DURANT, Okla. – Week two of Southeastern Oklahoma State University’s “BrainStorm’’ will begin Monday, April 22, and continue through the end of the week.

DURANT, Okla. -- Abe Blackburn of Wapanucka represented Southeastern Oklahoma State University at Research Day at the Capitol 2013 in Oklahoma City.

DURANT, Okla. -- Southeastern Oklahoma State University’s American Chemical Society student members chapter received its first-ever “Green Chemistry Chapter Recognition Award” at the national ACS meeting in New Orleans.

NORTH TEXAS, April 15 –Susan G. Komen North Texas is proud to announce its grants recipients for the 2013-2014 grants cycle.

SHERMAN, TEXAS—Austin College and the Sherman Symphony Orchestra join together to present a concert version of the opera Carmen as the final performance of the 2012-2013 Community Series season on Saturday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m. in Kidd-Key Auditorium in Sherman. The Community Series website calls the production a crowd favorite and “never a more seductive and memorable opera, filled with recognizable tunes.”

SHERMAN, TEXAS—Austin College and the Sherman Symphony Orchestra join together to present a concert version of the opera Carmen as the final performance of the 2012-2013 Community Series season on Saturday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m. in Kidd-Key Auditorium in Sherman. The Community Series website calls the production a crowd favorite and “never a more seductive and memorable opera, filled with recognizable tunes.”

Frontier Village is hosting a 5K Run and 1 Mile Fun Run, to benefit Frontier Village, at 8:00 a.m.

SHERMAN, April 15, 2013 – Dr. Susan Thomas, Executive Director of Texoma Council of Governments (TCOG) announced today the winner of the Summer in Texoma Youth Art Contest. The winning entry, “Cliffs of Lake Texoma,” was submitted by Erin Hollahan, a second grader from Leonard, Texas.

(SHERMAN, Texas) April 11, 2013 —The Sherman Museum today announced that it will sponsor an art contest for youths, grade K through 5.

Tom Bean Friends of Library will help you reduce, recycle, reuse.

An exciting day is being planned for Ardmore’s 16th annual Earth 1st Expo. BancFirst, KICM, OG&E and Ardmore Beautification Council are sponsoring the event. It will at 310 W. Main Street, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Saturday, April 20.

DURANT, Okla. – The Southeastern Oklahoma State University Aviation Sciences Institute hosted the annual Aviation Awards night and Alumni Reunion Saturday.

SHERMAN, TEXAS--The Austin College Department of Art and Art History presents the exhibit, “Contours” by Isabel Farnsworth through May 3 in Dennis Gallery of Forster Art Complex (1315 East Richards Street). The gallery is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The exhibit is free and open to the public.

DURANT, Okla. -- The Department of Occupational Safety & Health at Southeastern Oklahoma State University has announced a record-setting year of student scholarships from the Foundation of the American Society of Safety Engineers.

Ardmore, OK - April 4, 2013: A call for artist entries has been announced for the 2nd Annual Red River Art Show & Sale. The art show will be held Saturday, August 24, 2013 at the Ardmore Convention Center. It is open to all artists 18 years and older working in oil, water media, pastel, drawing and sculpture. Artists selected for the show are eligible for $3,500 in art awards.

SHERMAN, TEXAS—World-renowned Kenyan photojournalist and activist Boniface Mwangi will speak at Austin College Tuesday, April 9, at 11 a.m. in Hoxie Thompson Auditorium of Sherman Hall. His lecture, “Never Again! The Struggle for Peace and Reconciliation in Kenya,” is free and open to the public. At 4:30 that afternoon, Mwangi’s free exhibit “Never Again!” will open in Ross Gallery of Forster Arts Complex.

GHS is the 2013 (9-3A) Runner-Up in UIL Academics. Before the UIL district meet’s final event, One Act Play, the scores were Decatur 354.33, Bridgeport 349, Gainesville 329, Sanger 180.33 and Krum 148.33.

The Chickasaw Nation White House is hosting an old-fashioned kite flying event this weekend, April 5-6.

Go back in time to the American West and enjoy what was the social and business event of the year, the rendezvous!

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern Oklahoma State University hosted the 100th-annual Curriculum Contest Thursday.

Free classes are available in Bonham at the Fannin County Children’s Center for adults to learn how to prevent, recognize and report child abuse. The classes are designed for parents, teachers, other school personnel, day care workers, coaches, Sunday School teachers and other professionals and volunteers who work with children.

On April 1 the Fannin County Commissioners passed a proclamation declaring April to be Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention month for Fannin County. The Fannin County Children’s Center has many activities planned for this month. They want to encourage everyone to get involved and do something, no matter how big or small.

The library will be holding classes on downloading eBooks from the library to your Kindle, Nook, iPad or other device on Saturday, April 6th at 2 p.m. Be sure to bring your device to class. Don’t have an eReader? You can still access content on a computer or smartphone.

GAINESVILLE – The Student Nursing Association (SNA) at North Central Texas College will be taking donations starting Monday for a garage sale to benefit Abigail’s Arms Family Crisis Center.

DURANT, Okla. – Dr. Martin Bressler, Associate Professor of Management in the John Massey School of Business at Southeastern Oklahoma State University, was recently honored with the Distinguished Research Award. This award was presented by the Academy of Legal, Ethical, and Regulatory Issues at the Allied Academies International Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.