The National Issues Forums Institute is hosting an online introduction forum to the creation and use of historic decisions issue guides Tuesday, June 14th from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. over Zoom. This forum will teach participants the process of framing and deliberating forums over historic decisions, and will feature insights from experienced educators all across the country who have partnered with organizations such as the Kettering Foundation.

Facilitators include Mark Wilson, director of the Caroline Marshal Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities at Auburn  University, and Cristin Brawner, community engagement consultant and associate of the Kettering Foundation.

To register to attend the forum on the National Issues Forums website, click here.

To learn more about the historic decisions initiative, click here to read “Historic Decisions: Looking Deliberatively at the Past” by Joni Doherty, Connections 2020.

For examples of historic decisions issue guides, click here.

For information on deliberative forums, click here.

Buddy Broncho

Buddy Broncho made his first appearance in UCO's own newspaper The Vista. It was the October 3, 1932, issue where a Broncho appears wearing a UCO football uniform. He has appeared numerous times throughout the years from local Edmond papers in the 60's to state-wide papers in the 80's. The commissioning of the first ever live mascot appears in UCO's 1979 Bronze Book where Buddy Broncho made his first public appearance at Homecoming. Since that time, Buddy has been a fixture at UCO events and in the hearts of UCO students.