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A cross-section of educators from around the area gathered Wednesday for “At the Crossroads: Generative AI at the Future of Teaching in the Permian Basin” at the J. Conrad Dunagan Library at University of Texas Permian Basin. The keynote speaker was Jose Antonio Bowen, scholar, educator, musician, consultant, and bestselling author. The workshop was designed [...]
12 months ago
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Everything from carbon management and seismicity was covered at the Odessa College Energy Day 2025 Friday at the Wood Health Sciences Building. OC Geology Professor Joshua Hardt was the faculty lead coordinating the forum. This was the first time the college had hosted an event like it. “I was approached by people from Lawrence Livermore [...]
12 months ago
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Looking at an outside space at Zavala Elementary, third grade English language arts teacher Rhonda Chappell thought it would be a cool place to have a garden where students would be able to raise vegetables they could eat. At the same time, third grade math teacher Connie Soto was thinking it would be great to [...]
11 months ago
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Zeidi Rodriguez and Missie Morgan recently graduated with education degrees and are getting ready to embark on their teaching journeys. Rodriguez earned a degree in education with a minor in special populations from University of Texas Permian Basin. She will be going into special education. Morgan isn’t quite done with her degrees yet having earned [...]
10 months ago
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After about 12 years with Odessa Arts, Randy Ham is branching out on his own, starting Cultural Compass Consulting. Ham, who was executive director at the nonprofit, started Cultural Compass Jan. 1. The firm will help organizations that want to do strategic planning or leverage their funding into art projects. “It’s also project management, which [...]
8 months ago
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For their 34th wedding anniversary, David and Jerrie Sovil took a trip to Dubai. It didn’t turn out to be the best idea as they arrived Feb. 28 just before the attacks on Iran and subsequent retaliatory strikes took place. One of the attractions was of Dubai was that it was a state-of-the-art city. Sovil [...]
7 months ago
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Now in her 22nd year with Ector County ISD, Raquel Rodriguez is getting a chance to open a school from the ground up. Currently principal of Ross Elementary School, Rodriguez was recently named principal of the new Adela & Gilbert Vasquez Middle School opening this coming August. The campus is expected to have about 1,200 [...]
6 months ago
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Bonham Middle School has made itself known in the Ector County ISD Districtwide Middle School Art Show the past several years. Jorge Avena, an eight grade art teacher and coach, said this was the third time in the past four years the campus got Best of Show. “We usually do pretty good in art. We’ve [...]
6 months ago
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Rather than competing, Javier Hernandez and Denize Querikiol, New Tech Odessa’s valedictorian and salutatorian, did their best to make it to the top while still remaining friends. Both have been at NTO for four years. Graduation is at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 20, at the Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center. Hernandez began the quest for [...]
5 months ago
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Clack pens ‘Discovering the Club’
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Up to 800 people are expected at The Great American Energy Comeback Tour Monday in Midland. Organized by the Permian Strategic Partnership, it’s set for 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. August 17 at the Bush Convention Center, 105 N. Main St., in Midland and features U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright. “The secretary is going on [...]
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