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Graduate Stories

The University of Oklahoma recognizes its students concluding their academic journeys. OU's Grad Stories highlight students with extraordinary stories and inspiring careers on campus. Learn more about our graduates to get a glimpse of the experience of an OU student.

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LISA MASLOVSKAYA

Creative Media Production and French
Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication
Dodge Family College of Arts and Science

 

Lisa Maslovskaya came to the University of Oklahoma after emigrating from Moscow, Russia and pursued a degree in creative media production and French. During her time at the Gaylord College of Journalism, Maslovskaya was able to flourish in multiple creative spaces and cultivate her skillset for her future.

Tatum Mabes' wearing stole on University of Oklahoma campus.
RYLAN TEXADA

Finance
Price College of Business

Graduating with a BBA in Finance from the Price College of Business at the University of Oklahoma, hear more of Rylan Texada's story of impact and how his OU journey paved a path toward a successful future.

OU graduate holding 4.0 medallion.

OU Students Honored For Achieving Perfect Grade-point Average

May 02, 2024

One hundred and fifty-four University of Oklahoma undergraduate students eligible to graduate in May maintained a perfect 4.0 grade-point average throughout their academic careers at OU. Of the total, 72 reside in Oklahoma.

Juan Dills posing for a headshot.

OU Student Juan Dills Named a 2024 Truman Scholar

April 23, 2024

University of Oklahoma honors student Juan Dills was named a 2024 Truman Scholar. Dills, an undergraduate student in the Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work, plans to pursue a Master of Social Work with a desire to address problems around imprisonment and reincarceration in U.S. prisons.

Maddy Keyes posing for a headshot.

OU Student Named Pulitzer Reporting Fellow

April 26, 2024

Maddy Keyes, a senior from the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication, has been chosen as a Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellow to explore the ecological grief caused by climate change for the Inuit in Greenland.

Four Fulbright winners posing for headshots.

OU Students, Recent Alumni Receive Fulbright Scholarship

May 06, 2024

University of Oklahoma students Jaron Davidson and Olivia Mitchell, and recent alumnus Avery Stevens have received Fulbright U.S. Student awards for the 2024-2025 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Nikola Dragicevic, another recent alumnus, received a Fulbright U.S. Student award for the 2023-2024 cycle early this spring after initially being named an alternate.