Category: In the News

Chancellor Emeritus Glen D. Johnson will be the guest speaker at Southeastern Oklahoma State University’s  Fall Commencement ceremonies in December. Two ceremonies will be held: On Friday, December 10, at 6 p.m., a ceremony will be held for graduate students (master’s candidates). On Saturday, December 11, at 9 a.m., a ceremony will be held for […]

DURANT, Okla. – Theatre at Southeastern had the opportunity to enter its production of Eleemosynary into the Kennedy Center’s American College Theater Festival. This is a national theater program involving 18,000 students annually from colleges and universities across the country. The production of Eleemosynary was adjudicated by two members of the organization and treated to […]

Southeastern Oklahoma State University will continue to  assist students financially through federal funding provided during the COVID-19 pandemic. This month, Southeastern will distribute $1.8 million to students through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund III as funded by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. These funds are designated to provide emergency financial aid grants […]

The Department of Music at Southeastern Oklahoma State University will present the 101st Annual Candlelighting Concert on Monday, December 6,  at 7:30 p.m. in Montgomery Auditorium on the Durant campus. The event is particularly special this year, as the previous year’s 100th anniversary was virtual. “We’ve really been looking forward to this,” said Dr. Pat […]

Each year, approximately one-half of the graduating class at Southeastern Oklahoma State University is comprised of first-generation graduates – the first in their family to earn a college degree. Current students and first-generation alumni gathered Tuesday to celebrate this life-changing experience with a luncheon program in the Hallie McKinney Ballroom. Sponsored by The Student Support […]

The Southeastern Chorale of Southeastern Oklahoma State University will present its Fall Concert, New Beginnings: Songs of Perseverance, Hope, and Joy, on Thursday, November 18,  at  7:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall on the Durant campus. The event is free and open to the public. Dr. Abby Musgrove, first-year Director of Choral Activities, is looking forward […]

Wildlife Club students, faculty, staff, alumni, and retirees from Southeastern Oklahoma State University pitched in to assist in a Texoma Audubon Society Trash Removal effort Saturday. Volunteers picked up trash along Red River City Road south of Cartwright, Oklahoma.  The litter was adjacent to a sensitive marsh and bottomland hardwood forest on U.S. Army Corps […]

Southeastern Oklahoma State University recognized the recipients of the Top 10 Freshman Award Friday afternoon during a ceremony and reception in the Hallie McKinney Ballroom. Southeastern president Thomas Newsom and executive director of the center for student success  Marlin Blankenship offered remarks in congratulating  the students. The awards are based on academics, leadership, campus involvement, […]

Southeastern Oklahoma State University president Thomas Newsom was honored as a Distinguished Alumnus by Austin College Friday night  during homecoming activities. Newsom, a 1991 graduate of the Sherman (Texas) college, was one of six individuals to receive this recognition at an awards dinner. A Sherman native, Newsom began his duties as the 21st president of […]