Tag August 2019

Funding the Food Pantry

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Mitch Enos, Edward Jones Financial Advisor (center), and Courtney Jones, Director of Human Resources for Seminole State College (right), kicked off a community effort to support the College’s new campus Food Pantry, by presenting a check to SSC Vice President for Student Services Dr. Bill Knowles (left) to cover the first truck load of food from the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma.

The College is currently gathering non-perishable food items and monetary donations to support the pantry, which will open to students this fall.  SSC has launched a payroll deduction program, and during the first weeks of the fall semester, 50 employees have elected to donate from their earnings directly to the food pantry program. Tax deductible contributions to address food insecurity among students and their families may be made to the SSC Educational Foundation, and sent to P.O. Box 351, Seminole, OK  74818.

SSC Volleyball Offers Free Game Admission with Canned Good

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The first Seminole State College home volleyball game will take place Tuesday, August 27 at 5 p.m. inside the Raymond Harber Fieldhouse. The team will face Oklahoma Wesleyan JV. In an effort to help launch the new food pantry on campus this fall, the team is offering free admission to anyone who donates a canned good or nonperishable food item. For more information, contact Assistant Athletic Director Leslie Sewell at 405-382-9541or l.sewell@sscok.edu.

Assistant Athletic Director and Student Government Association Sponsor Leslie Sewell, Student Government Association President Tijah Johnson and Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. Bill Knowles attend a training event at the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma to help kick start the College’s food bank initiative.

SSC to Open Food Pantry for Students This Fall

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Seminole State College is preparing to open a food pantry for students this fall. The College is currently gathering non-perishable food items and monetary donations to ensure its inventory will meet student needs. 

In order to sustain the availability of food for students, SSC has partnered with the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma. According to the Regional Food Bank, Oklahoma is the sixth hungriest state in the United States. Continue reading “SSC to Open Food Pantry for Students This Fall” →

Former NASA Commander Delivers Speech at Seminole State College

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Former NASA Commander Dr. John Herrington spoke to students, faculty, staff and community members at an event hosted by Seminole State College’s Native American Serving Non-Tribal Institutions program on campus Aug. 15.

Dr. Herrington took to the stage in the Jeff Johnston auditorium to share his story about dropping out of college, finding his purpose, returning to his studies and chasing his dream of space travel. A member of the Choctaw tribe, he became the first enrolled member of a Native American tribe to fly in space in 2002.