In college, I was trained and retrained in the art of résumé writing. From sophomore to senior year, classes and seminars were focused on helping us find jobs after graduation, and yet no two teachers taught this skill the same way. When I asked my relatives who worked as executives and HR reps, I also […]

It took Tanes Rianglaem nearly 24 hours to fly from Bangkok, Thailand, to Stillwater, Oklahoma, and less than two hours at the Meridian Technology Center for Business Development to identify ways to improve his country’s emphasis on entrepreneurship and vocational education. Rianglaem, an educator from the Office of Vocational Education Commission with Thailand’s Ministry of […]

Perkins-Tryon High School students are finding success both in the classroom and on the field. Caden Williams, Gage Allen and Zach Frazier are balancing a full schedule that includes high school, the Pre-engineering program at Meridian and playing on the Perkins-Tryon football team. At Meridian Technology Center on a Friday game day, the trio was […]

  For me, goal setting is often more discouraging than motivating. I always get excited when I think about all I want to accomplish, but then when it gets down to it, my excitement never seems to carry into the day-to-day struggle to get it all done. And from looking at the countless goal setting […]

Great results are rarely accidents.  As the end of the year approaches, everyone begins thinking about new goals, but any time is the perfect time to look ahead.    On November 13, as part of the ongoing HR Matters series co-sponsored by the Stillwater Chamber of Commerce and Meridian Technology Center, Bonnie Cain-Wood will present […]

The Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education and the Oklahoma CareerTech Foundation recently awarded scholarships to 10 students from Meridian Technology Center. Nicole Aase, Blackwell; McKayla Heath, Perry; Sarah McKee, Guthrie; and Stillwater students Alyson Wilson, Samantha Fletcher, Sara Glover, Candice Norris, Raven Manous, Tiffani Unverzagt and Noah Knapp received the Otha Grimes Memorial […]

Eric Dilley came to Startup Stillwater Accelerator with a partially-formed business idea. He had discovered many of Oklahoma’s well systems were not meeting the federal water safety requirements and came up with a plan to help. Now, he’s finding the training and support he needs to make his business thrive. The Meridian Technology Center for […]

When Dillan Grider isn’t in the Precision Metal Fabrication program at Meridian Technology Center, he’s busy helping out on his family’s farm. Grider Farm, a 45-acre family farm in Perkins, is best known for its pumpkin patch, petting zoo and corn maze. However, after the pumpkin patch closes on October 31, the work will really […]

Business owners want their company to grow. But what happens when it outgrows its current space? “When you’re considering to build new, renovate an existing building or rent additional space, there are a lot of things to consider when a business needs to expand,” said Jason Mayes, Project Manager for Lopp Construction, a Stillwater-based concrete […]

It’s still early in the school year, but Henry Rohlfing already knows he will complete the Information Support and Networking Systems program at Meridian Technology Center with an A+. Rohlfing, a senior at Stillwater high school and a second-year student at Meridian, earned his CompTIA A+ industry certification earlier this year. The Computing Technology Industry […]