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ºÚÁÏÍø Awarded U.S. Department of Education-Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services Grant Totaling $1.25 Million to Prepare Personnel to Serve School-Age Children with Mental Disabilities

OKLAHOMA CITY––ºÚÁÏÍø, Oklahoma’s only historically Black college or university, has been awarded a $1.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Servies (OSERS) to establish a new specialized course of study to prepare personnel to serve school-age children with mental disabilities. The grant, which will total $1.25 million over five years, will ...

Published 05/21/2024 READ MORE

LU Cooperative Extension and Outreach hosts virtual reality STEM education labs

by Ellie Melero As she stepped into the Pollinator Sanctuary, Andria took a moment to assess her surroundings. She stood in the middle of a circular path lined with bushes and flowers. Butterflies, bees and other flying insects flitted between the plants, buzzing contentedly and paying her no mind. Her eyes followed the route of a bumblebee as it circled ...

Published 06/05/2026 READ MORE

A Special Message from President Ruth Ray Jackson, Ph.D.

Dear University Community, I am honored to greet you today as the 17th president of ºÚÁÏÍø. This marks a very important day in my life and for that of my family. My husband John, our daughter Leah, and I are thrilled to continue our service to this great institution. After spending my entire career in education and having been ...

Published 05/01/2024 READ MORE

Teacher Education Unit Accreditation

Please note: Data for the 2024-2025 academic year will be posted by the end of July 2026. ºÚÁÏÍø is accredited through CAEP, the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation. An accreditation visit was conducted in Fall 2023. The Accreditation Council of the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP), April 2024, granted initial-level program accreditation for seven years. ...

Published 03/22/2024 READ MORE

A New Generation of Healthcare Leaders Emerge from the Soil of Public Education

OU Health Appoints Amber Nealy as Its First African American Chief Nursing Officer by Deena V. Thomas, OKCPS Retired Educator and member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Educational roots matter. A child’s first teachers are their parents and grandparents, absorbing deep-rooted instruction in the home, followed by the fundamental academics of teaching and learning, cultivated and nurtured in common ...

Published 03/21/2024 READ MORE

A New Generation of Healthcare Leaders Emerge from the Soil of Public Education

OU Health Appoints Amber Nealy as Its First African American Chief Nursing Officer   Educational roots matter. A child’s first teachers are their parents and grandparents, absorbing deep-rooted instruction in the home, followed by the fundamental academics of teaching and learning, cultivated and nurtured in common education. Lastly, the preparation process to enter the workforce is taught and mentored during ...

Published 03/21/2024 READ MORE

Paying for your Langston Education

Published 03/04/2024 READ MORE

Title IX of the Education Amendment of 1972

Published 03/04/2024 READ MORE

Special Admission Freshman Categories

ºÚÁÏÍø has been approved to offer the following special admission criteria for students seeking admission to the university:

Published 12/04/2023 READ MORE

Department of Education and Professional Programs

Published 06/01/2023 READ MORE