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OU Giving Day Round Up

OU Giving Day was held on April 14, 2022, an event to encourage donations to a wide variety of departments and organizations across OU. OU Esports held a 24-hour livestream that hosted various panels.The panels included interviews and discussions from all the different pillars. Austin “RexGoDragon” Ngyuen, Solidus Leadership Awardee,…

Cooper MarshallApril 21, 2022

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OU Giving Day April 14, 2022 – A Day of University Wide Fundraising

On April 14, 2022 The University of Oklahoma will launch it's annual philanthropic day of giving aimed at supporting our programming across the entire surface of OU. This year the department of Esports & Co-Curricular Innovation which encompasses several various brands, hosts a community of over 2,700 members, has over…

Mike "Moog" AguilarApril 11, 2022

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OKC PAL Rocket League Tournament Fundraiser

This is a follow-up article to the PAL article. If you would like to know more about PAL and how it got started, click here. On March 27, OKC PAL hosted its first-ever esports fundraiser, a Rocket League tournament featuring professional teams. Not only was the exciting tournament hosted…

Cooper MarshallApril 16, 2021

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OU Esports Hosts A Community Game Day FTW

On September 12th, the OU Esports Club played games together from home. If this doesn’t seem noteworthy at first glance, think again. Video By : Brandon Faz VillarrealInstead of practicing for upcoming matches, OU Esports Club Members were playing community games like Among Us, Fall Guys and even Jackbox games.…

Michela ThompsonOctober 6, 2020

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The OU Esports Club & GetRECt Raise $2000 for Make-A-Wish Oklahoma! – Sponsored by HyperX

The OU Esports Club has always had a focus on philanthropy and raising awareness for our own communities. Our Community Outreach Director, Kara Brightwell, is an amazing personification of this energy. She was able to form a partnership with Make-A-Wish Oklahoma to build an event around raising awareness and donations…

Mike "Moog" AguilarJuly 31, 2020

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(Fall 2019) OU Esports Extra Life Charity Event Raises $1,712

$1700 for Extra Life, a charity organization that helps fund children's hospitals. The event, "Sooner Extra Life," consisted of two parts: a 24 Twitch stream and an event held at the Tom Love Innovation Hub. Charity is a crucial part of OU Esports, and this event showcases it is alive…

Derek SnowNovember 8, 2019

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OU Giving Day – Support the OU Esports Club! – September 10, 2019

After clicking the support us link select "OU ESPORTS CLUB" in the fund designation to find our organization. Your contribution is tax-deductible. You will receive a receipt via email from the OU Foundation for tax purposes. The OU Esports Club is an officially licensed student organization aimed at being the…

Mike "Moog" AguilarSeptember 5, 2019

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(Fall 2018) OU Esports Extra Life Charity Event Raises $2,908

This past weekend the OU Esports Association helped raise money for Extra Life and managed to raise $2,908 during the event. For those that missed the article about Extra Life: Extra Life is a charity event that raises money for Children’s Miracle Network, which helps thousands of children that need…

Salvador SoldiNovember 7, 2018

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Sooner Extra Life!

Extra Life: Most everyone has heard of it, but not many people actually know what it’s about. What is Extra Life, and why is it so important to the Esports Association at OU? Extra Life, a charity movement started in 2008 to help the Children’s Miracle Network of hospitals, is…

David KaucicOctober 29, 2018

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