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Late last week graduates from a program created by Oklahoma State University and the Cherokee Nation made history.
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Maureen Fogarty and her son Timothy Ozminkowski both graduated over the weekend at Fox Valley Technical College in Wisconsin. She earned a nursing degree, he got his degree in software development.
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