Rural Renewal Resources
Overview of the Rural Renewal Initiative
Economic Trends and Issues in Rural Oklahoma
Rural Renewal in the Media
- 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
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Registration open for Rural Renewal Symposium in southwest Oklahoma - October 12, 2023
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OSU researchers part of $15M NIFA investment - September 5, 2023
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OSU researchers awarded NSF funds to study rural resilience- August 7, 2023
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OSU Rural Scholars plan summer research on community revitalization- April 28, 2023
- How good is well water? - March 6, 2023
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OSU Researchers Study How Technology Impacts Agriculture- October 21, 2022
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Rural Renewal Symposium planned for Oct. 6- September 26, 2022
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The Rural Renewal Initiative Announces 2022 Rural Scholars- May 17, 2022
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Rural Oklahoma Initiative Seeks to Help Rural Communities Thrive- November 18, 2021
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OSU Center for Rural Health awarded teleEMS Grant- July 26, 2021
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Initiative Seeks to Revitalize Rural Communities- May 7, 2021
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The Initiative Helping to Rebuild Rural Towns- April 30, 2021
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Rural Scholars Program to Help Revitalize Small Communities- February 19, 2021
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Rural Renewal Initiative Wants to Breathe New Life Into Rural Communities- May 14, 2020
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Episode Featuring the Rural Renewal Initiative- October 16, 2019
Rural Renewal Scholarly Works
Publications
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
Presentations
King A. E. H. & Howard, S. G. (2024) Snap happy: Taking photos in the real world.
Immersive workshop presented for 4-Hers in Jackson County.
King, A. E. H., Reasner, L., & Howard, S. G. (2024). Social media basics and strategy
creation. Social Media Start Up Workshop, Altus, OK. Hosted by Jackson County Extension
and Altus Chamber of Commerce.
King, A. E. H., Reasner, L., & Howard, S. G. (2024). Let’s make you look good: Designing
great visuals. Social Media Start Up Workshop, Altus, OK. Hosted by Jackson County
Extension and Altus Chamber of Commerce.
Harvey, L., & King, A. E. H. (2024). Bridging the gap: Lessons from a rural communications
survey. Workshop presented at Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture,
Natural Resources, and Life Sciences Conference, Salt Lake City, UT.
King, A. E. H. (2024). Social media, but strategic. Invited presentation to Hollis
LEADERS class, Hollis, OK.
Caruso, A. C., & King, A. E. H. (2024). Harvesting insights: Exploring rural community
members’ perceptions of agritourism. Presented at the Association of International
Agricultural and Extension Education Conference, FL.
Robinson, J. S., Ochsner, T. E., Weckler, P., Woodring, M., & King, A. E. H. (2023).
A high impact learning experience that promotes transformation through the development
of a team of rural scholars. Presented at the Hawaii International Conference on Education
(HICE).
Sewell, J., King, A. E. H., Harvey, L., & Robinson, J. S. (2024). Framing rural realities:
Exploring youth perspectives of rural communities through photovoice. Presented at
the National American Association for Agricultural Education Conference, Manhattan,
KS.
Reasner L., King, A. E. H., & Harvey, L. (2024). Empowering rural entrepreneurs in
rural Oklahoma: A holistic digital needs assessment. Poster presented at the National
Agricultural Communications Symposium, Atlanta, GA.
King, A. E. H., Langusch, L., Robinson, J. S., Ochsner, T., Weckler, P., & Woodring, M. (2023). Exploring the impact of students’ service-learning experiences on rural communities. Submitted for presentation at the Association of International Agricultural and Extension Education Annual Conference.
Caruso, C. A., Cline, L. L., & King, A. E. H. (2023) Rewriting the rural narrative: A media analysis and community-based comparison. Poster presented at the Southern Region American Association for Agricultural Education Conference, Oklahoma City, OK.
Caruso, C. A., King, A. E. H., & Cline, L. L. (2023). Rewriting the rural narrative: A quantitative analysis of media regarding rural Oklahoma. Poster presented at the National Agricultural Communications Symposium, Oklahoma City, OK.
Caruso, T. C., Cline, L. L., & King, A. E. H. (2023). Rewriting the narrative of rural Oklahoma: A Portrait of leadership in a rural Oklahoma community. Presented at the Annual Southern Rural Sociology Association Meeting, Oklahoma City, OK.
Pierce, C., Quijada, C., Peach, D., Koehler, G., Vasquez-Sanroman, D. Can protective and compensatory experiences (PACEs) affect the saliva microbiome in health care providers? Society for Neuroscience, 2022.
Caruso, T. C., Cline, L. L., & King, A. E. H. (2022). Rewriting the narrative: A Portrait of leadership in Oklahoma’s rural communities. Presented at the International Leadership Association's Global Conference, Washington D. C.
Oloffson, K. Complex Systems for Policy Response in Rural America. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, September 2022
Olofsson, K. Through Their Stories: How Rural Americans Live in Complex Systems. Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL on April 9, 2022. https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/mpsa/mpsa22/index.php?cmd=Online+Program+View+Paper&selected_paper_id=1916085&PHPSESSID=5jimfplsmehauk2vsv16m9ugne
Olofsson, K., Fitzgerald, J. B., & Hussain, B. Sustainable Development Goals in Rural America: Giving Voice to Rural Communities. Presented at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Research Annual Meeting in Austin, TX on March 29, 2022. https://appam.confex.com/appam/2021/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/40320
Oloffson, K. Stories of Risk and Revitalization. Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, March 2022
Woodring, M. (2021). Tier One Rural Renewal Initiative Update. Telehealth Alliance of Oklahoma Board of Directors.
Oloffson, K. Strategic Relationship Building in Environmental Governance. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, September 2021
Oloffson, K. Combating the Decline of Rural America: Developing an Integrated Model of Resilience. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, September 2021
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. (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. (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.
Community Resources
Oklahoma Small Business Development Center
Oklahoma Corporation Commission- Brownfields Department
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.