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Photo by Kinga Philipps on October 06, 2025.
Photo by Kinga Philipps on October 06, 2025.
Photo by Kinga Philipps on October 06, 2025.
Photo by Kinga Philipps on October 06, 2025.
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Posted On: October 6th 2025, 11:40 pm
Once again I’m the luckiest and the happiest. After 25 years, I landed in Stillwater, Oklahoma today and teared up when the wheels hit the familiar red earth.

I graduated from Oklahoma State University in 2000, and tomorrow I have been invited to give a talk to journalism and communications students at the College of Arts and Sciences as part of the Patti and Ken Moyes Speaker Series.

I spent the afternoon wandering the campus, walking past my old dorms, and eating dinner at Eskimo Joe’s, the classic local haunt.

I’m currently 1:50 from my home town of Bartlesville, where my family landed from Warsaw, Poland in 1981.

Thank you @okstate for this nostalgic and special honor (and Tim Jessell for the super cool hand drawn poster).
Comments (70)
retnavysailor 2 months ago

retnavysailor

Legendary journalist and shark lover.

large4104 3 months ago

large4104

This is really cool, this is a whole new level of success. Congrats.

stevenklinsky a year ago

stevenklinsky

So cool! Go get ‘em, Kinga.

elvisluvsme a year ago

elvisluvsme

What a well-deserved honor for you and a privilege for them to hear you! You make the world a better place.

wybrowsmythe a year ago

wybrowsmythe

Awesome poster! Those students are so lucky! Not much you haven’t done and sharing your stories will inspire them to follow their dreams! Cool beans! 👏💙🩵

murphydeesign a year ago

murphydeesign

👏👏👏

ilpbali a year ago

ilpbali

🙌

surffur a year ago

surffur

So cool! I love that you look like a mermaid in the poster. You have been hanging out with @mermaidlinden too much❤️

theresapenn a year ago

theresapenn

❤️❤️❤️

slipinsurfskins a year ago

slipinsurfskins

Very cool😮

whiteemi a year ago

whiteemi

So awesome, Kinga! That poster 🥰

ggboston a year ago

ggboston

Amazing my friend 🙌

trekthunderkelly a year ago

trekthunderkelly

👏 Cool!

the_curiousintrovert a year ago

the_curiousintrovert

Full circle moments are the best and so is this poster!

filius____dei a year ago

filius____dei

THE BEST! 🙌😂🦈

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