Success Stories

Scholars excel at OSU! Oklahoma State University is a leader in fostering students' academic achievement. During the last decade, OSU students have won prestigious national scholarships at an exceptional rate.

In recent years, OSU scholars have competed for and won many prestigious honors, including:

Truman scholarship, leadership, public service in the U.S. (OSU was named Oklahoma's first Truman Honor Institution in 2000 for its record of excellence in this program)

Rhodes post-undergradiuate study in Oxford, England

Marshall post-undergraduate study anywhere in England

Fulbright post-undergraduate study anywhere in the world

Mitchell post-undergraduate study in Ireland

Gates post-graduate study in Cambridge, England

Goldwater undergraduate excellence in science, engineering and mathematics

Udall two programs for undergraduates: 1) Native Americans in medicine or tribal policy; 2) environmental studies

Recent OSU Scholars

Matt Stiner

2007 Truman Scholar

Matt served four years in the Marine Corps before entering OSU, including 7 months of active duty in Iraq.  After returning from hus duty in Iraq, Stiner focused on public service through speaking engagements and volunteerism.  He also began working toward his dgree in political science by attending classes at Tulsa Community College and eventually, OSU.  Following graduation, Matt plans to pursue a master's degree in public administration and a career in public service.

Cortney Timmons and Sarah Jane Smallwood

2007 Udall Scholars

Cortney and Sarah-Jane are among 80 students selected as Udall Scholars based on their leadership potential, academic achievment and committment to careers in the environment, health care or tribal public policy.  Smallwood plans to work with federal and tribal governments related to agricultural and environmental issues, specifically water.  Timmons aspires to design agricultual systems and program that protect and sustain the quantity and quality of water, soil and other natural resources.

Kyle Ensley

2007 Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellow

The Pickering Fellowship is only granted to 20 students in the nation and will finance the remainder ot Ensley's undergraduates studies and two years of graduate school plus a guaranteed four-year position as a foreign service officer with the State Department after he finished graduate school. 

Tim O'Neil

2007 Jacob J. Javits Fellow

The Javits Fellowship is the nation's premier humanities fellowship for academically superior students who want to study at the master's or doctoral level in the arts, humanities, or social sciences.  O'Neill has excelled at OSU, earning three Honors College degrees in political science, history and English.  O'Neil plans to teach at the high school or collegiate level.