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NOC Rocket Team earns Grand Prize in Wisconsin Competition
The Northern Oklahoma College Rocket Team won the Grand Prize in the 2024 NASA Artemis Student Challenge: First Nations Launch Competition. The 15th Annual competition was held in Wisconsin in late April. Team members include Grant Biggers (NOC Enid), Andrew Lewis...
NOC receives NJCAA Sport Opportunity Grant for wrestling
Northern Oklahoma College is receiving a Sport Opportunity Grant from the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Foundation. The $2,000 grant will assist NOC’s Men’s and Women’s Wrestling programs in Fall 2024. NOC is establishing a new women’s program...
NOC honors outgoing regent Michael Martin
NOC regent Michael Martin was honored Wednesday at his final regent meeting by the Board of Regents and president Diana Watkins. (photo by Shiloh Martin/Northern Oklahoma College) NOC honors outgoing regent Michael Martin After five years as a Northern Oklahoma...
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...