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LU students, faculty pose with Dr Ruth Ray Jackson on the tennis courts

PRESIDENT JACKSON, LUAHPERD USE PICKLEBALL TO HELP STUDENTS DESTRESS BEFORE MIDTERMS

by Ellie Melero, Media Relations Specialist LANGSTON, Okla. – Students running around, laughing and having fun while their university's president teaches them how to play pickleball is probably not what you’d expect to see on a college campus gearing up for midterms, but that's what awaited any who made their way to the university tennis courts on Friday afternoon. Langston ...
Published 09/15/2023 READ MORE
18th Annual President's Scholarship Gala graphic

A’NGELA WINBUSH, TAMIA TO PERFORM AT LANGSTON UNIVERSITY’S 18TH ANNUAL PRESIDENT’S SCHOLARSHIP GALA

by Ellie Melero, Media Relations Specialist Langston, Okla. – Musical triple-threat A’ngela Winbush and six-time Grammy Award nominee Tamia will perform at Langston University’s 18th Annual President’s Scholarship Gala on Oct. 20 at the Oklahoma City Convention Center. The President’s Scholarship Gala is Langston’s largest student scholarship fundraiser of the year. The highly anticipated event always features amazing performances from ...
Published 08/18/2023 READ MORE
Porsha Richardson headshot

A DREAM FULFILLED: A LANGSTON UNIVERSITY NURSING GRADUATE’S JOURNEY

Jet Turner, Langston University Office of Public Relations A DREAM IS FOUND Porsha Richardson had to be strong for her granny. At 6 years old, going to Granny’s house after school was the norm. But when Porsha eagerly opened the door, she did not see Granny on the couch or in the kitchen; instead, Porsha heard her call from the ...
Published 05/01/2023 READ MORE
Dr. Ruth Ray Jackson headshot

OKLAHOMA A & M BOARD OF REGENTS APPOINTS DR. RUTH RAY JACKSON INTERIM PRESIDENT OF LANGSTON UNIVERSITY

LANGSTON, Okla. – The Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural & Mechanical Colleges has appointed Dr. Ruth Ray Jackson as interim president of Langston University, beginning July 6, 2023. Dr. Jackson will serve until a nationwide search for President Smith’s successor is completed and the University’s seventeenth president assumes office. "We appreciate Dr. Jackson's willingness to step forward to ...
Published 04/26/2023 READ MORE
Langston University President, Dr. Kent J. Smith, Jr., and his family

LANGSTON UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT, DR. KENT J. SMITH, JR., ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT

LANGSTON, Okla. – Langston University President, Dr. Kent J. Smith, Jr., announced today that he will retire as the institution’s 16th president at the end of the Spring semester in a message to the university community. View President Smith's message to the university here. “My family and I have thoroughly enjoyed the years spent at Langston University,” said President Smith. ...
Published 04/04/2023 READ MORE