The sky’s the limit for August Sowle when she graduates from Meridian’s Precision Metal Fabrication program this May. Sowle hopes to land a job in the aerospace field. Just two years ago in the middle of the pandemic, she had no reliable income and was having trouble getting ahead. At 22 and with the constant […]

National Standard has been named a Partner in Progress award winner by the Oklahoma Association of Career and Technology Education. This award honors industry partners who work one-on-one with technology center districts. Each partner is recognized for their commitment to work with their technology center and students. National Standard and Meridian Technology Center have a long history of […]

Rose Mangold met Holden Forman during a difficult time. Her mother was in the hospital. It was Forman’s upbeat personality, combined with his love for singing, that put Mangold and her family at ease. “Holden had my 90-year-old mother telling life stories, singing and laughing as she waited for a room to move from the […]

Lakin Cole was able to polish her career plans at Meridian Technology Center. Cole, a senior at Stillwater High School, was interested in Meridian’s Business Technology program because she had a passion for entrepreneurship, and she wanted a career she could grow into. “I wanted to take the entrepreneurship courses so I could own my […]