OCCC, RSU bring satellite classes to communities

Both Rogers State University in Claremore and Oklahoma City Community College will offer college courses this fall at satellite locations in their communities. RSU will offer classes at Bartlesville High School; OCCC will offer courses at six locations in the Oklahoma City metro. Read more.

NSU campus beautification project underway

When Northeastern State University finishes its Centennial celebration in 2009, university administrators are hoping to complete an overhaul of landscaping at the university’s main campus in Tahlequah. Read more.

The University of Oklahoma recently announced two major initiatives to help students impacted by increasing tuition and textbook costs. OU President David Boren announced that pledges and gifts to OU’s Campaign for Scholarships have reached $88 million, allowing 3,500 more students to receive scholarships in the last two years. In addition, Boren announced that the university has launched a new $200,000 program to help reduce textbook cost burdens on students. Read more.

More college grads choosing to stay in state after graduation

More Oklahoma residents are staying in the state after college graduation, according to a report released in July by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. Read more.

USAO's Team Nova presses on despite rain, difficulties

Pouring rain and technical glitches couldn’t stop Team Nova from competing June 27 in a national competition in robotics research. Computer scientist John K. Johnson and students at the University of Science and Arts welcomed a team from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Read more.

TU, TCC unveil program to provide residential campus experience for ‘Tulsa Achieves’ scholars

Starting this fall, the University of Tulsa and Tulsa Community College will introduce a collaborative program allowing Tulsa Achieves scholars from TCC to participate in a traditional, on-campus residential experience at TU when they begin their freshman year at TCC. Read more.