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SGA Student President Nathaniel Rakestraw Edwards and SGA Vice President Hannah Wall talk with an Air Force officer

LANGSTON UNIVERSITY SIGNS NEW AGREEMENT WITH AIR FORCE SUSTAINMENT CENTER

by Jet Turner, Assistant Director of Communications Langston, Okla. – Langston University signed an agreement with the Air Force Sustainment Center at Tinker Air Force Base on Monday, giving students the opportunity to gain real-world experience through internship and learning opportunities, leading to a potential path to employment upon graduation. When Langston University Student Government Association President Nathaneal Rakestraw-Edwards heard ...
Published 09/26/2023 READ MORE
Langston University 2023 White House HBCU Scholars graphic

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
Aerial shot of the Langston University Langston Campus

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
Dr Corey Moore headshot

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
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