Twenty-four Mayes County middle school students participated in various aerospace-related challenges as part of the second annual AeroCamp Summer Academy at Rogers State University in Pryor. AeroCamp engages 6th, 7th and 8th graders with science, technology, engineering and mathematic (STEM) concepts through hands-on, aerospace-related devices. This year, students designed, built and flew rockets and operated… Read more »
Regents Approve 2017-18 Budget, Tuition
The University of Oklahoma Board of Regents, which serves as the governing body for Rogers State University, late Tuesday approved RSU’s 2017-18 budget, which includes a 5 percent increase in tuition and mandatory fees to help offset continued cuts in state appropriations for higher education. The increase would mean Oklahoma residents taking 15 undergraduate credit… Read more »
Drones Fly High at the RSU ART Academy
Junior high and high school students from across Oklahoma worked with drones for the first time during the fifth annual Appreciating Real-World Technology (ART) Academy at Rogers State University. The drone lab is the newest addition to the ART Academy program. A $12,000 grant from AT&T Aspire allowed the university to purchase 12 drones, robotic… Read more »
RSU Announces Spring 2017 Honor Roll
Rogers State University has announced its President’s and Dean’s Honor Rolls for the spring 2017 semester. To qualify for the President’s Honor Roll, students must complete a minimum of 12 credit hours with a 4.0 grade point average (no grades lower than an “A”). To qualify for the Dean’s Honor Roll, students must complete a… Read more »
A Most Unusual Spirit Car
At first blush, a hearse wrapped in Rogers State University spirit colors might seem a strange sight on campus, but the vehicle was a donation from Oklahoma Military Academy alumni as an homage to one of the its most colorful legacies during the 1960s. The new RSU spirit car was unveiled Friday, June 9, during… Read more »