{"id":1102,"date":"2019-02-22T12:20:56","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T18:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/?p=1102"},"modified":"2019-02-27T12:25:44","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T18:25:44","slug":"1102-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/1102-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Hanan Attends Nigh Leadership Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Area Seminole State College student McKenna Hanan of Seminole, Okla. recently attended the Nigh Institute Leadership Academy held in Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n

Hanan received a George and Donna Nigh Public Service Scholarship this year through the Nigh Institute program funded by the Oklahoma Legislature. During the leadership academy, students visited with members of the House of Representatives and the Senate and attended sessions concerning Oklahoma\u2019s local government, government relations, the national election, public policy and Oklahoma\u2019s economic future.<\/p>\n\n\n

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In addition,\nthe group visited the Regional Food Bank, Express Ranch, the OKC Memorial, the\nOklahoma History Center, the Office of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher\nEducation, the Oklahoma General Contractors offices, Chesapeake Arena, OKC Golf\nand Country Club, Devon Petroleum and The Oklahoman. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"McKenna
Seminole State College freshman McKenna Hanan, of Seminole, (center) poses with former Governor George Nigh (left) and his wife Donna (right) at the Nigh Institute Leadership Academy dinner at the Embassy Suites in Oklahoma City on Feb. 9.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The group also\nhad the privilege of meeting many of Oklahoma\u2019s leaders, including Lt. Governor\nMatt Pinnell; Robert Funk, founder\/CEO of Express Employment Professionals;\nBobby Stem, President of the Association of Oklahoma General Contractors; Kelly\nDyer-Frye, Editor-in-Chief at The Oklahoman; Dr. Glen Johnson, Chancellor of\nthe Oklahoma State System of Higher Education; Dr. Bob Blackburn, Executive\nDirector of the Oklahoma Historical Society, State Senator Adam Pugh; State\nRepresentative Jason Dunnington; and State Representative Cyndi Munson. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI believe I\nwill be able to take the information and knowledge I learned from this\nexperience to better myself and my chances of succeeding in college,\u201d Hanan\nsaid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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McKenna Hanan and other Nigh Institute Leadership Academy attendees lend a hand at the Regional Food Bank in Oklahoma City on Feb. 9. Hanan is positioned on the front row, the fourth person from the right. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Hanan is a 2018\nSeminole High School graduate. At SSC, she is a freshman member of the\nPresident\u2019s Leadership Class and a member of the Phi Theta Kappa International\nHonor Society. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hanan is the\ndaughter of Mac and Holly Hanan of Seminole and the granddaughter of longtime\nSSC math instructor Larry Vickers and his wife Rosesella.  She is also the\ngranddaughter of Bob Hanan of Stroud and the late Sue Hanan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Area Seminole State College student McKenna Hanan of Seminole, Okla. recently attended the Nigh Institute Leadership Academy held in Oklahoma City. Hanan received a George and Donna Nigh Public Service Scholarship this year through the Nigh Institute program funded by the Oklahoma Legislature. During the leadership academy, students visited with members of the House of … Continue reading Hanan Attends Nigh Leadership Academy<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[63],"class_list":["post-1102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-http-www-sscok-edu-media-academics","tag-february-2019"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1102"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1106,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102\/revisions\/1106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}