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Speaking with the Speaker: McCall Visits SSC Campus

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Pictured (left to right) are Daylan Saxon, Seminole freshman; Sutton Titsworth, Bristow freshman; Alex Harper, Coweta sophomore; Speaker McCall; and Ryan Carlisle, Arapaho sophomore.

Representatives of the Seminole State College President’s Leadership Class met with Oklahoma Speaker of the House Charles McCall on Nov. 9 prior to his presentation at the Seminole Chamber of Commerce November Forum. The students presented the Speaker with some gifts from the College and spoke with him about their future plans. Pictured (left to right) are Daylan Saxon, Seminole freshman; Sutton Titsworth, Bristow freshman; Alex Harper, Coweta sophomore; Speaker McCall; and Ryan Carlisle, Arapaho sophomore.

SSC Hosts Send-Off Event for Soccer Team’s Fifth Consecutive National Tournament Trip

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Pictured, SSC head soccer coach, Dan Hill speaks to SSC students, employees, community supporters, family and friends as they line the walls of the union to wish the team well as they head to the NJCAA Division I National Tournament.

Seminole State College Women’s Soccer Head Coach Dan Hill thanks attendees at a send-off event on Nov. 10 in the E.T. Dunlap Student Union. SSC students, employees, community supporters, family and friends lined the walls of the union to wish the team well as they head to the NJCAA Division I National Tournament at the Stryker Sports Complex in Wichita, Kansas. In their first matchup of the tournament, the Trojans will face Cowley Community College on Nov. 12 at 12:30 p.m.

Prior to the event, soccer supporters Ernie Willis (left) and Mark Schell (right) signed a banner encouraging the team.

Prior to the event, soccer supporters Ernie Willis (left) and Mark Schell (right) signed a banner encouraging the team.

Goodie bags were provided by the Student Government Association and Seminole Social’s Sarah Contreras (pictured left) provided nutritional beverages to the team.

Goodie bags were provided by the Student Government Association and Seminole Social’s Sarah Contreras (pictured left) provided nutritional beverages to the team.

Pictured, the women’s soccer team poses in front of the bus before making their departure.

The women’s soccer team poses in front of the bus before making their departure. The team enters the tournament as the second seed. This marks their fifth consecutive year to compete in the national tournament.

Pictured, SSC students, employees, community supporters, family and friends line the sidewalks and hold a banner for the teams bust to break through as they head to the NJCAA Division I National Tournament.

As the team departed, the bus busted through the banner as the crowd cheered.

Hundreds Attend Tribal Fest at SSC

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Pictured is an ariel view of SSC students, community members, and hundreds of fifth through twelfth grade students from Butner, Justice, New Lima, Varnum and Seminole in attendance at Tribal Fest.

Seminole State College hosted Tribal Fest on Nov. 1. The event was organized and sponsored by the College’s federal grant programs: Student Support Services/SSS STEM, Talent Search, GEAR UP, NASNTI and Upward Bound. SSC students, community members, and hundreds of fifth through twelfth grade students from Butner, Justice, New Lima, Varnum and Seminole were in attendance. In the Cook Commons, several tribes had booths set up, providing information on education, career, housing, nutrition, graduation regalia and more. The Citizen Potawatomi, Choctaw, Sac and Fox, Muscogee, Chickasaw, Seminole, Absentee Shawnee and Cherokee Nations were all represented.

Pictured, SSC Alumnus and Mr. Indigenous OU Asa Samuels performs fancy dancing.

SSC Alumnus and Mr. Indigenous OU Asa Samuels performed fancy dancing throughout the morning at the event.

Pictured is Sicangu Lakota rapper Frank Waln performing in the Jeff Johnston Auditorium.

Sicangu Lakota rapper Frank Waln performed in the Jeff Johnston Auditorium. Waln has won three Native American Music Awards. In addition to his musical performance, Waln spoke to students about the value of higher education and his personal journey.

SSC Hosts Congressional Aides Luncheon

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Pictured (left to right) are: Amy Albro, Representative Stephanie Bice’s Office; Joshua Sharum, Senator Lankford’s Office; Mack Savala, Senator James Lankford’s Office; Laramie Cochran, Senator Lankford’s Office; Quiton Gray, Senator Lankford’s Office; and Lacey Pitman, Senator Markwayne Mullin’s Office.

Several Congressional Aides visited Seminole State College on Oct. 27 to meet with President Lana Reynolds and SSC Rural Business Resources Center Director Danny Morgan about federal funds coming to the college through grant programs and special appropriations. The group also heard about financial assistance provided to area businesses through the RBRC and the economic impact of the SSC Foundation’s new sports complex. Pictured (left to right) are: Amy Albro, Representative Stephanie Bice’s Office; Joshua Sharum, Senator Lankford’s Office; Mack Savala, Senator James Lankford’s Office; Laramie Cochran, Senator Lankford’s Office; Quiton Gray, Senator Lankford’s Office; and Lacey Pitman, Senator Markwayne Mullin’s Office.

Trick or Treat Trail Draws Large Crowd at SSC

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Pictured is an ariel view of Hundreds of little ghosts, goblins, superheroes and princesses as they visited Seminole State College to load up on candy Oct. 26 for the College’s annual Trick or Treat Trail event.

Hundreds of little ghosts, goblins, superheroes and princesses visited Seminole State College to load up on candy Oct. 26 for the College’s annual Trick or Treat Trail event.

Pictured are Trick-or-treaters as they walked along the walking path in Henderson Park as faculty, staff and student organizations passed out candy.

Trick-or-treaters walked along the walking path in Henderson Park as faculty, staff and student organizations passed out candy.

Online Degree Office Navigator Caitlin Brown (left) and Coordinator of Distance Education Laura Votaw (right), are pictured dressed as the duo of coffee and doughnuts.

Online Degree Office Navigator Caitlin Brown (left) and Coordinator of Distance Education Laura Votaw (right), dressed as the duo of coffee and doughnuts, greeted costumed visitors and passed out candy at the event.

Picture is Matt Bauman, a representative from Hinkle and Company, P.C., as he discusses SSC’s financial audit at the Board Meeting on Oct. 26.

SSC Receives Clean External Audit at Board Meeting

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The Seminole State College Board of Regents met Oct. 26 to review the College’s annual external audit report and approve a name, image and likeness (NIL) policy for student-athletes.

The meeting opened with a review of the College’s recent expenditures by Vice President for Fiscal Affairs Melanie Rinehart. Then SSC President Lana Reynolds presented her President’s Report, which included an update on the College’s personnel changes and information about campus activities.

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SSC President Lana Reynolds (center) received the 2023 Distinguished Leadership Award at Leadership Oklahoma’s Fall Forum on Oct. 19 in Tulsa. Pictured alongside Reynolds is Chair of the Leadership Oklahoma Board Sammye Cravens (left) and Leadership Oklahoma President and CEO Dr. Marion Paden (right).

SSC President Receives Leadership Award

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Seminole State College President Lana Reynolds was awarded the Distinguished Leadership Award at Leadership Oklahoma ‘s Fall Forum on October 19 at the Helmerich Research Center at OSU-Tulsa.

The Forum event centered on the theme “AI: Byte into the Future” and featured several experts speaking on the burgeoning field of artificial intelligence. The forum featured two keynote speakers: Hart Brown, CEO of Future Point of View, a consulting firm that assists companies in implementing technology to create competitive advantages; and Wilder Lopes, the Chief Architect for Machine Learning at Permion, a company specializing in the development of advanced AI capable of learning and cognitive modeling.

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Leaders Luncheon

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Pictured (left to right) seated on the couch are: SGA officers - Vice President Trenton Stewart of Holdenville, President Benjamin Parker of Shawnee and Secretary Elizabeth Smith of Agra. Standing (left to right) are: SSC President Lana Reynolds, Director of Board Relations and Administrative Operations Mechell Downey, Director of Information Technology and Information Security Officer Marc Hunter, Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. Bill Knowles, Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Amanda Estey, Vice President for Fiscal Affairs Melanie Rinehart and SGA Sponsor Talina Lee.

Seminole State College Student Government officers met with members of the college’s Administrative Council on Oct. 23 for lunch and a discussion of topics surrounding enrollment, physical safety, personal data security, food service and sports activities. Pictured (left to right) seated on the couch are: SGA officers – Vice President Trenton Stewart of Holdenville, President Benjamin Parker of Shawnee and Secretary Elizabeth Smith of Agra. Standing (left to right) are: SSC President Lana Reynolds, Director of Board Relations and Administrative Operations Mechell Downey, Director of Information Technology and Information Security Officer Marc Hunter, Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. Bill Knowles, Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Amanda Estey, Vice President for Fiscal Affairs Melanie Rinehart and SGA Sponsor Talina Lee.

Nursing Program Director Crystal Bray (far right) directs students through a healthcare scenario in the nursing lab set to be renovated through the HRSA grant.

SSC Nursing Program Receives Million-Dollar Grant

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Seminole State College’s nursing program was recently awarded a congressionally directed grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in the amount of $1,050,000. The grant, to be distributed over the next three years, is set to bring transformative changes to SSC’s Nursing Department, particularly focusing on the development and expansion of simulation labs.

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