Everything adorning<\/b><\/span> Dr. Debbie Bosch\u2019s office is a testament to her personality and time at OBU.<\/p>\n From her five strengths displayed on her desk \u2013 input, ideation, learner, activator and woo \u2013 to which she said, \u201cI just don\u2019t meet strangers; they are friends I haven\u2019t gotten to meet yet\u201d \u2013 to the handmade mandolin hanging on her wall, given to her by Dr. John McWilliams, OBU associate professor of natural science. She has memorabilia from her trips to Turkey, China and Korea and even a piece of the old Clark Craig Fieldhouse from Bosch\u2019s time as an OBU cheerleader.<\/p>\n \u201cThese are memories I will carry with me the rest of my life,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Bosch graduated with a Bachelor of Science from OBU in 1972 and rejoined the school as a professor of mathematics in 1980. This time around, Bosch was considered a colleague to people who had previously been her professors.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was exciting and intimidating at the same time, but I thoroughly enjoyed it,\u201d she said. \u201cThey embraced me as a peer and also took me under their wings to teach me the ropes of what it meant to be a faculty member.\u201d<\/p>\n Bosch\u2019s favorite memories from her time at OBU all have something in common \u2013 they always involve connections with other people.<\/p>\n To honor the many connections she made through the years, her personal passion and devotion to her alma mater, and her numerous contributions to the University, OBU has established the Bosch Fellows program.<\/p>\n The Bosch Fellows will continue her legacy of leadership and impact future generations of leaders in the area of mathematics, science, medicine and engineering. Fellows can make a commitment by giving a gift of $2,500, which may be given over a period of time.<\/p>\n Bosch Fellows will be recognized on a wall of honor in the upcoming rebuild of the Wood Science Building, home of the James E. Hurley College of Science and Mathematics.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is very humbling,\u201d Bosch said. \u201cTo be named for anything like that\u2026I don\u2019t really feel worthy of it. I\u2019m just very honored and pleased it will help support the mission and the activities of science, math and engineering at OBU.\u201d<\/p>\n For more information or to become a Bosch Fellow, contact the Office of University Advancement at 405.585.5412.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Honoring the Legacy and Impact of Dr. Debbie Bosch Everything adorning Dr. Debbie Bosch\u2019s office is a testament to her personality and time at OBU. From her five strengths displayed on her desk \u2013 input, ideation, learner, activator and woo \u2013 to which she said, \u201cI just don\u2019t meet strangers; they are friends I haven\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1629,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":""},"categories":[129,47],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.okbu.edu\/obumagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/bosch.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7BMz3-qg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okbu.edu\/obumagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1628"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okbu.edu\/obumagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okbu.edu\/obumagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okbu.edu\/obumagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okbu.edu\/obumagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1628"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.okbu.edu\/obumagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1630,"href":"https:\/\/www.okbu.edu\/obumagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1628\/revisions\/1630"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okbu.edu\/obumagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okbu.edu\/obumagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okbu.edu\/obumagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okbu.edu\/obumagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}