Category: In the News

A beautiful fall day greeted 200 high school students from southern Oklahoma and north Texas at SE Live in Durant Wednesday. SE Live is the largest recruiting event for high school and transfer students interested in attending Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Students had the opportunity to tour the campus, learn about academic and social life, […]

Southeastern Oklahoma State University president Thomas Newsom will be honored as a Distinguished  Alumnus by Austin College this fall during homecoming activities. Newsom, a 1991 graduate of the Sherman (Texas) college, is one of six individuals to receive this recognition at an awards dinner on Oct. 22. A Sherman native, Newsom began his duties as […]

Southeastern Oklahoma State University was well-represented at the recent American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) national conference in Phoenix. Emma Quintana, a sophomore biological health sciences major from McAlester, and a Native American (Apache), presented a research topic titled, “Comparison study of 1999-2019 suicide rate per 100,000 population between Native American and other races […]

The Southeastern Oklahoma State University Women in Aviation Chapter traveled to Dallas recently to volunteer for a Girls in Aviation Day event. Fifteen student members of the Southeastern chapter participated, accompanied by staff advisor Elizabeth Resh. Students volunteered in a variety of events throughout the day, including introducing participants to weight and balance concepts, flight simulator stations, sectional scavenger […]

Southeastern Oklahoma State University will honor three Distinguished Alumni during homecoming festivities October 15-16. This year’s honorees are Bill Brock, Greg Duffy, and Mike Metheny. They will be honored at the Distinguished Awards Banquet on Friday, Oct. 15, and again the following day during pre-game of the Southeastern-Northwestern football game. Brock (’76,’81) is a legend […]

For the second year in a row, fall enrollment has topped the 5,000 mark at Southeastern Oklahoma State University. This fall, Southeastern’s enrollment is 5,328 students – the second-highest in school history – falling just 11 students below last fall’s record of 5,339. “It is amazing to maintain this high level of enrollment as we […]

Southeastern Oklahoma State University and The University of Oklahoma will receive cash awards from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)to benefit programs to encourage the innovation economy in Oklahoma. Southeastern was named recently among the winners in a nationwide Growth Accelerator Fund Competition (GAFC), and will receive an award of $50,000. According to an SBA […]

As part of his research for an upcoming book, a Southeastern Oklahoma State University faculty member was a special guest at the recent 40th Anniversary Farm Workers Justice Awards in Los Angeles. Dr. Rolando Diaz, Assistant Professor of Spanish, English, and Humanities,  and his wife, Ms. Lewanda Diaz, attended the event as he continues work […]

Southeastern Oklahoma State University continues to  partner with the Oklahoma Department of Health Mobile Unit to provide access to free COVID-19 vaccines to SE students, faculty and staff, as well as the Durant community. The Mobile Unit will be parked on campus in front of the Glen D. Johnson Student Union on Wednesday, September 22, […]