The Route 66 Playhouse – an old-fashioned live variety program featuring music, skits, comedy and interviews – is looking for Rogers State University students interested in performing or showing off their special talents in the show, according to host Sam Jones. Auditions for the Route 66 Playhouse will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept…. Read more »
Downtown Claremore Gallery to Showcase RSU Student Art Created in Italy
Rogers State University fine art students are preparing to share more than stories from their summer study-abroad trip to Italy. Students not only saw world-renowned art work in Italy, but created their own paintings, drawings, prints and photographs. A show comprised of student and faculty internationally-inspired work opens Thursday at Wolf Productions A Gallery of… Read more »
RSU Ranked by U.S. News and World Report for Racial Diversity
Rogers State University was ranked among the top five baccalaureate colleges in the western U.S. and the only Oklahoma institution in the category of racial diversity by U.S. News and World Report. The magazine recently released its 2010 edition of “America’s Best Colleges.” In the college guide, RSU was named one of the top five… Read more »
RSU Seeking Memories of Eastern University Preparatory School
A few weeks prior to the opening of the Eastern University Preparatory School in Claremore on Sept. 14, 1909, the school’s first president, Mr. Edmund D. Murdaugh, dispatched one of his new teachers to recruit “hardy and well-behaved boys” for its program in telegraphy and railway accounting. As a result, Mr. Sidney A. Roberts traveled… Read more »
RSU Music Ensembles Seeking New Members
The new music program at Rogers State University is seeking members for its Jazz Band, Pep Band and Choir. The ensembles are seeking RSU students as well as non-student members of the community to sign up for the fall semester, according to Dr. Phillip Payne, RSU director of bands and music instructor. The RSU Jazz… Read more »