{"id":3619,"date":"2022-04-07T13:26:52","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T19:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.okbu.edu\/obumagazine\/?p=3619"},"modified":"2022-04-08T09:25:06","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T15:25:06","slug":"bison-connections-events-provide-networking-and-learning-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.okbu.edu\/obumagazine\/bison-connections-events-provide-networking-and-learning-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Bison Connections Events Provide Networking and Learning Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Bison Connections is a popular event providing the opportunity for alumni, business leaders, members of the community and friends of OBU to gather for a meal, fellowship and networking. These events provide quality speakers and content that will encourage and equip participants to cultivate ethical, positive and productive workplaces.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Past speakers include Dr. Nathan Mellor, CEO of Strata Leadership; Mona Sabah Earnest, author, speaker and HR consultant; Thomas Hill III, CEO of Kimray Inc.; Steve Green, president of Hobby Lobby; Clay Martin, \u201999, NFL official and Jenks High School basketball coach; and Jeremie Kubicek, \u201993, executive chairman of GiANT Worldwide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Upcoming speakers include Berry Tramel, sports columnist for The Oklahoman, on Thursday, April 14, at 11:30 a.m. at the Hobby Lobby Headquarters in Oklahoma City; and Dr. Andy Taylor, \u201991, pastor and Army veteran, on Thursday, May 12, at 6 p.m. at Evergreen Baptist Church in Bixby.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Bison Connections events are free but pre-registration is required. For more information, contact University Advancement at 405.585.5412 or <a href=\"mailto:development@okbu.edu\">development@okbu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bison Connections is a popular event providing the opportunity for alumni, business leaders, members of the community and friends of OBU to gather for a meal, fellowship and networking. These events provide quality speakers and content that will encourage and equip participants to cultivate ethical, positive and productive workplaces.\u00a0 Past speakers include Dr. Nathan Mellor, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":""},"categories":[227,226],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7BMz3-Wn","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okbu.edu\/obumagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3619"}],"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\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okbu.edu\/obumagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3619"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.okbu.edu\/obumagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3688,"href":"https:\/\/www.okbu.edu\/obumagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3619\/revisions\/3688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okbu.edu\/obumagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okbu.edu\/obumagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okbu.edu\/obumagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}