Seminole State College was honored Thursday at the Certified Healthy Oklahoma luncheon in Oklahoma City for helping create a healthy campus environment. The College received an Award of Excellence – the highest of all certification levels. The Certified Healthy Oklahoma program showcases businesses, campuses, communities, congregations, early childhood programs, restaurants, and schools that are committed to supporting healthy choices through environmental and policy change. These entities work to improve the health of Oklahomans by implementing elements, policies, and programs that will help Oklahomans to eat better, move more, and be tobacco free. Pictured left to right are SSC President Lana Reynolds, Administrative Assistant to the President Mechell Downey, Director of Community Relations Kristin Dunn and Library/Business Training Coordinator Carol Hartman.
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From Arm Wrestling to Mentoring, Seminole Woman Disrupts Aging
In October 2017 AARP Oklahoma honored 50 people at the 9th Annual Indian Elders Honors. As the nomination process for 2018 opens this week, we profile one of the 2017 honorees, Cynthia Yerby, 65, a member of the Seminole Nation in Oklahoma.
The perfect personification of AARP’s “Disrupt Aging” motto, Cynthia Yerby talks with passion about her many hard-fought accomplishments: getting a master’s degree while working and raising a family; mentoring youth; becoming a traditional sewing artist; and — when she was 40 years old — launching a career as a champion arm wrestler.
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