Several hundred kids and family members participated in Seminole State College’s 6th Annual Trick-or-Treat Trail on campus October 28. Tables were set up along the walking trails of Henderson Park with various SSC teams, organizations, students and employees who passed out candy to trick-or-treaters. Continue reading “Large Crowd Attends SSC Trick-or-Treat Trail Event”
As part of Seminole State College’s cultural and educational exchange program with College360° in Silkeborg, Denmark, SSC welcomed a delegation of 16 Danish students and instructors to campus last week. On Oct. 24, the visitors stopped by the Chickasaw Cultural Center in Sulphur to gain a greater understanding of Native American History. Danish students (l-r) Martin Bonde, Nicholas Bentzon and Lasse Kristensen took a moment to learn more about the Chickasaw language at one of the cultural center’s exhibits. Continue reading “Denmark Students Visit Oklahoma Attractions”
Seminole State College hosted a ribbon cutting to commemorate the opening of its Food Pantry and Help Center on Oct. 24 at the Boren Library.
Close to 100 community members, faculty, staff and students attended the reception and toured the facilities. Continue reading “SSC Hosts Ribbon Cutting for Food Pantry and Help Center”
The Seminole State College Board of Regents met Oct. 24 for their monthly meeting. The Board reviewed the College’s annual external audit report, approved updates to Board policies, approved a new policy to further protect the personal information of students and approved pursuing an energy savings contract. Continue reading “SSC Board of Regents Convenes for October Meeting”
The Seminole State College Help Center, in partnership with the Children’s Hospital Foundation, will sponsor two free screenings of the documentary “Resilience: the Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope” on Oct. 29 at 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. in the Enoch Kelly Haney Center lecture hall. Both showings are open to the public. Continue reading “SSC Help Center to Host Free Documentary Screening”
Denmark students Nichlas Bentzon, Simon Kristensen and Lasse Kristensen, who are participating in an educational exchange program with Seminole State College, visit the Jasmine Moran Children’s Museum in Seminole on Tuesday. The students toured the museum and stopped to play at the WaterWorks exhibit.
Visiting Denmark student Emma Egholm explores the bubble station during a visit to the Jasmine Moran Children’s Museum this week.
The Prague High School freshmen class recently attended a college and career fair on the campus of Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee. The activity was facilitated by the Seminole State College GEAR UP program and student/parent coordinator Misty Cooper. Continue reading “SSC GEAR UP Program Takes Prague Freshmen on Tour of OBU”
Seminole State College Residential Life and Student Activities Coordinator Melinda Sims recently joined the Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education’s Council of Student Activities (COSA) Mentoring Initiative. Continue reading “SSC Employee Joins Student Affairs Mentoring Program”
The Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence, a statewide charitable organization that recognizes and encourages academic excellence in Oklahoma’s public schools, has announced the addition of 11 new members to its Board of Trustees, including Seminole State College President Lana Reynolds. Continue reading “SSC President Named One of the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence’s New Trustees”
Seminole State College sophomore Tijah Johnson, of Shawnee, attended the American Student Government Association annual conference in Washington D.C. Oct. 10-13. Johnson serves as the President of the Student Government Association at SSC.
During the conference, she attended workshops on leadership, time management, bolstering campus involvement and many other topics. She also toured many landmarks of the nation’s capital.