Category: In the News

Dr. Mary Ann Craige Mrs. Vicki Hudson DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern Oklahoma State University will honor two individuals with the Distinguished Former Faculty Award during homecoming festivities October 24-26. This year’s Distinguished Former Faculty Award recipients are Dr. Mary Ann Craige, music professor, and  Vicki Hudson, health, physical education and recreation professor.     Collectively, they taught […]

DURANT, Okla. – Trombonist Paul Compton and Pianist Michael Schneider will present a recital of duo works and solo piano repertoire on Tuesday, October 1, on the campus of Southeastern Oklahoma State University. A public master class will be presented at 4 p.m., with a recital following beginning at 7:30 p.m. Both events will be […]

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern Oklahoma State University will honor four Distinguished Alumni during homecoming festivities October 24-26. This year’s Distinguished Alumni Award recipients are James Parrish, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Executive Director of Education/School Programs and Senior Director of the School of the Choctaw Language;  Col. Tuan T. Ton, U.S. Army Senior Defense Official and […]

DURANT, Okla. – Noted attorney Sharla J. Frost will be the guest speaker at the Women’s Entrepreneur Seminar at Southeastern Oklahoma State University on October 22. The event is free and will be held from 9 am. to 2 p.m. in the Hallie McKinney Ballroom. Frost graduated from Southeastern in 1984 and is a Distinguished […]

  DURANT, Okla. – Southwest Airlines Co. recently announced the launching of an innovative career program called Destination 225° which provides pathways to becoming a competitively qualified candidate for future Southwest First Officer positions. On a compass, 225° is the southwest directional heading, and Destination 225° was developed to lead aspiring pilots to Southwest Airlines. […]

For more information, contact: Sheridan McCaffree, Executive Director Regional University System of Oklahoma (405) 942-8817, or smccaffree@ruso.edu     Dr. Bryon Clark named Interim President at Southeastern RUSO to conduct national search for permanent position   OKLAHOMA CITY – The Regional University System of Oklahoma (RUSO) has appointed Bryon Clark, Ph.D., as interim president of […]

  DURANT, Okla. – With an enrollment of 4,824 students this fall, Southeastern Oklahoma State University has reached unprecedented heights. Records indicate and University officials believe this to be the highest enrollment since the school opened its doors in 1909. It also represents a 7.6% increase over last fall’s enrollment. “We are continuing to see […]

Southeastern president Sean Burrage issued the following statement today regarding the announcement that he will be assuming the position of Vice President for Executive Affairs at The University of Oklahoma next month, pending approval by the OU Board of Regents: “This was a very difficult decision, as the past five years at Southeastern have been […]

  Sept. 6, 2019 President Burrage accepts VP position at OU NORMAN, OKLA. – The University of Oklahoma announced today the hiring of Tomás Díaz de la Rubia as OU’s vice president for research and partnerships and Sean Burrage as vice president for executive affairs, pending Board of Regents’ approval. Díaz de la Rubia will join OU […]