e-Newsletter
April 7, 2016
Contents:
  • Recognition for staff members
  • Two weeks 'til Mike McGrath
  • Volunteers needed!
  • How we pay for public schools

 

KGOU Manager Presented FOI First Amendment Award
KGOU General Manager Karen Holp was among the honorees this past Saturday, as the organization Freedom of Information Oklahoma presented awards for contributions to the cause of government openness and transparency. Karen was presented the 2016 Marian Opala First Amendment Award, for promoting education about or protection of the First Amendment.
KGOU staffers holding plaques
Jacob, Karen and Kate

Also on Saturday, the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters presented its Outstanding Achievement Awards announced in February. KGOU News Director Jacob McCleland and reporter Kate Carlton Greer produced the winning entries. See KGOU's recent news awards. 

Don't Miss Mike McGrath in OKC April 21
Mike McGrath
Join KGOU for an entertaining and enlightening evening with Mike McGrath, host of You Bet Your Garden, on Thursday, April 21 at the Myriad Botanical Gardens.  Enjoy light appetizers, purchase a pollinator-inspired cocktail, enjoy the chance to talk with Mike and other earth-lovers, and hear Mike's talk, "Only you can protect your native bees." Tickets are $5. Get all the details from our Events Page.

Spring "Campaign" Update: Vote for KGOU!
Vote for KGOU
Our spring fundraising "campaign" is in full swing -- You might have caught our radio actors campaigning for or against our pledge drives. We're just poking a little fun at ourselves, while raising the funds necessary to purchase the programs and keep KGOU in operation. 
 
If it's time to renew or begin your support for KGOU, mark your ballot and give KGOU your vote!
 
We also have a few phone volunteer slots  yet to be filled, for those who can be in Norman April 9 - 15. It's a fun way to meet other listeners and help us out, too. See the schedule and sign up.
NPR News Series: Paying for Our Schools
desks in a classroom
NPR's Education team, in collaboration with local station reporters, will explore how states pay for public education and why the system often hurts America's most vulnerable students. A three-week series launches the week of April 18 across all the NPR newsmagazine shows.

Reporters will unpack the difference money can make in a classroom and look at the research, much of it conflicting, around the power and limits of funding to improve student performance. The coverage will spotlight steps individual states are taking to make sure every student receives a quality education.

Wanted: Poets Who Know It And Will Show It
illustration of a rose and violets
"I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as... on ATC." For National Poetry Month in April, Weekend All Things Considered is highlighting listeners' verse, inviting all poets, professional or amateur, to tweet their original poetry with the hashtag #NPRPoetry. Read some of these gems from the silly to the sublime, in 140 characters or less, and listen Saturday and Sunday afternoons in April.

Congratulations to our winners!
In our last e-Newsletter, we gave away tickets to a performance of an original oratorio, Song of Songs, by the Herbert W. Armstrong College Choral Union -- our winners were Elisabeth and Janey. We also gave away tickets to Kid Koala's Nufonia Must Fall at OCCC tomorrow night to winners Richard and Becky. Watch this space for more great giveaways!
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