Free trip to Dallas!

Now that I have your attention, I would like to let you know about a wonderful opportunity available to you as a student in the master’s program. Part of being an academic is presenting research to others. While the College of Liberal Studies is a distance education provider at the University of Oklahoma, we also are an academic unit. So, I would like to let you know about an upcoming conference of the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs (AGLSP) this fall.

This is an international organization with more than 120 institutional members that was founded in 1975. All kinds of colleges and universities are represented and the mission is to exchange information and ideas about graduate-level liberal education that serves primarily adult, part-time students. And, by the way our dean, Dr. James Pappas, is president of AGLSP this year.

Every fall we get together in a fantastic city for a few days of scholarship and education. This year we are gathering in Dallas, Texas Oct. 7-9 and will be hosted by Southern Methodist University. The conference theme is, “The Transformation of the 21st Century City.”

AGLSP is inviting papers that explore the transformation of the 21st century city through the arts and technology in particular. I would like to strongly encourage you to consider submitting a proposal to present. Our students have presented in the past and have done very well while enjoying the experience of learning how to present their research.

Best of all, if your paper gets accepted you can apply for a scholarship to attend the conference to present it.

Advancing your educational career in a great city like Dallas while meeting with fellow liberal studies students and faculty – what could be better than that?