The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a public research university in Norman,Oklahoma,United States. Founded in 1890,it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two territories became the state of Oklahoma. In Fall 2023,the university had 32,676 students enrolled,most at its main campus in Norman. Employing nearly 4,000 faculty members,the university offers 174 baccalaureate programs,199 master's programs,101 doctoral programs,and 88 certificate programs.
Oklahoma City University (OCU) is a private university historically affiliated with the United Methodist Church and located in Oklahoma City,Oklahoma.
Rogers State University (RSU) is a public university in Claremore,Oklahoma,United States. It also has branch campuses in Bartlesville and Pryor Creek.
Maxine Edwyna Cissel Horner was one of the first African American women to serve in the Oklahoma Senate,serving from 1986 to 2004,along with Vicki Miles-LaGrange. Horner held the position of Democratic Caucus Chair,as well as Chair of Business and Labor and Government Operations,and Vice-Chair of Adult Literacy.
East Central University is a public university in Ada,Oklahoma. It is part of Oklahoma's Regional University System. Beyond its flagship campus in Ada,the university has courses available in McAlester,Shawnee,and Durant,as well as online courses. Founded as East Central State Normal School in 1909,its present name was adopted in 1985. Some of its more prominent alumni include former Microsoft COO B. Kevin Turner,Modernist painter Leon Polk Smith,former NFL player Mark Gastineau,past governors Robert S. Kerr and George Nigh,former U.S. Representative Lyle Boren,Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice Tom Colbert,and U.S. Army General James D. Thurman.
Mary Fallin is an American politician who served as the 27th governor of Oklahoma from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,she was elected in 2010 and reelected in 2014. She is the first and only woman to be elected governor of Oklahoma. She was the first woman to represent Oklahoma in Congress since Alice Mary Robertson left office in 1923.
Kathryn Louise Taylor was elected the 38th mayor of Tulsa,Oklahoma on April 4,2006,in the city's largest voter turnout for a mayoral election. She defeated Republican incumbent Mayor Bill Lafortune to become Tulsa's second female mayor.
KRSU-TV is an educational independent television station in Claremore,Oklahoma,United States,serving the Tulsa area. Owned by Rogers State University,the station maintains studios on the university's campus on West Will Rogers Boulevard in Claremore,and its transmitter is located to the adjacent southeast of Oologah Lake in northern Rogers County.
Will Rogers Middle and High School,located at 3909 E. 5th Place in Tulsa,Oklahoma,was built by Tulsa Public Schools in 1939 using WPA workers and designed by Joseph R. Koberling,Jr. and Leon B. Senter. It was named for the humorist Will Rogers,who died in 1935,along with Wiley Post in a plane crash. Significant additions were made to the original structure in 1949 and 1964. The alterations were in keeping with the original design and did not detract from the school's architectural or historical significance. It has been called "... one of the best examples of Art Deco high school architecture...in the United States.
In Oklahoma,Tech Prep is an administered through the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education,located in Stillwater,Oklahoma. Tech Prep is funded through Section II of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006.
The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education is the agency of the government of Oklahoma that serves as the governing body of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education,which is the largest provider of higher education in the state of Oklahoma. The State System consists of all institutions of higher education in Oklahoma that are supported by direct legislative appropriations from the Oklahoma Legislature.
The Rogers State Hillcats are the athletic teams that represent Rogers State University in Claremore,Oklahoma,in intercollegiate sports as a member of the NCAA Division II ranks,primarily competing in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) for most of its sports as an associate member since the 2019–20 academic year;while its men's soccer team competes in the Great American Conference (GAC). The Hillcats previously competed in the D-II Heartland Conference from 2013–14 to 2018–19;and in the Sooner Athletic Conference (SAC) of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) from 2007–08 to 2012–13.
Barbara Masterson Staggs was a longtime educator in Muskogee,Oklahoma and a legislator in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. During her time in the legislature,Staggs assisted as a member of the Common Education Committee and was integral in passing many bills,such as one that lead to the creation of the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in Muskogee.
Penny Baldwin Williams was an American Democratic Party politician from Oklahoma. Williams served as a legislator in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1981 to 1988,representing District 70. She later was elected to the Oklahoma Senate,representing District 33,from 1989 to 2004. Senator Williams authored important bills on education during her time in the legislature,including the historic education reform act. Williams also authored a series of bills to strengthen math and science,and the bill creating the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics. A supporter of the arts,Williams influenced art education in public schools,and was instrumental in the creation of the Art in Public Places Act.
Nancy Virtue Lewis was a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. She served as a legislator in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1982 to 1986. Her efforts while in office were directed toward children and education. Lewis worked for the impartial funding of public schools in Oklahoma. Before being elected to the House,Lewis was a lobbyist for the OEA.
Jacqulyn "Jackie" Longacre is the former executive director of Planned Parenthood in Tulsa,Oklahoma. In the eighteen years she was the director of the Tulsa campus,they grew from serving 1,600 patients to serving over 10,000 patients in a single year and were awarded the Fairchild Award,the highest award available for being a quality service affiliate. Longacre played a vital part in establishing Reproductive Services in Tulsa as well as Tulsa County Perinatal Coalition. In 1993,she was inducted in the Oklahoma Women’s Hall of Fame.
Kate Frank was a Missouri-born,Oklahoma teacher who taught for nearly 50 years. She was instrumental in the founding of the Oklahoma Education Association,served as its first president,and later,donated the initial monies for the trust that became a legal defense fund for educators. She served as vice president of the National Education Association in the 1940s and was the first national Retired Teacher of the Year recipient. Honored by many awards,she was inducted into the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame in 1983.
Joy Lynn Hofmeister is an American educator and politician who served as the Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction from 2015 to 2023.
Marie C. Cox was a Comanche activist who worked on legislation for Native American children. She received many accolades for her efforts including the 1974 Indian Leadership Award from the Bureau of Indian Affairs and state recognition that same year as the Outstanding Citizen of Oklahoma from Governor David Hall. She was named as an Outstanding Indian Woman of 1977 by the North American Indian Women's Association,and served on the National Advisory Council on Indian Education from 1983 to 1990. In 1993,she was inducted into the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame for her work with foster children and the founding of the North American Indian Women's Association.
Kyle Hilbert is a Republican member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and the current speaker pro tempore. He has represented 29th district of the Oklahoma House of Representatives since 2016 and is the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives-elect.
