Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU) with locations in Weatherford, Sayre, and Yukon has announced that the 2023 North Family Endowed Lecture in Parks & Recreation Management will be held at 5:00 p.m. Oklahoma Time on Friday, 24-March-2023, in the North Family Building at Crowder Lake University Park south of Weatherford.
The 2023 North Family Endowed Lecture will be delivered by 2010 SWOSU alumnus Micah Booze. Raised in Thomas, Oklahoma, Booze is a wildland firefighter based out of Chugach National Forest, Alaska. From Alaska to Florida to Utah, Booze has battled blazes and controlled burns from coast to coast. Booze is also the creator of Fire Wild and the A.S.S. Movement. Fire Wild’s focus is to showcase outdoors & wildfire cultures, through multiple mediums with a different lens. Thousands follow Booze on social media for his raw and honest firefighting photos. Booze lives with his wife and two sons in Cooper Landing, Alaska. The family maintains strong ties to Western Oklahoma.
The North Family Endowed Lecture in Parks & Recreation Management is made possible by the North Family Endowment at the SWOSU Foundation, Inc. The North Family Endowment was established in 2021 by longtime SWOSU benefactor and 1980 alumnus Mike North of Oklahoma City and his wife, Marilyn Flinchum.
Learn more about the 2023 North Family Endowed Lecture in Parks & Recreation Management by visiting www.FriendsofSWOSUCrowderLake.com.
The 2023 Friends of Crowder Lake Members-only Cocktail Hour & Dinner will take place at Crowder Lake immediately following the Lecture. The catered cocktail hour/dinner is exclusively available to members of the SWOSU Friends of Crowder Lake organization. Those who wish to attend the cocktail hour and dinner may join the Friends Of Crowder Lake and take advantage of the many benefits of membership by clicking here: www.FriendsofSWOSUCrowderLake.com
The Friends of Crowder Lake organization and the North Family Endowment are administered by the SWOSU Foundation, Inc. An institutionally-related charitable entity, the Foundation was established in 1977 to promote philanthropy, award scholarships and distribute funds to support the activities and programs of SWOSU.
For more information, please call the SWOSU Office of Institutional Advancement at 580-774-3267.