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2 LANGSTON UNIVERSITY STUDENTS NAMED 2023 WHITE HOUSE HBCU SCHOLARS

by Ellie Melero, Media Relations Specialist Langston, Okla. – Two Langston University students have been named 2023 White House HBCU Scholars, marking the first time two Langston students have received the honor in one academic year. The White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity through Historically Black Colleges and Universities announced its 2023 HBCU Scholars on ...
Published 09/25/2023 READ MORE
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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT: OKLAHOMA MATCH OF FEDERAL FUNDING AT LANGSTON UNIVERSITY

From The Office of the President Dear Langston University Community: On Monday, September 18, 2023, the United States Secretaries of Education and Agriculture sent letters to governors of 16 states outlining what the Biden Administration describes as a pattern of inequitable funding by those states to their respective 1890 Land-Grant Institutions. The gaps in funding directly relate to each state's ...
Published 09/22/2023 READ MORE
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LANGSTON UNIVERSITY AWARDED $4.375 MILLION NATIONAL GRANT FOR REHABILITATION RESEARCH CENTER

by Dr. Corey Moore, Founding Chair of the Department of Rehabilitation and Disability Studies LANGSTON, Okla. – Langston University has been awarded a $4.375 million grant for its Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NDILRR). The grant, which will total $4.375 million over 5 years, extends a third cycle ...
Published 09/20/2023 READ MORE
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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
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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