{"id":6153,"date":"2026-08-20T13:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T19:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/?p=6153"},"modified":"2026-08-20T13:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T19:42:07","slug":"welcome-week-kicks-off-fall-semester-at-ssc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/welcome-week-kicks-off-fall-semester-at-ssc\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Week Kicks Off Fall Semester at SSC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cudjoe-and-Reid-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"In this photo, SSC students Imani Cudjoe of Edmond, left, and Nylia Reid of Sapulpa walk to class on Aug. 17 as Seminole State College welcomed students back to campus for the start of the fall semester.\" class=\"wp-image-6154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cudjoe-and-Reid-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cudjoe-and-Reid-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cudjoe-and-Reid-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cudjoe-and-Reid-788x591.jpg 788w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cudjoe-and-Reid.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SSC students Imani Cudjoe of Edmond, left, and Nylia Reid of Sapulpa walk to class on Aug. 17 as Seminole State College welcomed students back to campus for the start of the fall semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Science-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"In this photo, Assistant Professor of Life Sciences Truitt Eubank, center, assists SSC students Alivia Wapskineh of McCloud, left, and Christian Herlehy of Shawnee during an Introduction to Environmental Science lab.\" class=\"wp-image-6155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Science-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Science-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Science-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Science-788x591.jpg 788w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Science.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assistant Professor of Life Sciences Truitt Eubank, center, assists SSC students Alivia Wapskineh of McCloud, left, and Christian Herlehy of Shawnee during an Introduction to Environmental Science lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Athletics-Orientation-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"In this photo, approximately 200 SSC student-athletes gather for athletics orientation on Aug. 17 as the College began the fall semester. \" class=\"wp-image-6156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Athletics-Orientation-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Athletics-Orientation-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Athletics-Orientation-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Athletics-Orientation-788x443.jpg 788w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Athletics-Orientation.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Approximately 200 SSC student-athletes gathered for athletics orientation on Aug. 17 as the College began the fall semester. This year&#8217;s student-athletes include individuals from Venezuela, Montenegro, England, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, as well as 11 states: Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Colorado, New Mexico, Ohio, California, New Jersey, Illinois and Arizona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Street-Signs-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"In this photo, from left, SSC students Fredricka Finnikin of Montego Bay, Jamaica; Losaline Makahununiu of Norman; and Malerie Hawk of Choctaw show off custom street signs they created Aug. 17. The activity was one of several events hosted by SSC Student Activities and Events during Welcome Week.\" class=\"wp-image-6157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Street-Signs-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Street-Signs-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Street-Signs-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Street-Signs-788x443.jpg 788w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Street-Signs.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From left, SSC students Fredricka Finnikin of Montego Bay, Jamaica; Losaline Makahununiu of Norman; and Malerie Hawk of Choctaw show off custom street signs they created Aug. 17. The activity was one of several events hosted by SSC Student Activities and Events during Welcome Week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Snow-Cones-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"In this photo, SSC student Luis Rodriguez of Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, enjoys a free snow cone from Kona Ice on Aug. 18. The giveaway was part of SSC's Welcome Week activities celebrating the start of the fall semester.\" class=\"wp-image-6158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Snow-Cones-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Snow-Cones-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Snow-Cones-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Snow-Cones-788x591.jpg 788w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Snow-Cones.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SSC student Luis Rodriguez of Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, enjoys a free snow cone from Kona Ice on Aug. 18. The giveaway was part of SSC&#8217;s Welcome Week activities celebrating the start of the fall semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Caricature-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"In this photo, Artist John Whitefield creates a caricature of SSC students Anna Li of Frisco, Texas, and Madelyn Jones of Wylie, Texas, on Aug. 19. SSC Student Activities and Events hosted free caricatures and cotton candy for students throughout the day.\" class=\"wp-image-6159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Caricature-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Caricature-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Caricature-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Caricature-788x443.jpg 788w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Caricature.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Artist John Whitefield creates a caricature of SSC students Anna Li of Frisco, Texas, and Madelyn Jones of Wylie, Texas, on Aug. 19. SSC Student Activities and Events hosted free caricatures and cotton candy for students throughout the day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SSC students Imani Cudjoe of Edmond, left, and Nylia Reid of Sapulpa walk to class on Aug. 17 as Seminole State College welcomed students back to campus for the start of the fall semester. Assistant Professor of Life Sciences Truitt Eubank, center, assists SSC students Alivia Wapskineh of McCloud, left, and Christian Herlehy of Shawnee &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/welcome-week-kicks-off-fall-semester-at-ssc\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Welcome Week Kicks Off Fall Semester at SSC<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6157,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3,7,6,87],"tags":[206],"class_list":["post-6153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-http-www-sscok-edu-media-academics","category-http-www-sscok-edu-media-athletics","category-http-www-sscok-edu-media-campuslife","category-http-www-sscok-edu-media-events","category-news","tag-august-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6153","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=6153"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6160,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6153\/revisions\/6160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}