Business Support Services by Institution - Southeast Region
Carl Albert State College, Poteau
East Central University, Ada
Eastern Oklahoma State College, McAlester
Murray State College, Tishomingo
Seminole State College, Seminole
Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Durant
Carl Albert State College
1507 S. McKenna
Poteau, OK 74953
918.647.1245
CASC maintains its economic development role through increasing and strengthening cooperative partnerships between other colleges, business, industry, government and all elements of education.
Contact: Nina Ritchie, Associate Director of the Oklahoma Small Business Development Center
E-mail: nritchie@carlalbert.edu
Website: www.casc.edu
Business Services Available:
- Business plan development
- Meeting facilities
- Internship placement
- Small business development centers
- Business counseling
- Veterans’ assistance
- Career service centers
- Professional or technical certificates
- Workforce training
- Continuing education
- Résumé writing
- Career fairs
East Central University
1101 E. 14th St.
Ada, OK 74820
ECU has a strong commitment to academic values and enthusiasm for creating partnerships with public and private entities and building bridges to the local community. Through its Oklahoma Small Business Development Center (OSBDC), ECU offers small business owners and entrepreneurs the assistance they need to transform an idea into a business or help an existing business grow.
Contact: Jannason Long, CPE Coordinator
E-mail: jlong@ecok.edu
Website: www.ecok.edu
Business Services Available:
- Business plan development
- Incubators and research parks
- Business forums
- Meeting facilities
- Internship placement
- Small business development centers
- Business counseling
- Veterans’ assistance
- Career service centers
- Professional or technical certificates
- Customized corporate training
- Government contract training
- Workforce training
- Continuing education
- Online job banks
- Résumé writing
- Job search training
- Residential camps
Eastern Oklahoma State College
1802 E. College Ave.
McAlester, OK 74501
918.302.3642
A number of community and college cooperative programs have been enhanced as the result of EOSC faculty and staff expanding programs and garnering federal funds to finance community development programs.
Contact: Barbara Gilbertson, Coordinator for Business Training and Continuing Education
E-mail: bgilbertson@eosc.edu
Website: www.eosc.edu
Business Services Available:
- Business forums
- Meeting facilities
- Small business development centers
- Veterans’ assistance
- Professional or technical certificates
- Workforce training
- Continuing education
- Career fairs
Murray State College
One Murray Campus
Tishomingo, OK 73460
580.371.2371
MSC actively participates in economic and community development projects by working closely with partners such as businesses, industrial development organizations, local governments, chambers of commerce, the Oklahoma Alliance for Manufacturing Excellence and nearby universities.
Contact: Cecil Carter, Coordinator
E-mail: ccarter@mscok.edu
Website: www.mscok.edu
Business Services Available:
- Business plan development
- Business forums
- Meeting facilities
- Business counseling
- Veterans’ assistance
- Career service centers
- Workforce training
- Continuing education
- Career fairs
- Loan assistance
- Facilitating community development planning sessions
- Focus groups
- Writing grant proposals for business expansions.
Seminole State College
PO Box 351
Seminole, OK 74868
405.382.9544
SSC's Educational Foundation and Rural Enterprises of Oklahoma have partnered through a grant from the Small Business Association to form the Rural Business Center. This non-profit organization aims to aid economic development in SSC's five-county area: Hughes, Lincoln, Okfuskee, Pottawatomie and Seminole.
Contact: Larry K. Smith, Director of Rural Business and Resources Center
E-mail: smithl@sscok.edu
Website: www.sscok.edu
Business Services Available:
- Business plan development
- Incubators and research parks
- Business forums
- Meeting facilities
- Small business development centers
- Business counseling
- Veterans’ assistance
- Professional or technical certificates
- Customized corporate training
- Workforce training
- Continuing education
Southeastern Oklahoma State University
PO Box 4076
Durant, OK 74701-0609
580.745.2046
Southeastern seeks to share human, academic and technological resources with schools, industries and public agencies through economic development, partnerships and outreach activities.
Contact: Kathy Hendrick, Director for Center for Regional Competitiveness
E-mail: khendrick@se.edu
Website: www.se.edu/cred
Business Services Available:
- Business plan development
- Business forums
- Meeting facilities
- Internship placement
- Small business development centers
- Business counseling
- Veterans’ assistance
- Career service centers
- Professional or technical certificates
- Customized corporate training
- Workforce training
- Continuing education
- Online job banks
- Résumé writing
- Job search training
- Career fairs
- Community development training
- Strategic planning
