Digital Economy

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker In early June, 35 high school students converged onto the East Central University campus to learn about business and entrepreneurship. This was the tenth time that...

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker Digital jobs are not just the careers of the future—they are the careers of the present. However, people can find it difficult to know where to...

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker Hursh Juneja started watching Star Trek in her youth; it is what drew her already inquisitive mind to learn more about science and technology. She had...

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker Anticipation filled the air at the Omni Hotel. It was April 30th, students and faculty from East Central University anxiously awaited the results for the i2e...

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker On May 7-9, the Rural Innovation Network (RIN) hosted its fourth annual summit in Red Wing, Minnesota, the home of Red Wing Ignite, a successful economic...

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker Sometimes, educators have to think outside the box to help students succeed; and sometimes, partnerships and collaboration within the community can lead to education innovations. The...

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker On Wednesday, April 24th, the Ada Jobs Foundation (AJF) hosted an Education Roundtable Workshop related to their Digital Skilling Initiative in partnership with the Center on...

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker A year ago, I had never heard of the Youth Coding League, and I certainly knew very little about coding, programming, or computer science. If someone...

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker Pontotoc Technology Center (PTC) provides tremendous benefits to the community and developing workforce. Now, though, Congressman Tom Cole and the leadership of PTC Superintendent, Travis Graham,...

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker While drones can be used for both recreational and business applications, People’s Electric Cooperative (PEC), headquartered in Ada, Oklahoma, is taking drone technology to a new...