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DaVinci Fall Forum 2017 Report
The DaVinci Institute’s 2017 Fall Forum was held in conjunction with the 2017 Oklahoma Promoting Undergraduate Research Conference. DaVinci presented a panel session about interdisciplinarity and creativity in undergraduate research to the combined assemblage in the morning, then broke out … Continue reading
DaVinci Fall Forum & Promoting UG Research Conference – Sept 29, 2017
The DaVinci Institute Has Joined Our Fall Forum with the 8th Annual Promoting Undergraduate Research Conference. The Forum/Conference will take place on| Sept. 29, 2017, at the Presbyterian Health Foundation Executive Conference Center, 655 Research Parkway, Oklahoma City from 8:30 … Continue reading
DaVinci Institute Announces 2016 Awardees
The DaVinci Institute® is honoring five Oklahoma professors, one Oklahoma A+ Schools® teacher and five student teachers for their creative endeavors at the Oklahoma History Center on April 1, 2016. The mission of the DaVinci Institute is to create a … Continue reading
ReImagining Higher Education – DaVinci Fall Forum, October 23, 2015
How will higher education evolved in the 21st century? While the future is unknown, one thing is for sure – if it is to be successful, educators must take into account how people best learn, technological developments and student interests. … Continue reading
Fail Safe, Fail Fast: One Creative Solution to College Completion
Jeff King, Ed.D., Executive Director, Center for Excellence in Transformative Teaching & Learning, University of Central Oklahoma Dr. Randy Bass of Georgetown University teaches a course in which he asks students to design the kind of learning environment they think would work … Continue reading
Creativity and College Completion: Certificates
By Bret Danilowicz, Dean of Arts and Sciences, Oklahoma State University To achieve Oklahoma’s goal of increasing the number of students who complete higher education, we need to connect with a broader audience than just “traditional” undergraduate students. I define … Continue reading
Creativity and College Completion: The Challenge
By Blake Sonobe, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education A college education has for generations been, for many, the primary route for economic advancement. I still recall the words of my father, “In order to get ahead, you have to … Continue reading
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Congratulations to Mary Linn, a 2009 DaVinci Fellow, who after 12 years at the University of Oklahoma and the Sam Noble Museum, will be joining the staff at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage at the Smithsonian Institution as … Continue reading
2014 Fall Forum
The DaVinci Institute in pleased to announce that it will hold its annual Fall Forum at Northern Oklahoma College’s Eleanor Hays Art Gallery – Kinzer Performing Arts Center on October 24th from 9:30am – 3:00 PM. We will celebrate creativity … Continue reading
Lack and Restrictions to Prompt Creativity?
Rob Asghar suggests that money ruins creativity. “If you can’t stretch a dollar, you can’t stretch your imagination,” he says. Maybe “Necessity is the mother of invention” might be more than just a homily. Living in conditions where there’s not much lack is not a bad thing. Unless it’s a lack of creativity. Continue reading