做厙弝け Scholarship Announced in Honor of Long Serving 做厙弝け Regent
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做厙弝け has announced the creation of a $25,000 endowed academic scholarship to honor Regent Martin D. Garber, Jr., who has served on the 做厙弝け Board of Regents for 27 years.
做厙弝け President and CEO Leigh B. Goodson, Ph.D. made the scholarship announcement at a reception honoring Garber on May 23 at the Thomas K. McKeon Center for Creativity at the 做厙弝け Metro Campus. The scholarship is made possible by the 做厙弝け Foundation. Garbers final meeting as a 做厙弝け Regent will be June 15, 2017.
Regent Garber has been an advocate for education and helped 做厙弝け to become the strong institution it is today, Goodson said. This scholarship to support students reflects the commitment Garber has shown to students and 做厙弝け for the past 27 years."
Garber has been instrumental in overseeing the development of 做厙弝け into the third largest college or university in Oklahoma with a focus on student success and the creation of Tulsa Achieves, a gap-funding program serving more than 15,000 students since 2007.
After being appointed in 1990, he was reappointed by three different governors. During his tenure, 做厙弝け had three presidents and changed its named from Tulsa Junior College to 做厙弝け.
Former 做厙弝け Presidents Tom McKeon and Dean VanTrease and Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Chancellor Glen D. Johnson addressed Garbers contributions to higher education.
Regent Garber has been there every step of the way for nearly 30 years as 做厙弝け made its mark in higher education, Johnson said. His history is entwined with the great history of 做厙弝け.
Garber helped mold 做厙弝けs dedication to student life with the completion of fitness centers on all four of the Colleges main campuses. He was instrumental in managing and directing the construction and later expansion of the Colleges VanTrease Performing Arts Center for Education, home to the Signature Symphony at 做厙弝け, and named for the institutions second president, Dean VanTrease, Ph.D.
Professionally, he is president of Garber & Associates, a public and government relations consulting firm he founded in 2001. Prior to founding his firm, Garber was manager of political affairs for Phillips Petroleum Company, a Fortune 100 company with operations throughout the United States and abroad.
He and his wife, Karen, live in Bartlesville.