Rural Renewal Resources
Economic Trends and Issues in Rural Oklahoma
Rural Renewal in the Media
Oklahoma Initiative Seeks to Help Rural Communities Thrive- November 18, 2021
Rural Renewal Effort Combines Scholarship, Outreach- October 13, 2021
Rural Sociologist: To Promote Local, Think Regional- October 13, 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 ProsperityPodcast Episode Featuring the Rural Renewal Initiative- October 16, 2019
Rural Renewal Scholarly Works & Presentations
Woodring, M. (2021). Tier One Rural Renewal Initiative Update. Telehealth Alliance of Oklahoma Board of Directors.
Taylor, R. (2021). Applying a Community Capitals Framework to Compare Two Rural Counties in Oklahoma [master's thesis]. Oklahoma State University.
Miller, K. (2021). Voices from the field: A Q methodology study about rural hospital priorities [master's thesis]. Oklahoma State University.
King, A. E. H., Robinson, J. S. Ochsner, T., Woodring, M., & Weckler, P. (2021). Developing rural scholars for conducting research and service in rural communities: The effects of a high-impact learning opportunity. Poster presented virtually at the Southern Region American Association for Agricultural Education Conference.
Ochsner, T., Hagerman, A., Krueger, E., Lambert, D., Lambert, L., and Weckler, P. (2021). Drought severity and impact relationships: A multidimensional case study of recent droughts in the south-central semiarid prairies of the United States, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-6530, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-6530.
Robinson, J. S., Bohannon, L., & Hill, R. (2020, October). Mentoring rural youth through Big Topics. UNM Mentoring Institute, Albuquerque, NM.
Robinson, J. S., Ochsner, T. E., Weckler, M., & Woodring, M. (2020). Equipping students to address wicked problems in rural communities: The development of a rural scholars program. 2020 AAAE Virtual Conference (Innovative Idea Poster).
Barringer, B., Cook, N., Ochsner, T. E., Robinson, J. S., Weckler, P., & Woodring, M. (*accepted for presentation in 2020). A high impact learning experience that promotes transformation through the development of a team of rural scholars. Transformative Learning Conference, Edmond, OK. *Conference was canceled due to COVID-19.
Barringer, B., Ochsner, T. E., Robinson, J. S., Weckler, P., & Woodring, M. (*accepted for presentation in 2020). A high impact learning experience that promotes transformation through the development of a team of rural scholars. 7th Annual Big 12 Teaching and Learning Conference, Overland Park, KS. *Conference was canceled due to COVID-19.