Sunnie Dawn Baker

September 23, 2023

Mapping our Present, Preparing for our Future: Mark Masoner and True North Mapping and Solutions

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker In 2010, Mark Masoner was working as a paraprofessional at Homer Elementary when he saw a BrainPOP cartoon…

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September 8, 2023

Barbara Bonner-Stephens and the Menace of Feral Hogs: Agricultural Technology and Entrepreneurship

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker The beauty of innovation is that sometimes ideas can come when you least expect them. That was the…

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September 1, 2023

Entrepreneurship and Adaptability: Bruce Jones and Forty Years of Technology

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker It was the winter of 1986 and Bruce Jones was sitting in a cold dark room, wearing a…

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August 18, 2023

Esports at ECU: Not Just Fun and Games

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker Cody Soden has a passion for gaming, and he isn’t alone. Soden, the Director of Alumni Relations and…

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August 11, 2023

Connection, Collaboration, and the Conduit Initiative: Bringing 21st Century Tech Entrepreneurship to Rural Southern Oklahoma

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker When the Ada Jobs Foundation received the Economic Development Administration’s Build to Scale Venture Challenge Grant in 2021…

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July 21, 2023

Education and Outreach: High School Entrepreneurship Efforts with the Conduit Initiative Staff

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker One of the main goals of the Startup Conduit Initiative for Southern Oklahoma is to support entrepreneurs, specifically…

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June 28, 2023

The Water Science Academy: A Thirst for Hands-On Science

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker   Few issues are more important to the survival of the human race than water sustainability. Water is essential…

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June 23, 2023

Globo Custom Games: Spreading Family Fun Through Innovation 

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker  When Kevin Myers took a job at Legalshield in 2008, he never dreamed that within fifteen years he…

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June 9, 2023

Cooperation, Collaboration, and Building a Better Tomorrow: Bringing Leaders Together at the Quarterly Roundtable

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker  To help create scalable tech startups throughout rural Southern Oklahoma, it is necessary to build an ecosystem that…

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June 2, 2023

From Junior Programmer to Tech Entrepreneur: Simon Hamilton’s Perfect Partition 

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker  For Simon Hamilton, tech began at home. Simon, a junior at Latta High School, grew up watching his…

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