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Critical Thinking and Endless Possibilities: Stacey Bolin and Entrepreneurship Education

Critical Thinking and Endless Possibilities: Stacey Bolin and Entrepreneurship Education

Nov 4, 2022

By: Sunnie Dawn Smith One of the major challenges with building a culture of tech-based entrepreneurship is finding the people to help us make this vision a reality as something that can happen in rural Oklahoma. We are lucky, though, to have such an ally in Dr....

PRESS RELEASE: Applications Now Open for the Big Pitch: Ada 2022

PRESS RELEASE: Applications Now Open for the Big Pitch: Ada 2022

Oct 24, 2022

ADA, OKLAHOMA – Applications are now open to compete in the Big Pitch: Ada 2022 business pitch competition taking place on November 17, 2022. The Ada Jobs Foundation hosts the Big Pitch: Ada to provide a platform for entrepreneurs to pitch their business ideas to a...

Celena Galbreaith: Technology and the Joy of Creative Problem Solving

Celena Galbreaith: Technology and the Joy of Creative Problem Solving

Oct 21, 2022

By Sunnie Dawn Baker For 16 years, Celena Galbreaith has been on the frontlines of technology. Her experience has provided her with the expertise needed to help shape future generations of technologists as well as facilitate the educational opportunities needed for...

Media Announcement: Ada Jobs Foundation Announces Winners of Career Awareness Social Media Contest

Media Announcement: Ada Jobs Foundation Announces Winners of Career Awareness Social Media Contest

Oct 14, 2022

ADA, OKLAHOMA – The Ada Jobs Foundation (AJF) proudly recognizes the winners of the #AdaWorks Career Awareness Social Media Contest. This contest is an effort through the Workforce Development and Talent Action Team. The Action Team was created through the Ada Jobs...

Designing Innovation for a New Generation: The Pontotoc Technology Center FabLab

Designing Innovation for a New Generation: The Pontotoc Technology Center FabLab

Oct 14, 2022

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker In 2016, administration at Pontotoc Technology Center (PTC) saw a need and had an idea to fill that need. Students were learning skills in computer drafting and CNC programming, which is a computer language which tells other computers what to do....

Embracing Rural Innovation: Coming Together at the IEDC Annual Conference

Embracing Rural Innovation: Coming Together at the IEDC Annual Conference

Oct 7, 2022

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker September 18-21 of this year, members of the Ada Jobs Foundation staff had a chance to attend the International Economic Development Council’s (IEDC) Annual Conference in Oklahoma City. They were joined by economic development professionals from...

A Thirst for Innovation: The Future of Water Technologies in Ada, Oklahoma

A Thirst for Innovation: The Future of Water Technologies in Ada, Oklahoma

Oct 2, 2022

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker Duane Smith is sitting on top of the world, or more specifically, on top of world-leading research about the Arbuckle Simpson Aquifer. Smith is the Executive Director of the Oka' Institute at East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma. The Aquifer,...

Visioning and Re-Visioning: Incubating Ideas for Tech Entrepreneurship

Visioning and Re-Visioning: Incubating Ideas for Tech Entrepreneurship

Sep 16, 2022

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker The future is digital. One of the most significant ways to grow an economy and create jobs and wealth is to be a part of this digital revolution and encourage the creation of scalable tech startups. However, there is a bias against rural America....

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