NOC Celebrates Native American Month in November

Tonkawa, Ok – NOC

Northern Oklahoma College is celebrating Native American Heritage Month for November.

Activities planned for Native American Heritage Month are as follows:

Nov. 4 – Indian Boarding Schools and the Lasting Repercussions on the Indigenous People lecture via Zoom at 10:30 a.m.  The Zoom link is https://zoom.us/92730125118 Meeting ID: 927 3012 5118

Nov. 10 – The Pot Speaks by NOC Visual Arts Instructor Audrey Schmitz inside the Eleanor Hays Gallery at the KPAC at 1 p.m. or via Livestream at:  https://www.noc.edu/athletics/streaming/

Nov. 18 – Stickball – A Social Game presented by Jake Roberts.  There will be a lecture and demonstration on the lawn west of Central Hall.

All month, Native American Factoids will be on KAYE The Source FM Radio 90.7 and Native American Music will be played across campus on Tuesday and Thursday from 11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. during November.

Northern Oklahoma College, the state’s first public community college, is a multi-campus, land-grant institution that provides high quality, accessible, and affordable educational opportunities and services which create life-changing experiences and develop students as effective learners and leaders within their communities in a connected, ever-changing world.

NOC, a public two-year community college, serves nearly 5,000 students on the home campus in Tonkawa, branch in Enid, NOC/OSU Gateway Program in Stillwater, online, and the University Center in Ponca City. Of these students, about 60% receive financial aid and/or scholarships.  Over 80% of NOC students complete their degree with zero debt.

NOC is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and offers associate degrees in three general areas: Arts, Science, and Applied Science.  The associate degree fulfills lower-division course work which is applicable towards a bachelor’s degree.

Call (580) 628-6200 for more information about Northern Oklahoma College or visit www.noc.edu.