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海角社区 Named Carnegie Opportunity College
海角社区 has been recognized as an Opportunity College and University by the Carnegie Classifications, earning national distinction for... Read more
Gray Reappointed to 海角社区 Board of Regents
Keith Gray, a third-generation owner/operator of The Gray Companies, has been reappointed by Governor Stitt and confirmed by the Senate to serve a...
海角社区, The Preserve at Ardmore Receive Regents Business Partnership Excellence Award
The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education have recognized the collaboration between 海角社区 and The Preserve at Ardmore with a R...
海角社区 Foundation Receives Rural Oklahoma Community Grant
The 海角社区 Foundation has been awarded a $4,000 Rural Oklahoma Community Grant from the Drummond Family Foundation Fund at the Oklaho...
海角社区 Announces Spring 2025 Honor Roll Lists
A total of 344 students were named to the Spring 2025 honor rolls at 海角社区; 131 students named to the President's Honor Roll and 213...
海角社区 101st Commencement, Largest Graduating Class
海角社区鈥檚 2024-2025 graduating class is now the largest in the school鈥檚 history, surpassing last year鈥檚 total of 507 graduates. Earlie...
SouthernTech Selects 海角社区, 2025 Partners in Progress Award Recipient
SouthernTech has selected 海角社区 as its 2025 Oklahoma Associate of Career Technology and Education Partners in Progress award recipie...
海角社区 Holds SONEC Groundbreaking Ceremony
海角社区 recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Westheimer Southern Oklahoma Nursing Education Center (SONEC), a significant s...
Rutledge Named 海角社区 Assistant Vice President, Finance and Operations
海角社区 named Justin Rutledge its Assistant Vice President of Finance and Operations. Rutledge, who currently serves as the Clyde Kind...
Grimmett Named 海角社区 Executive Director, Financial Aid & Academic Records
海角社区 has named Cali Grimmett as the Executive Director of Financial Aid and Academic Records. In this role, Grimmett will oversee a...
海角社区 Students Receive Academic, President鈥檚 Tuition Waiver Awards
This year, two 海角社区 students received an All-Oklahoma Academic Team award, and four students received Oklahoma Association of Commu...
海角社区 Shotgun Team Wins National Championship
The 海角社区 Shotgun Team competed in the ACUI College Clay Target National Championship in San Antonio, Texas. The Aggies dominated th...
海角社区 Academic Team Earns National Championship Spot
The 海角社区 Academic Team traveled to Chicago, Illinois, to compete in the Community College Championship Tournament (CCCT), earning i...
海角社区 SONEC Funded, Groundbreaking Set
海角社区 held a media day to announce the funding success of the Westheimer Southern Oklahoma Nursing Education Center (SONEC). Develop...
海角社区 Announces Aggie Advantage Scholarship
海角社区 is proud to introduce the Aggie Advantage Scholarship, an exclusive opportunity for students pursuing an Associate of Applied...
海角社区 Academic Teams Qualify, College Championship
海角社区 will have three academic teams competing in the Community College Championship Tournament (CCCT), February 28 鈥� March 1 in Chi...
海角社区 Receives SONEC Pledge, The Keith R. and Robin A. Gray Foundation
The 海角社区 Foundation has received a grant from the Keith R. and Robin A. Gray Foundation in support of the Westheimer Southern Oklah...
Murray State Records Enrollment Growth, Seventh Consecutive Semester
海角社区 has posted another enrollment increase,聽with聽an additional 5%聽growth聽in聽headcount enrollment聽over the prior聽spring semester.聽T...
Olympic Shotgun Athlete Vincent Hancock Named 海角社区 2025 Commencement Speaker
海角社区 has announced that Vincent Hancock will be this year鈥檚 101st commencement speaker. Hancock started competing when he was 11 an...
Jerome Westheimer Family Foundation Gifts Grant for SONEC, Westheimer Named
The 海角社区 Foundation has received a grant from the Jerome Westheimer Family Foundation (Foundation) in support of the Southern Oklah...
海角社区 Fall 2024 Honor Roll Lists
A total of 433 students were named to the Fall 2024 honor rolls at 海角社区; 152 students were named to the President's Honor Roll and...
海角社区 Receives Mercy Pledge, Nursing Education Center
海角社区 received a funding pledge from Mercy on behalf of hospitals in Ardmore, Ada, Healdton and Tishomingo for the construction of t...
海角社区鈥檚 President鈥檚 Scholars Program Receives Environmental Excellence Award
海角社区鈥檚 President鈥檚 Scholars Program received the 2024 Keep Oklahoma Beautiful Environmental Excellence Award for Higher Education I...
海角社区, Durant Public Schools, Southeastern Oklahoma State University Sign ACE Program Agreement
海角社区 and Durant Public Schools are partnering to provide two pathway options to Durant high school students through Murray State Co...
海角社区, SouthernTech Develop Biotechnology Program Pathway
海角社区 and SouthernTech have partnered to create a pathway from SouthernTech鈥檚 Biotechnology Program to 海角社区鈥檚 Scienc...
海角社区 Foundation Legacy Gala Raises $70,000 for Scholarships
The 海角社区 Foundation hosted its inaugural Legacy Gala in November, raising more than $70,000 for operations and Murray State student...
Cellum Selected, Higher Learning Commission Peer Reviewer
海角社区 Executive Vice President of Finance and Operations聽Justin Cellum has been accepted as a Higher Learning Commission (HLC) peer...
海角社区 Foundation Names Anoatubby Inaugural Legacy Award Recipient
The 海角社区 Foundation has named alumni Governor Bill Anoatubby the first recipient of the Legacy Award. 聽 The Legacy Gala was created...
海角社区 Works to Strengthen Campus Safety
In honor of National Campus Safety Awareness Month, 海角社区 campuses in Ardmore and Tishomingo held various safety trainings and semin...
海角社区 to Add Wrestling Program, Renovate Armory
海角社区 is proud to announce the addition of men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 wrestling to its roster of competitive teams starting in Fall 2025. 鈥淲...
海角社区 Announces Distinguished Alumni, Champion Award Recipient
海角社区 is pleased to announce Ann Holloway and Lorene Walker-Auld as this year鈥檚 Distinguished Alumni. Wade Middleton will also be ho...
海角社区 Selects 2024 OACC Outstanding Award Winners
海角社区 selected their Oklahoma Association of Community Colleges (OACC) faculty, staff and support staff of the year awards. Murray S...
海角社区 Named Most Affordable in Oklahoma
海角社区 was named the most affordable community college in Oklahoma by OnlineU. According to OnlineU, Murray State shines in accessibi...
海角社区's ACE Program, First-Year Success
海角社区鈥檚 Accelerated College Experience (ACE) program completed its first year with 21 high school students. Students from Ardmore, D...
海角社区 Announces Employee Cost of Living Increase
At their September board meeting, the 海角社区 Board of Regents approved a 2% cost-of-living adjustment for all full-time employees. Th...
LaFevers Receives Professor Emeritus Designation
海角社区 Nursing Professor Bobbi LaFevers, MSN, RN, has been named Professor Emeritus. She has been part of the Murray family since 199...
Henthorn Named Provost, Senior Vice President of Academic, Student Affairs
海角社区 named Becky Henthorn the Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs. Henthorn has been in higher educat...
Cellum Named Executive Vice President, Finance & Operations
海角社区 has named Justin Cellum the Executive Vice President of Finance and Operations. Cellum began his tenure at Murray State in 201...
海角社区 2024-2025 President鈥檚 Scholars Program Students Announced
Ten 海角社区 students have been selected for the 2024-2025 President鈥檚 Scholars Program (PSP). Freshmen Avery Beauchamp, Silo Natalie G...
Jones Named Assistant Vice President, Student Affairs
海角社区 named Quinton Jones the Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs. He previously served as the Director of Student Life. Jon...
Murray State Enrollment Increases to Historic Levels, Sixth Consecutive Semester Growth
The first day of class for the Fall 2024 semester has notedly become a historic day for 海角社区, with a 10% increase in headcount enro...
海角社区 Receives State Funding, Scholars for Excellence Child Care Program
海角社区 has received funding to continue offering the Scholars for Excellence in Child Care program. The program provides a scholarshi...
海角社区 Foundation, Conways Sign Endowment Agreement
On July 31, 2024, the 海角社区 Foundation entered into a gifting agreement with Bernie and Darlene Conway of Victorville, California to...
海角社区 Golf Moves to Ardmore
The 海角社区 Golf program is moving to Ardmore this fall. 鈥淎rdmore offers an exceptional golfing environment,鈥� said Murray State Colle...
Bowling Tabbed New 海角社区 Athletic Director
海角社区 has announced the appointment of Brandon Bowling as the new Athletic Director. Bowling comes to Tishomingo, Oklahoma, from NCA...
海角社区 Holds Tuition Steady, Seventh Year
For the seventh consecutive year, 海角社区 announced that student tuition for the academic year 2024-2025 will not increase. The decisi...
海角社区 FBLA Members Compete, National Conference
海角社区 Future of Business Leaders Association (FBLA) chapter members recently attended the 2024 FBLA National Leadership Conference i...
海角社区 Science Professor Wins State Teacher Award
海角社区 Science Professor Terri Quinn was awarded the 2024 Oklahoma State Teachers Association Science Teacher of the Year for the col...
海角社区 Dean Receives National Academic Award
海角社区 Dean of Learning and Student Success Tracey Hickman was awarded the 2024 Benjamin Cooper Academic Ambassador Award. Hickman is...
海角社区 Regent Brewster Reappointed
Oklahoma Governor Stitt confirmed the reappointment of Regent Suzie Brewster to the 海角社区 Board of Regents. This is her second term....
Clay McCall Appointed, 海角社区 Board of Regents
Clay McCall, a fifth generation Oklahoman and Atoka, Oklahoma native, has been appointed by Governor Stitt and confirmed by the Senate to a seven-y...
海角社区 Spring 2024 Honor Roll Lists
A total of 346 students were named to the Spring 2024 honor rolls at 海角社区; 124 students named to the President's Honor Roll and 222...
海角社区, 海角社区 Foundation Sign MOU
海角社区 and the 海角社区 Foundation recently signed a memorandum of understanding to form an added partnership. In the agr...
Murray State, Ardmore Host Regional Softball Tournament, $600k Economic Impact
海角社区, along with the Ardmore Tourism Authority and City of Ardmore, hosted the NJCAA 2024 Southwest Plains Softball Tournament at R...
McCall Delivers 海角社区鈥檚 100th Commencement Address
Oklahoma Speaker of the House of Representatives Charles McCall returned to his home district and was the guest speaker for Murray State鈥檚 100th co...
海角社区 Graduates Largest Class, School History; Celebrates 100th Commencement
This Friday, 海角社区 will celebrate its largest graduating class, thus far, in the school鈥檚 history. More than 500 degrees and c...
Byng Wins 海角社区 Fred A. Chapman FFA Interscholastic Sweepstakes
海角社区 recently hosted 146 schools, 505 teams and 1,675 students for the Fred A. Chapman FFA Interscholastic Contest.聽The students co...
Seven 海角社区 Students Receive OACC Awards
Seven Murray State students received Oklahoma Association of Community Colleges (OACC) awards. The All-Oklahoma Academic Team Program provides stat...
海角社区 FBLA Team Places, State Conference
Murray State FBLA students competed at the 2024 State Leadership Conference at UCO. These students qualified to compete at the National Leadership...
海角社区 Foundation Receives First-Generation Scholarship
海角社区 Foundation has been awarded the Arca Continental Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages (CCSWB) First-Generation Scholarship. 鈥淔irst-g...
海角社区, SouthernTech Receive Regents Business Partnership Excellence Award
The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education have recognized the collaboration between 海角社区 and SouthernTech with a Regents鈥� Bus...
海角社区 Academic Team Places Third at Nationals
In February, two teams from 海角社区 competed in the 2024 NAQT Community College Championship Tournament. After 15 rounds of competitio...
海角社区/Foundation Awarded $5 Million Grant from Southern Oklahoma Memorial Foundation
海角社区 and its Foundation will receive $5 million from the Southern Oklahoma Memorial Foundation (SOMF) for the construction of the S...
海角社区 Breaks Ground, Student Union
海角社区 held a groundbreaking ceremony for the student union located the Tishomingo campus.聽 鈥淭his project helps us accomplish a numb...
海角社区 Dean Brian Cothran Receives Conservation Award
海角社区鈥檚 Dean of the School of Agriculture, Business and Occupational Technology Brian Cothran received the Chickasaw Nation Heart of...
Higher Learning Commission Approves 海角社区鈥檚 Function Change to Offer Bachelor鈥檚 Degree
The Higher Learning Commission has approved 海角社区鈥檚 function change request for their new Bachelor of Applied Technology in Gunsmith...
海角社区, Fastest Growing Oklahoma College or University
海角社区 has the highest percentage of enrollment growth of any public Oklahoma college or university for Fall 2023, with an 18% increa...
海角社区 Board of Regents Selects New Leadership
海角社区 Board of Regents has new leadership for the 2023-2024 year. Chair, Allen Benson, was born and raised in Ardmore, Oklahoma. He...
海角社区 in Ardmore Hosts Valero, AirEvac for Workforce Interview Sessions
海角社区 in Ardmore hosted two companies that conducted interview sessions for open positions.聽 Valero, a global leader in refining and...
HLC Quality Initiative Increases Graduation Rates for Male Minority Athletes
海角社区鈥檚 Higher Learning Commission (HLC) Quality Initiative focused on improving college success rates of Minority Male Athletes. 鈥�...
海角社区 Expands Nursing Program to DRH Health
海角社区 and DRH Health have partnered to expand and offer Murray State鈥檚 top nursing program to students in the Duncan, Oklahoma, area...
Sparks Appointed to 海角社区 Board of Regents
Dillon Sparks, a fourth-generation rancher from Hennepin, Oklahoma, has been appointed by Governor Stitt and confirmed by the Senate to a seven-yea...
Lifetime Alumni Members Contribute, Complete Chickasaw Nation Scholarship Challenge
海角社区 Lifetime Alumni members Dan and Peggy聽Shaffer contributed $10,000 to the Chickasaw Nation Scholarship Challenge, rounding out...
Air Evac Lifeteam Partners with 海角社区
The Air Evac Lifeteam (AEL) and 海角社区 have entered into a partnership to enhance clinical simulation and emergency healthcare educat...
Sundeen Returns to 海角社区 as Human Resources Director
海角社区 alumna and Dickson, Oklahoma, native Kalee Sundeen is the new 海角社区 Director of Human Resources Sundeen attende...
海角社区 Receives $10M Funding for New Gunsmithing Building
This spring has marked its place in the history books of 海角社区 and the state of Oklahoma. Murray State has become the first higher e...
Murray State Implements 911Cellular App to Increase Campus Safety
海角社区 rolled out the implementation of a phone and computer application developed by 911Cellular Technologies called 鈥淐ampusShield鈥�...
Murray State Nursing Program Celebrates 50th Anniversary
This year, 海角社区 celebrated 50 years of education excellence for our nursing program.聽 The program graduated its first class of 25 s...
Governor Bill Anoatubby Named 海角社区 2023 Commencement Speaker
海角社区 has announced that Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby will be the commencement speaker at this year鈥檚 114th annual cerem...
海角社区 Makes History, Adds Gunsmithing Technology Bachelor's Degree Program
On April 21st, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education approved 海角社区鈥檚 request to provide a bachelor鈥檚 degree in gunsmithin...
Yeager Selected for Oklahoma Leadership Arts XII Class
海角社区鈥檚 School of Arts, Education and Social Sciences Dean, Susan Yeager, was one of 31 Oklahomans selected to join the Oklahoma Art...
Byng Wins 海角社区 FFA Interscholastic Contest Sweepstakes
海角社区 recently hosted 146 schools, 505 teams and 1,675 students for the Fred A. Chapman FFA Interscholastic Contest. The students co...
Cothran Named New 海角社区 Agriculture Dean
Brian Cothran was recently named as the new 海角社区 Dean of the School of Agriculture, Business and Occupational Technology. Cothran p...
海角社区 FBLA Students, Adviser Receive Awards at State Leadership Conference
海角社区 Future of Business Leaders Association (FBLA) chapter members recently attended the FBLA State Leadership Conference at the Un...
Pauls Valley Wins 海角社区 46th Invitational Scholastic Meet
海角社区 hosted 988 students representing 54 area schools during the 46th Annual Invitational Scholastic meet.聽 Students gathered on th...
海角社区 Student Selected for Phi Theta Kappa Publication
海角社区 student Justin Whittington鈥檚 poem, 鈥淭he Road,鈥� was selected to be published in Phi Theta Kappa鈥檚 (PTK) honor anthology, Nota B...
海角社区 Academic Team Places Fourth, Highest Finish in Tournament History
海角社区鈥檚 Academic Team competed for the first time at the National Academic Quiz Tournaments (NAQT) Community College Championship To...
Travis Named Phi Theta Kappa 2023 New Century Workforce Scholar
海角社区 student Leslie Travis was selected as a Phi Theta Kappa 2023 New Century Workforce Pathway Scholar. Travis will receive a $1,2...
海角社区, Chickasaw Nation Receive Climate SMART Grant
海角社区 is a project partner with the Chickasaw Nation on a USDA Climate SMART grant that provides start-up funding for the Small Farm...
海角社区 Lady Aggies softball ranked #2, and Aggie baseball ranked #10 heading into the 2023 season.
Murray State Lady Aggies Softball Coming off of a national runner-up one year ago, the Murray State Lady Aggies have been tabbed #2 in the NJCAA Di...
海角社区 Announces Expansion to Online College
海角社区 has announced that their new online college will be named Murray Online, as well as named a dean of online instruction. Murray...
海角社区 Announces 2022 Honor Roll Lists
A total of 305 students were named to the 2022 fall semester honor rolls at 海角社区; 117 students named to the President's Honor Roll,...
海角社区 Looks to Add Bachelor of Applied Technology Degree in Gunsmithing
海角社区 has submitted a letter of intent to the Oklahoma State Regents of Higher Education to become the only school in the United Sta...