Cutline: NOC student Santos Figueroa presented at a rural renewal symposium regarding climate change in Ardmore Oct. 8-10 (photo provided)
Santos Figueroa presents at the Rural Renewal Symposium
A summer long research project culminated in a poster presentation at the 2024 Rural Renewal Symposium held at Lake Murry Lodge in Ardmore, Oklahoma Oct. 8-10.
Santos Figueroa, Rural Confluence Scholar, spent the summer researching how Grant County, Oklahoma, prepares to respond to issues related to a changing climate.
Figueroa, a pre-engineering/computer science major at Northern Oklahoma College, worked with community leaders, emergency responders, and local representatives to determine the current practices in Grant County.
This research is part of a comprehensive research program that involves Oklahoma State University, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Louisiana State University, National Drought Mitigation Center, Western Oklahoma College and Northern Oklahoma College.
The research group works with local communities to understand the particular challenges that these rural areas face. The work is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF EPSCoR) Cooperative Agreement Number 2316366.
Northern Oklahoma College, the state’s first public two-year community college, is a multi-campus, land-grant institution that provides high quality, accessible, and affordable educational opportunities and services.
NOC serves nearly 4,000 students through the home campus in Tonkawa, branch in Enid, and NOC/OSU Gateway Program in Stillwater. Of these students about 80% receive financial aid and/or scholarships. 75% of NOC students complete their degree with zero debt.
The college is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and offers associate degrees in three general areas: Arts, Science and Applied Science; the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs; and the Accreditation Commission for Education and Nursing.
For more information about Northern Oklahoma College please call (580) 628-6208 or visit the NOC website at www.noc.edu.
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