Overview of the Rural Renewal Initiative

Economic Trends and Issues in Rural Oklahoma

Rural Renewal in the Media

• Registration open for 2025 Rural Renewal Symposium in Woodward - October 17, 2025
• 'Wads of money': Oklahoma marijuana industry causing property values to skyrocket - June 1, 2025
• OSU Rural Scholars bring passion and purpose to Sallisaw - May 22, 2025
• OSU student research expands this summer to new rural communities - May 7, 2025
• Community leaders and researchers encouraged to attend Rural Renewal Symposium - September 16, 2024
• 10 weeks working on an Oklahoma farm made me appreciate how food gets to our table - September 11, 2024
• OSU ranks No. 1 nationally for UN Sustainable Development Goal to address hunger, food insecurity - July 30, 2024
• Hollis Leaders - June 29, 2024
• Students Head to Rural Oklahoma for the Summer of Research - June 4, 2024
• Hollis Middle School students learn civic leadership in OSU rural development course - May 16, 2024
• Ten Rural Scholars embark on summer program to study rural issues - May 10, 2024
• OSU welcomes students for new rural research internship - May 10, 2024
• Registration open for Rural Renewal Symposium in southwest Oklahoma - October 12, 2023
• OSU researchers part of $15M NIFA investment - September 5, 2023
• OSU researchers awarded NSF funds to study rural resilience- August 7, 2023
• OSU Rural Scholars plan summer research on community revitalization- April 28, 2023
• How good is well water? - March 6, 2023
• OSU Researchers Study How Technology Impacts Agriculture- October 21, 2022
• Rural Renewal Symposium planned for Oct. 6- September 26, 2022
• Harmon County Well Owner Network- June 24, 2022
• Tillman County Well Owner Network- June 16, 2022
• Greer County Oklahoma Well Owner Network- June 15, 2022
• The Rural Renewal Initiative Announces 2022 Rural Scholars- May 17, 2022
• Rural Oklahoma Initiative Seeks to Help Rural Communities Thrive- November 18, 2021
• OSU Center for Rural Health awarded  teleEMS Grant- July 26, 2021
• Initiative Seeks to Revitalize Rural Communities- May 7, 2021
• The Initiative Helping to Rebuild Rural Towns- April 30, 2021
• Rural Scholars Program to Help Revitalize Small Communities- February 19, 2021
• Inaugural Rural Renewal Symposium Recap- October 29, 2020
• Rural Renewal Symposium Announcement- September 24, 2020
• Rural Renewal Initiative Wants to Breathe New Life Into Rural Communities- May 14, 2020
• Road to Rural  Prosperity Podcast
• Episode Featuring the Rural Renewal Initiative- October 16, 2019

Rural Renewal Scholarly Works

Publications

Small Town, Big Discussions: Perceptions of the Big Topics Youth Development Program

Identifying Gaps in Southwest Oklahoma NEMT Transit Networks

Perceived versus Measured Impacts of Medical Marijuana on Rural Oklahoma Home Values

Developing Leadership Capacity in a Rural, Farm-Dependent Community

Small Town, Big Discussions: Perceptions of the Big Topics Youth Development Program

Promoting Rural Entrepreneurship Through Technology: A Case Study Using Productivity Enhancing Technology Experience Kits (PETE-Kits)

Connecting Campus to Countryside: An Evaluation of the Rural Scholars Program at Oklahoma State University

Harvesting insights: Rural community members’ perceptions of agritourism in Oklahoma

Rurality, Resilience, & Identity: A Soft Systems Methodology Approach to Understanding Self-Reported Issues in Rural America

The Role of Community Capital in Rural Renewal

Promoting Rural Entrepreneurship through Technology: A Case Study using Productivity Enhancing Technology Experience Kits (PETE-Kits)

Performance of a Multi-sensor Capacitance Probe in Estimating Soil Water Content and Field Capacity

Residents’ perceptions of the need and potential for rural renewal in two farming-dependent counties

Gauging local interest in telemedicine visits: Are online surveys enough?

The broadband serviceable location fabric, rural America, and agriculture

Voices from the field: A Q methodology study about rural hospital priorities

Applying a Community Capitals Framework to Compare Two Rural Counties in Oklahoma 

Community Resources

Oklahoma Arts Council Grants
Oklahoma Small Business Development Center
Oklahoma Corporation Commission- Brownfields Department
Oklahoma Main Street Program

RRI Support Statement

This statement should be in used in reports or manuscripts for acknowledging RRI support or funding:

Funding (or support) for this project was provided by the Oklahoma State University Rural Renewal Initiative,  supported by the Office of the Vice President for Research, Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station and Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service.