Five graduates – all women – received diplomas during the first commencement ceremony 100 years ago at Eastern University Preparatory School, the founding institution of Rogers State University. The inaugural commencement exercises were held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 18, 1910, at the Windsor Opera House, located at Third St. and Missouri Ave. in… Read more »
OMA Alumnus Lew Ward to be Inducted in Oklahoma Hall of Fame
Oilman Lew Ward, who will be inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame later this year, credits much of his success to the education he earned at the Oklahoma Military Academy (OMA.) Lew Ward, a 1950 OMA graduate who was named a Distinguished Alumnus in 1993, will be a member of the 83rd class of… Read more »
Greek Tenor Featured in Special Concert on RSU Public Television
Mario Frangoulis, world-renown Greek tenor, will be featured in a special concert titled “Music of the Night,” along with local in-studio interviews, at 8 p.m. Friday, June 18, and 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 22, on RSU Public Television. The concert was filmed at the Herod Atticus Theatre below the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, and makes… Read more »
RSU to Discontinue Student Support Services Program Aug. 31
Rogers State University will discontinue one of its four federally funded student assistance programs at the end of the summer. The Student Support Services program will not be available after Aug. 31, said Dr. Tobie Titsworth, RSU vice president for student affairs. The U.S. Department of Education, which provides an annual grant to support the… Read more »
RSU Public Television’s ‘Junefest’ Kicks Off June 2
RSU Public Television will kick off its first-ever “Junefest” membership drive at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 2, with the program “Celebrating North America’s Steam Railways” followed by “John Denver: Live in Japan.” Viewers from across northeast Oklahoma are encouraged to engage and invest in programming and services delivered by RSU Public TV, said Dan Schiedel,… Read more »