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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
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
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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
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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
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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