FOOD The meal plan is AWESOME. Qdoba, Einstein Bagels and the never-ending salad bar at the cafeteria; can it get better than that? As a senior, I cherish my meal plan like I would a firstborn child. It. Is. Superb. YOU DON’T HAVE TO CLEAN YOUR BATHROOM WOW! As an incoming freshman, […]
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McDouble the Words
Sooner Discovery has been a great experience. The adjective “great” implies so much the actual experience of Sooner Discovery. Whether it might have been the late night study times, late night board games, early morning Yoga, Monday afternoon Zumba, and the many other activities, it all cannot not be really summed into one word. Thinking […]
A New Sensei in Town
Everyone knows the classic story of Karate Kid (or most do). Some random kid meets Mr.Miyagi and becomes a karate legend, through some trials along the way. Classic “teacher-meets-rough-kid-teaches-him-discipline” type of thing. Coming into Sooner Discovery, I was ready to be the sensei that our students needed. I wanted to be the smart, charismatic, always-put-together, […]
The Beach at OU
We all know that summer is the time to relax, have fun, and enjoy ourselves! Many people plan trips to various locations around the world including the beach. We all love the beach, right? I know I do! This is why we decided to bring that experience to the Sooner Discovery Family this summer. The […]
Hanging OUt (the U is not a typo)
I’ve had so much fun hanging out with our Sooner Discovery students; in fact, if I had to pick a favorite part of the whole time here, it’s been just “hanging out.” It doesn’t sound super profound or important at first, but I think the exact opposite is true. The most important aspect of being […]
Self-discovery: better Sooner than later
Learning is hard. Not just learning new material in class, or learning a new skill; learning how to navigate a new space, learning how to connect to others, learning how to learn – learning, at all, is hard. But it is so worth it. Learning is how we build ourselves, how we continually become, us. […]
Beyond the Books
The goals we set at the beginning of the Sooner Discovery program related a lot to the students’ academic success with concurrent enrollment. But we also wanted to set social goals, worrying that our students were going to be cooped in their rooms studying every second of the day. Of course they studied, but we […]
The Discovery That They Want to Be Sooners
“The Spirit of Learning is a Lasting Frontier.” This quote can be seen at OU’s Bizzell Memorial Library and fully encompassed in the University of Oklahoma’s new summer program – Sooner Discovery. I was asked to write a blog for Sooner Discovery, but how do I tell a month’s worth […]
Sooners Discovering America’s Favorite Pastime
Let me assert from the very start here that I am in no way a “sports guy”. Despite my dad’s best interests and my earnest attempts at being at least somewhat decent in any athletic pursuit whatsoever, my efforts have always been fruitless. In fact, if I were a betting man, I would say that […]
Discovering Oklahoma City
It’s funny. You can live in Oklahoma City, or anywhere for that matter, for your whole life and never fully experience all it has to offer. After completing my first year of college, I have been enlightened again and again by new friends from all over the US that I have to see more, do […]