Three Stillwater technology startups in Meridian Technology Center’s business incubator have been awarded nearly $500,000 by the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST). Plasma Bionics, MaxQ Research and MITO Material Solutions have each received funding for applied research to further their company’s growth and development. OCAST is a state agency tasked […]

MaxQ Research has maxed out its manufacturing space and returned to the Meridian Technology Center for Business Development to launch its thermal package qualification testing laboratory. “We’ve simply outgrown our current space,” said Saravan Kumar, MaxQ Research CEO. “We explored a variety of locations in Stillwater and quickly realized the Center for Business Development was […]

Designer’s Ink Graphic & Building Designs LLC, is making its mark on the computer aided drafting industry across the globe. With projects ranging from modest home remodels in Stillwater to large-scale commercial projects in the Bahamas and Angola, Africa, company owner/designer Jeff Dillon is giving design ideas new dimension using Chief Architect Premier X8, a […]

Wade Lopp craves a good challenge. He found one when he enrolled in Meridian Technology Center’s Pre-Engineering–STEM Academy program a few years ago. He found one again in his Ultimate Ninja training at Next Level Gym in Stillwater. Lopp graduated from both high school and Meridian Technology Center last month. He was home-schooled, which meant […]

Dylan Cates is the recipient of this year’s Salute to the Skilled Workforce award from Kinnunen Sales and Rental.     The award, created by Greg Hughes, owner of Kinnunen Sales and Rental, recognizes an outstanding construction trades student at Meridian Technology Center. Stanley Black & Decker’s DeWALT tools is a contributing partner to this […]

Ally Williams loves to help people. She works as a kids camp counselor, serves as the medical trainer for her high school baseball team and plans to eventually become a pediatrician. This love is what inspired Williams, a senior at Guthrie High School, to join Meridian Technology Center’s Pharmacy Technician program her senior year. “I […]

When Ruby Quinn of Stillwater submitted her application for an internship at Designer’s Ink Graphic & Building Designs LLC last semester, she told her mom she didn’t think she would get the position. A first-year student in Meridian Technology Center’s Computer-Aided Design program and a young high school senior, Quinn not only got the position, […]

More than 350 students from Meridian Technology Center will be recognized for completing their training during the school’s upcoming graduation. Meridian will hold two ceremonies to recognize student achievement at the Wes Watkins Center at Oklahoma State University on May 21.  Students who attend Tech in the morning session will graduate at 5:30 p.m. A […]

Meridian Technology Center students are getting ready to go from the classroom to the convention hall as they head for national skills competitions in the upcoming months. Full-time adult and high school students attending Meridian are able to join one of several student organizations related to their field of study: Business Professionals of America; Family, […]

More than 55% of American workers didn’t use all their paid vacation time last year. Why is this? Reasons are all over the map – too much work to do, perception that no one else can do their job, or they can’t afford the vacation they’d really like to take. Where this choice often breeds […]