{"id":6137,"date":"2026-08-19T07:41:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/?p=6137"},"modified":"2026-08-19T07:41:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:41:19","slug":"ssc-delivers-more-than-700-textbooks-to-concurrent-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/ssc-delivers-more-than-700-textbooks-to-concurrent-students\/","title":{"rendered":"SSC Delivers More than 700 Textbooks to Concurrent Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Martin-and-Bellinger-edited.jpg\" alt=\"In this photo, SSC GEAR UP Lead Coordinator Leah Martin (left) delivers textbooks to Wetumka High School Counselor Randi Bellinger.\" class=\"wp-image-6139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Martin-and-Bellinger-edited.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Martin-and-Bellinger-edited-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Martin-and-Bellinger-edited-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Martin-and-Bellinger-edited-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Martin-and-Bellinger-edited-788x591.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SSC GEAR UP Lead Coordinator Leah Martin (left) delivers textbooks to Wetumka High School Counselor Randi Bellinger. As the fall semester began this week, Seminole State College delivered more than 700 textbooks to 420 concurrent students at 38 area high schools. The books were funded through the Scott Empowerment Fund, established following philanthropist MacKenzie Scott\u2019s $17 million unrestricted gift to the SSC Educational Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1204\" height=\"903\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Thomas-and-Licklider-edited.jpg\" alt=\"In this photo, SSC Talent Search Advisor Amanda Thomas (left) delivers textbooks to Liberty Academy Registrar Melody Licklider.\" class=\"wp-image-6141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Thomas-and-Licklider-edited.jpg 1204w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Thomas-and-Licklider-edited-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Thomas-and-Licklider-edited-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Thomas-and-Licklider-edited-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Thomas-and-Licklider-edited-788x591.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1204px) 100vw, 1204px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SSC Talent Search Advisor Amanda Thomas (left) delivers textbooks to Liberty Academy Registrar Melody Licklider. Through the Scott Empowerment Fund, concurrent students attending high school within SSC\u2019s five-county service area automatically receive a scholarship covering the cost of books and fees. Combined with Oklahoma\u2019s concurrent tuition waiver, the scholarship allows eligible students to attend SSC at no cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cahoon-and-Sprague-edited-1.jpg\" alt=\"In this photo, Prague High School junior Kori Cahoon (left) receives a textbook from SSC GEAR UP Coordinator Kate Sprague.\" class=\"wp-image-6144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cahoon-and-Sprague-edited-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cahoon-and-Sprague-edited-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cahoon-and-Sprague-edited-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cahoon-and-Sprague-edited-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cahoon-and-Sprague-edited-1-788x591.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prague High School junior Kori Cahoon (left) receives a textbook from SSC GEAR UP Coordinator Kate Sprague. Enrollment for the fall semester remains open through Aug. 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SSC GEAR UP Lead Coordinator Leah Martin (left) delivers textbooks to Wetumka High School Counselor Randi Bellinger. As the fall semester began this week, Seminole State College delivered more than 700 textbooks to 420 concurrent students at 38 area high schools. The books were funded through the Scott Empowerment Fund, established following philanthropist MacKenzie Scott\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/ssc-delivers-more-than-700-textbooks-to-concurrent-students\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SSC Delivers More than 700 Textbooks to Concurrent Students<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,23,87],"tags":[206,207],"class_list":["post-6137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-http-www-sscok-edu-media-academics","category-http-www-sscok-edu-media-faculty-staff","category-news","tag-august-2026","tag-concurrent-enrollment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6137","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6137"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6145,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6137\/revisions\/6145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}