected to quadruple in the U.S. by 2050 if adequate interventions are not made, according to Diabetes Care, a medical journal. Excessive body weight is a leading risk factor for diabetes and Oklahoma is ranked number three in the country for having it, as stated in…
Juneteenth, sponsored by Tulsa Juneteenth and the Tulsa community, was celebrated June 13-15. The annual event features music, arts and crafts, and food. Held in the Greenwood district, the regional event attracts tens of thousands of individuals from in, around, and outside of the city. The event’s significance this year was to recognize the day…
