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NOC approves FY 2025 Budget, freezing tuition and mandatory fees and expanding scholarships for adult learners
The Northern Oklahoma College Board of Regents approved the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget at the June 19th meeting in Tonkawa. The approved Educational and General Operating Budget of $24,884,666 represents an increase of 2.2% ($541,659). Northern will not be seeking an...
Oklahoma Promise deadline is set for July 1
The application deadline for students to enroll in Oklahoma’s Promise, a transformational state scholarship program, is set for July 1. This is the final opportunity for students who were 11th graders in the 2023-24 school year to apply for the scholarship. Oklahoma’s...
Jaidyn Burrell competes at Miss Oklahoma Scholarship Pageant
Four current and past Miss NOC’s participated in the Miss Oklahoma Scholarship Pageant. Picture (L-R), Shannon Varner, executive director; Mia-Claire Jones Miss NOC Enid 2022; Jaidyn Burrell, Miss NOC 2024; Dr. Diana Watkins, NOC president; Lexi Neahring NOC Enid...
NOC Tonkawa, University Center hosting Reach Higher event
Northern Oklahoma College in Tonkawa and the University Center in Ponca City are hosting a Reach Higher event Monday, June 17. The free information session is a come and go event from 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. at the Vineyard Library/Administration Building at NOC Tonkawa...
NOC Enid hosting Reach Higher Event June 17
Northern Oklahoma College Enid is hosting a Reach Higher event Monday, June 17. The free information session is a come and go event from 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. at the Zollars Library on the NOC Enid Campus. There will be refreshments, giveaways, and prize drawings....
NOC art students tour Kansas City museums
Cutline: NOC art students toured two art exhibits in Kansas City last weekend (photo provided) NOC art students tour Kansas City museums Led by Art Faculty Audrey Schmitz, NOC Art and Digital Media students toured three museums in the Kansas City area May 19-20. The...
NOC adjusts room/board, rental property rates
While the main news at the Northern Oklahoma College Board of Regent May 22 meeting was the hiring of Diana Watkins as the college’s 15th president, the board took other actions as well. Regents approved an increase in room and board rates at Tonkawa and Enid. Vice...
NOC names Diana Watkins president
The Northern Oklahoma College Board of Regents appointed Diana Watkins as the 15th president in NOC history on Wednesday, May 22, at the BOR meeting in Enid. The appointment is pending completion of administrative paperwork. Watkins, who currently serves as the...
Samantha Lee named to OCIE Honor Society
Northern Oklahoma College student Samantha Lee was named to the Oklahoma Indian Student Honor Society. Lee is a sophomore from Tonkawa. Eligibility requirements for the honor society include attendance at an Indigenous high school, enrolled as an...
NOC holds nurses pinning ceremony in Tonkawa
NOC Nursing graduates and faculty at the NOC Nurses Pinning Ceremony May 3 at NOC Tonkawa. (photo by Shiloh Martin/Northern Oklahoma College). NOC holds nurses pinning ceremony in Tonkawa Seventeen Northern Oklahoma College Nursing Students received their nurses’...