OKSO held its eighth Tulsa Grandslam in May. The winner for this year’s event was Jordan Price. She won the top honor with a tragic story of her father’s surgery. Price shared a heartfelt story about her estranged father going into high-risk surgery to remove his five aneurysms throughout his arteries, and her healing through…
The Public Good Reads program has announced the new Common Book for the next two academic years, 2022-2024. The book selected is “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants” by Robin Wall Kimmerer. The book was selected through a survey, which was conducted by the Common Book Committee, with the theme…
NBC Today Show and 3rd Hour of TODAY’s cohost Sheinelle Jones will be a guest lecturer during a question and answer session for Tulsa Community College (TCC) and TCC Connection’s Media Day on March 1 at 10 a.m. KJRH anchor/reporter Naomi Keitt will be a co-moderator. For individuals in communications or who have a desire…
The Outsiders House Museum and Circle Cinema have partnered up to screen the newly remastered classic of the 1983 film, “The Outsiders.” The film was shot in Tulsa by director Francis Ford Coppola and featured a cast of the top teenage stars of the early ’80s. Two locations used in “The Outsiders” includes the Outsiders…
Have you ever seen “Brainstorm” or “Memento”? How about “Total Recall,” “Dreamscape,” “Minority Report” or, perhaps, “Strange Days”? No? Watch those instead. Because writer/director Lisa Joy’s feature film debut, “Reminiscence,” lifts many of its influences from those films, and probably a half-dozen others I am forgetting, without doing anything interesting with any of them. Set…
Editor’s note: Tulsa Community College (TCC) English language division offers an eight-week online “Short Story Writing” class during both the spring and fall semesters. TCC students are provided a great opportunity to learn about elements of fiction in the class, such as character, plot, setting, point of view, theme, language, tone, and style….
Connection Conversations: Hospitality with Andrew Leonard Overview: Host Anna Fuhrmeister interviews Andrew “Andy” Leonard over the affects and changes in the hospitality industry due to COVID-19 the past year and for upcoming travel seasons. Running time: 7:02 minutes Editor’s Note: The following transcript has been edited for clarity. Transcript from Interview: Anna Fuhrmeister: Welcome to…
Overview: Host Sam Levrault interviews Dr. Paul Fuhrmeister over his experience volunteering with the COVID Care Force and the Navajo Nation. Length: 18:12 minutes The interview may also be viewed on our youtube channel. The following interview was conducted recorded on Dec. 15, 2020 and has been edited for clarity. Sam Levrault: Welcome to the…
Connection Conversations: A Study Abroad to Japan Date Recorded: 10/28/2020 Overview: Host Anna Fuhrmeister interviews Trent Gleason as he elaborates on his experience as a global student to Japan and what life lessons he brought back. Running time: 29:46 minutes Anna Fuhrmeister 0:00 Welcome to the TCC Connection. I’m your host, Anna Fuhrmeister. On this…
The TCC Connection presents the November calendar of events provided by Tulsa Community College’s (TCC) Student Life! Abbigail Dean – Office Manager/Reporter gives a rundown of events for the remainder of the Month. More details, along with the full calendar, are available at our website, https://tccconnection.com/calendar/ The TCC Connection is Tulsa Community College’s Student Newspaper….
