Tyler Price is pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural Education. In addition, Tyler currently serves as the Coordinator of LGBTQ+ Affairs in the Office of Multicultural Affairs at OSU. Tyler’s activities and memberships include OSU AECL Graduate Student Association, American Association for Agricultural Education, Association for International Agriculture and Extension Education, North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture, Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow, and the Cultivating Change Foundation. Tyler is the recipient of the 2022-2023 Distinguished Graduate Fellowship, the 2022 Distinguished Innovative Idea Poser at Southern AAAE, and was the 2020 North East ISD Magnet Teacher of the Year. Tyler is passionate about improving the school-based agricultural education classroom climate for LGBTQ+ students and the professional environment for LGBTQ+ teachers.

Beck Suhrstedt is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Food Science at OSU. Their activities include serving as Secretary for Oklahoma State Queers & Allies (OSQ&A), as well as volunteering for The Honors College and the Metropolitan Library System. Beck is the recipient of the Damon Award, Joseph Fleming Memorial Scholarship, Academic Excellence Award, and a USDA Food Justice Program Grant. Beck has been actively involved in creating safe spaces for the queer community at OSU, such as Second Chance Prom, Lavender Graduation, and the Clothing Closet.

Chloe Johnson is completing a Master of Music in Violin Applied Music at OSU this semester. Her activities include the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra, Oklahoma City Philharmonic, the Transgender Awareness Podcast, and Vocal Feminization Studio. Chloe is currently the recipient of the Patti Johnson Wilson Orchestral Fellowship. This past year, Chloe commissioned five new works written by transgender composers and performed them at her graduate lecture recital. Chloe will be attending New York University Steinhardt School of Music in Fall 2023 to pursue a second master’s degree.

Cole Milton is a Doctoral Candidate in Counseling Psychology at OSU. He works in Payne County and beyond supporting LGBTQ+ inclusion, including with the Oklahoma Psychological Association, Payne County Youth Services, and the OKC Veterans Affairs hospital. He has both published and is currently in review for publishing multiple peer-reviewed articles concerning LGBTQ+ health and psychology. At OSU, he serves as part of the DRAG Lab.

Nate Tanes is a candidate for a Masters of Arts in Political Science at OSU. He was the Chairperson of the LGBT Forum of United Nations University for Peace in Costa Rica and an active member of the United Nations campaign “Being LGBTs in Asia” since 2015. He also received an honor award from the U.S. Embassy Bangkok for his work on LGBTQ+ representation. At OSU, he has been a graduate teaching assistant for Political Science.

Dani Putney is an English PhD student with an emphasis in poetry. Their dissertation, tentatively titled Mix-Mix, is a poetry collection focused on their mixed-race Filipinx heritage. The collection features, alongside other pieces, poems created from historical documents, such as their late father's Asian romance guidebook and Ancestry.com descriptions. Dani has been published in The Emerson Review, Foglifter, and Gulf Stream Magazine, among others. Their debut full-length poetry collection, Salamat sa Intersectionality, was released in May 2021.

AP Poythress is an English PhD student studying the roots of queerness in horror texts, as well as looking at the new wave of queer literary horror. The scholarship allows them to focus on finishing their first novel and their position as Treasurer for the Creative Writer's Association. As co-leader of the LGBTQ+ Inquiry Group for the Writing Center, they're working hard to make campus more LGBTQ+ inclusive and safe.

Micah Damon is pursuing a Bachelors in Arts Administration with a minor in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Their current goal is to finish the last year of schooling doing all that they could dream of! They are interning at both the OSU Museum of Art and Modella Art Gallery doing marketing and community outreach work. This scholarship will aid them in creating more inclusive and equitable spaces in the arts.