Wonderful Wednesday 2017

Our first stop of the day was at Williams’ Energy where we enjoyed a wonderful breakfast provided by the Williams’ Energy Staff. We then were given the opportunity to listen to several of those within the company to explain their stories, memories, and life-lessons learned while participating in leadership. They also reiterated strongly how wonderful of an opportunity this program is for young people to gain a leg up in networking and leadership development. Our students then were able to ask questions to a panel of young professionals within the Williams Corporation ranging from newly hired employees to interns. 

 

After Williams, made our way to the Woody Guthrie Event Center and Museum where we heard from directors of Camp Anytown, which is put on by The Oklahoma Center for Community and Justice. Camp Anytown is a camp for high schoolers to come together in a peaceful setting and bring their individual experiences of their diverse cultural, ethnic, religious, racial, and economic backgrounds. The directors led activities for our students to open their eyes to the diverse backgrounds of our group and grow respect and awareness for each other in a new way.

Our next stop was the Philbrook Museum of Art where we received an extensive and enlightening tour of the museums grounds. They were absolutely breathtaking; we learned a large amount of interesting information about the museum and the significance of the pieces in it.

 

We drove straight to out lunch destation at Dust Bowl after our tour of Philbrook. We enjoyed delicious sandwiches and chips as well as some bowling before heading to our next stop, Stillwater. 

 

 We left Tulsa and made our way to Stillwater for a stop at the Eskimo Joe’s Printing Press. We toured the facility and saw firsthand the process of t-shirt creation. Traveling through the production facility as t-shirts, we made the rounds all the way from the graphic design department to the finishing room. 

 

After traveling to Eskimo Joe’s, we made our way to Oklahoma State University where took a tour of the campus before eating yummy food at Eskimo Joe’s. After a delicious meal and shopping around, it was time to check into our hotel for the night and prepare for the next days activities.