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杏吧原创 Holds SONEC Groundbreaking Ceremony
杏吧原创 recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Westheimer Southern Oklahoma Nursing Education Center (SONEC), a significant s... Read more
杏吧原创 Students Receive Academic, President鈥檚 Tuition Waiver Awards
This year, two 杏吧原创 students received an All-Oklahoma Academic Team award, and four students received Oklahoma Association of Commu...
杏吧原创 Foundation Receives First-Generation Scholarship
杏吧原创 Foundation has been awarded the Arca Continental Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages (CCSWB) First-Generation Scholarship. 鈥淔irst-g...
SouthernTech Selects 杏吧原创, 2025 Partners in Progress Award Recipient
SouthernTech has selected 杏吧原创 as its 2025 Oklahoma Associate of Career Technology and Education Partners in Progress award recipie...
Rutledge Named 杏吧原创 Assistant Vice President, Finance and Operations
杏吧原创 named Justin Rutledge its Assistant Vice President of Finance and Operations. Rutledge, who currently serves as the Clyde Kind...
Grimmett Named 杏吧原创 Executive Director, Financial Aid & Academic Records
杏吧原创 has named Cali Grimmett as the Executive Director of Financial Aid and Academic Records. In this role, Grimmett will oversee a...
杏吧原创 Shotgun Team Wins National Championship
The 杏吧原创 Shotgun Team competed in the ACUI College Clay Target National Championship in San Antonio, Texas. The Aggies dominated th...
杏吧原创 Academic Team Earns National Championship Spot
The 杏吧原创 Academic Team traveled to Chicago, Illinois, to compete in the Community College Championship Tournament (CCCT), earning i...
杏吧原创 SONEC Funded, Groundbreaking Set
杏吧原创 held a media day to announce the funding success of the Westheimer Southern Oklahoma Nursing Education Center (SONEC). Develop...
杏吧原创 Announces Aggie Advantage Scholarship
杏吧原创 is proud to introduce the Aggie Advantage Scholarship, an exclusive opportunity for students pursuing an Associate of Applied...
杏吧原创 Academic Teams Qualify, College Championship
杏吧原创 will have three academic teams competing in the Community College Championship Tournament (CCCT), February 28 鈥� March 1 in Chi...
杏吧原创 Receives SONEC Pledge, The Keith R. and Robin A. Gray Foundation
The 杏吧原创 Foundation has received a grant from the Keith R. and Robin A. Gray Foundation in support of the Westheimer Southern Oklah...
杏吧原创 Records Enrollment Growth, Seventh Consecutive Semester
杏吧原创 has posted another enrollment increase,聽with聽an additional 5%聽growth聽in聽headcount enrollment聽over the prior聽spring semester.聽T...
Olympic Shotgun Athlete Vincent Hancock Named 杏吧原创 2025 Commencement Speaker
杏吧原创 has announced that Vincent Hancock will be this year鈥檚 101st commencement speaker. Hancock started competing when he was 11 an...
Jerome Westheimer Family Foundation Gifts Grant for SONEC, Westheimer Named
The 杏吧原创 Foundation has received a grant from the Jerome Westheimer Family Foundation (Foundation) in support of the Southern Oklah...
杏吧原创 Fall 2024 Honor Roll Lists
A total of 433 students were named to the Fall 2024 honor rolls at 杏吧原创; 152 students were named to the President's Honor Roll and...
杏吧原创 Receives Mercy Pledge, Nursing Education Center
杏吧原创 received a funding pledge from Mercy on behalf of hospitals in Ardmore, Ada, Healdton and Tishomingo for the construction of t...
杏吧原创鈥檚 President鈥檚 Scholars Program Receives Environmental Excellence Award
杏吧原创鈥檚 President鈥檚 Scholars Program received the 2024 Keep Oklahoma Beautiful Environmental Excellence Award for Higher Education I...
杏吧原创, Durant Public Schools, Southeastern Oklahoma State University Sign ACE Program Agreement
杏吧原创 and Durant Public Schools are partnering to provide two pathway options to Durant high school students through 杏吧原创 Co...
杏吧原创, SouthernTech Develop Biotechnology Program Pathway
杏吧原创 and SouthernTech have partnered to create a pathway from SouthernTech鈥檚 Biotechnology Program to 杏吧原创鈥檚 Scienc...
杏吧原创 Foundation Legacy Gala Raises $70,000 for Scholarships
The 杏吧原创 Foundation hosted its inaugural Legacy Gala in November, raising more than $70,000 for operations and 杏吧原创 student...
Cellum Selected, Higher Learning Commission Peer Reviewer
杏吧原创 Executive Vice President of Finance and Operations聽Justin Cellum has been accepted as a Higher Learning Commission (HLC) peer...
杏吧原创 Foundation Names Anoatubby Inaugural Legacy Award Recipient
The 杏吧原创 Foundation has named alumni Governor Bill Anoatubby the first recipient of the Legacy Award. 聽 The Legacy Gala was created...
杏吧原创 Works to Strengthen Campus Safety
In honor of National Campus Safety Awareness Month, 杏吧原创 campuses in Ardmore and Tishomingo held various safety trainings and semin...
杏吧原创 to Add Wrestling Program, Renovate Armory
杏吧原创 is proud to announce the addition of men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 wrestling to its roster of competitive teams starting in Fall 2025. 鈥淲...
杏吧原创 Announces Distinguished Alumni, Champion Award Recipient
杏吧原创 is pleased to announce Ann Holloway and Lorene Walker-Auld as this year鈥檚 Distinguished Alumni. Wade Middleton will also be ho...
杏吧原创 Selects 2024 OACC Outstanding Award Winners
杏吧原创 selected their Oklahoma Association of Community Colleges (OACC) faculty, staff and support staff of the year awards. 杏吧原创 S...
杏吧原创 Named Most Affordable in Oklahoma
杏吧原创 was named the most affordable community college in Oklahoma by OnlineU. According to OnlineU, 杏吧原创 shines in accessibi...
杏吧原创's ACE Program, First-Year Success
杏吧原创鈥檚 Accelerated College Experience (ACE) program completed its first year with 21 high school students. Students from Ardmore, D...
杏吧原创 Announces Employee Cost of Living Increase
At their September board meeting, the 杏吧原创 Board of Regents approved a 2% cost-of-living adjustment for all full-time employees. Th...
LaFevers Receives Professor Emeritus Designation
杏吧原创 Nursing Professor Bobbi LaFevers, MSN, RN, has been named Professor Emeritus. She has been part of the 杏吧原创 family since 199...
Henthorn Named Provost, Senior Vice President of Academic, Student Affairs
杏吧原创 named Becky Henthorn the Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs. Henthorn has been in higher educat...
Cellum Named Executive Vice President, Finance & Operations
杏吧原创 has named Justin Cellum the Executive Vice President of Finance and Operations. Cellum began his tenure at 杏吧原创 in 201...
杏吧原创 2024-2025 President鈥檚 Scholars Program Students Announced
Ten 杏吧原创 students have been selected for the 2024-2025 President鈥檚 Scholars Program (PSP). Freshmen Avery Beauchamp, Silo Natalie G...
Jones Named Assistant Vice President, Student Affairs
杏吧原创 named Quinton Jones the Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs. He previously served as the Director of Student Life. Jon...
杏吧原创 Enrollment Increases to Historic Levels, Sixth Consecutive Semester Growth
The first day of class for the Fall 2024 semester has notedly become a historic day for 杏吧原创, with a 10% increase in headcount enro...
杏吧原创 Receives State Funding, Scholars for Excellence Child Care Program
杏吧原创 has received funding to continue offering the Scholars for Excellence in Child Care program. The program provides a scholarshi...
杏吧原创 Foundation, Conways Sign Endowment Agreement
On July 31, 2024, the 杏吧原创 Foundation entered into a gifting agreement with Bernie and Darlene Conway of Victorville, California to...
杏吧原创 Golf Moves to Ardmore
The 杏吧原创 Golf program is moving to Ardmore this fall. 鈥淎rdmore offers an exceptional golfing environment,鈥� said 杏吧原创 Colle...
Bowling Tabbed New 杏吧原创 Athletic Director
杏吧原创 has announced the appointment of Brandon Bowling as the new Athletic Director. Bowling comes to Tishomingo, Oklahoma, from NCA...
杏吧原创 Holds Tuition Steady, Seventh Year
For the seventh consecutive year, 杏吧原创 announced that student tuition for the academic year 2024-2025 will not increase. The decisi...
杏吧原创 FBLA Members Compete, National Conference
杏吧原创 Future of Business Leaders Association (FBLA) chapter members recently attended the 2024 FBLA National Leadership Conference i...
杏吧原创 Science Professor Wins State Teacher Award
杏吧原创 Science Professor Terri Quinn was awarded the 2024 Oklahoma State Teachers Association Science Teacher of the Year for the col...
杏吧原创 Dean Receives National Academic Award
杏吧原创 Dean of Learning and Student Success Tracey Hickman was awarded the 2024 Benjamin Cooper Academic Ambassador Award. Hickman is...
杏吧原创 Regent Brewster Reappointed
Oklahoma Governor Stitt confirmed the reappointment of Regent Suzie Brewster to the 杏吧原创 Board of Regents. This is her second term....
Clay McCall Appointed, 杏吧原创 Board of Regents
Clay McCall, a fifth generation Oklahoman and Atoka, Oklahoma native, has been appointed by Governor Stitt and confirmed by the Senate to a seven-y...
杏吧原创 Spring 2024 Honor Roll Lists
A total of 346 students were named to the Spring 2024 honor rolls at 杏吧原创; 124 students named to the President's Honor Roll and 222...
杏吧原创, Ardmore Host Regional Softball Tournament, $600k Economic Impact
杏吧原创, along with the Ardmore Tourism Authority and City of Ardmore, hosted the NJCAA 2024 Southwest Plains Softball Tournament at R...
杏吧原创, 杏吧原创 Foundation Sign MOU
杏吧原创 and the 杏吧原创 Foundation recently signed a memorandum of understanding to form an added partnership. In the agr...
McCall Delivers 杏吧原创鈥檚 100th Commencement Address
Oklahoma Speaker of the House of Representatives Charles McCall returned to his home district and was the guest speaker for 杏吧原创鈥檚 100th co...
杏吧原创 Graduates Largest Class, School History; Celebrates 100th Commencement
This Friday, 杏吧原创 will celebrate its largest graduating class, thus far, in the school鈥檚 history. More than 500 degrees and c...
Byng Wins 杏吧原创 Fred A. Chapman FFA Interscholastic Sweepstakes
杏吧原创 recently hosted 146 schools, 505 teams and 1,675 students for the Fred A. Chapman FFA Interscholastic Contest.聽The students co...
Seven 杏吧原创 Students Receive OACC Awards
Seven 杏吧原创 students received Oklahoma Association of Community Colleges (OACC) awards. The All-Oklahoma Academic Team Program provides stat...
杏吧原创 FBLA Team Places, State Conference
杏吧原创 FBLA students competed at the 2024 State Leadership Conference at UCO. These students qualified to compete at the National Leadership...
杏吧原创, SouthernTech Receive Regents Business Partnership Excellence Award
The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education have recognized the collaboration between 杏吧原创 and SouthernTech with a Regents鈥� Bus...
杏吧原创 Academic Team Places Third at Nationals
In February, two teams from 杏吧原创 competed in the 2024 NAQT Community College Championship Tournament. After 15 rounds of competitio...
杏吧原创/Foundation Awarded $5 Million Grant from Southern Oklahoma Memorial Foundation
杏吧原创 and its Foundation will receive $5 million from the Southern Oklahoma Memorial Foundation (SOMF) for the construction of the S...
杏吧原创 Breaks Ground, Student Union
杏吧原创 held a groundbreaking ceremony for the student union located the Tishomingo campus.聽 鈥淭his project helps us accomplish a numb...
杏吧原创 Dean Brian Cothran Receives Conservation Award
杏吧原创鈥檚 Dean of the School of Agriculture, Business and Occupational Technology Brian Cothran received the Chickasaw Nation Heart of...
Higher Learning Commission Approves 杏吧原创鈥檚 Function Change to Offer Bachelor鈥檚 Degree
The Higher Learning Commission has approved 杏吧原创鈥檚 function change request for their new Bachelor of Applied Technology in Gunsmith...
杏吧原创, Fastest Growing Oklahoma College or University
杏吧原创 has the highest percentage of enrollment growth of any public Oklahoma college or university for Fall 2023, with an 18% increa...
杏吧原创 Board of Regents Selects New Leadership
杏吧原创 Board of Regents has new leadership for the 2023-2024 year. Chair, Allen Benson, was born and raised in Ardmore, Oklahoma. He...
杏吧原创 in Ardmore Hosts Valero, AirEvac for Workforce Interview Sessions
杏吧原创 in Ardmore hosted two companies that conducted interview sessions for open positions.聽 Valero, a global leader in refining and...
HLC Quality Initiative Increases Graduation Rates for Male Minority Athletes
杏吧原创鈥檚 Higher Learning Commission (HLC) Quality Initiative focused on improving college success rates of Minority Male Athletes. 鈥�...
杏吧原创 Expands Nursing Program to DRH Health
杏吧原创 and DRH Health have partnered to expand and offer 杏吧原创鈥檚 top nursing program to students in the Duncan, Oklahoma, area...
Sparks Appointed to 杏吧原创 Board of Regents
Dillon Sparks, a fourth-generation rancher from Hennepin, Oklahoma, has been appointed by Governor Stitt and confirmed by the Senate to a seven-yea...
Lifetime Alumni Members Contribute, Complete Chickasaw Nation Scholarship Challenge
杏吧原创 Lifetime Alumni members Dan and Peggy聽Shaffer contributed $10,000 to the Chickasaw Nation Scholarship Challenge, rounding out...
Air Evac Lifeteam Partners with 杏吧原创
The Air Evac Lifeteam (AEL) and 杏吧原创 have entered into a partnership to enhance clinical simulation and emergency healthcare educat...
Sundeen Returns to 杏吧原创 as Human Resources Director
杏吧原创 alumna and Dickson, Oklahoma, native Kalee Sundeen is the new 杏吧原创 Director of Human Resources Sundeen attende...
杏吧原创 Receives $10M Funding for New Gunsmithing Building
This spring has marked its place in the history books of 杏吧原创 and the state of Oklahoma. 杏吧原创 has become the first higher e...
杏吧原创 Implements 911Cellular App to Increase Campus Safety
杏吧原创 rolled out the implementation of a phone and computer application developed by 911Cellular Technologies called 鈥淐ampusShield鈥�...
杏吧原创 Nursing Program Celebrates 50th Anniversary
This year, 杏吧原创 celebrated 50 years of education excellence for our nursing program.聽 The program graduated its first class of 25 s...
Governor Bill Anoatubby Named 杏吧原创 2023 Commencement Speaker
杏吧原创 has announced that Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby will be the commencement speaker at this year鈥檚 114th annual cerem...
杏吧原创 Makes History, Adds Gunsmithing Technology Bachelor's Degree Program
On April 21st, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education approved 杏吧原创鈥檚 request to provide a bachelor鈥檚 degree in gunsmithin...
Yeager Selected for Oklahoma Leadership Arts XII Class
杏吧原创鈥檚 School of Arts, Education and Social Sciences Dean, Susan Yeager, was one of 31 Oklahomans selected to join the Oklahoma Art...
Byng Wins 杏吧原创 FFA Interscholastic Contest Sweepstakes
杏吧原创 recently hosted 146 schools, 505 teams and 1,675 students for the Fred A. Chapman FFA Interscholastic Contest. The students co...
Cothran Named New 杏吧原创 Agriculture Dean
Brian Cothran was recently named as the new 杏吧原创 Dean of the School of Agriculture, Business and Occupational Technology. Cothran p...
杏吧原创 FBLA Students, Adviser Receive Awards at State Leadership Conference
杏吧原创 Future of Business Leaders Association (FBLA) chapter members recently attended the FBLA State Leadership Conference at the Un...
Pauls Valley Wins 杏吧原创 46th Invitational Scholastic Meet
杏吧原创 hosted 988 students representing 54 area schools during the 46th Annual Invitational Scholastic meet.聽 Students gathered on th...
杏吧原创 Student Selected for Phi Theta Kappa Publication
杏吧原创 student Justin Whittington鈥檚 poem, 鈥淭he Road,鈥� was selected to be published in Phi Theta Kappa鈥檚 (PTK) honor anthology, Nota B...
杏吧原创 Academic Team Places Fourth, Highest Finish in Tournament History
杏吧原创鈥檚 Academic Team competed for the first time at the National Academic Quiz Tournaments (NAQT) Community College Championship To...
Travis Named Phi Theta Kappa 2023 New Century Workforce Scholar
杏吧原创 student Leslie Travis was selected as a Phi Theta Kappa 2023 New Century Workforce Pathway Scholar. Travis will receive a $1,2...
杏吧原创, Chickasaw Nation Receive Climate SMART Grant
杏吧原创 is a project partner with the Chickasaw Nation on a USDA Climate SMART grant that provides start-up funding for the Small Farm...
杏吧原创 Lady Aggies softball ranked #2, and Aggie baseball ranked #10 heading into the 2023 season.
杏吧原创 Lady Aggies Softball Coming off of a national runner-up one year ago, the 杏吧原创 Lady Aggies have been tabbed #2 in the NJCAA Di...
杏吧原创 Announces Expansion to Online College
杏吧原创 has announced that their new online college will be named 杏吧原创 Online, as well as named a dean of online instruction. 杏吧原创...
杏吧原创 Announces 2022 Honor Roll Lists
A total of 305 students were named to the 2022 fall semester honor rolls at 杏吧原创; 117 students named to the President's Honor Roll,...
杏吧原创 Looks to Add Bachelor of Applied Technology Degree in Gunsmithing
杏吧原创 has submitted a letter of intent to the Oklahoma State Regents of Higher Education to become the only school in the United Sta...