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RECAP: President Jackson discussed university funding, enrollment, future at Opening Convocation

By Ellie Melero and Jet Turner LANGSTON, Okla. –– Langston University President Ruth Ray Jackson announced the university received almost $6 million in additional state appropriation funding for the 2024-25 school year during her State of the University address at the Opening Convocation Ceremony on Thursday. Two and a half million dollars comes from an increase in the state matched ...
Published 08/30/2024 READ MORE
Image of campus at dusk facing the Library from where the Presidents' busts are located

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Born in 1900 in Seward, Oklahoma, Harrison attended elementary school in Lawton, high school in Kansas City, Missouri, and college in Ohio. He received his bachelor's and his master's degrees at the University of Cincinnati and his Ph.D. from Ohio State University in 1936. He was married to Dorothy Marie Pennman in 1932. Before going to Langston, Harrison taught at ...
Published 03/25/2024 READ MORE