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Eastern Oklahoma State College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• Eastern Oklahoma State College was originally established as the Oklahoma School of Mines and Metallurgy, offering degrees in mining engineering. Although closed during World War I, the school reopened in 1920 with trade and industrial education added to the curriculum. In 1924, the School of Mines added teacher training and extension courses, but, with the decline of local area mining by then well advanced, the school dropped mining engineering. Then in 1927, the school won a long overdue name change to Eastern Oklahoma State College and with the change came an added mission of pre-college level instruction. In 1941, the again renamed Eastern Oklahoma State College Agricultural and Mechanical College moved under the control of the State Board of Agriculture as a junior college. Finally, in 1972, the legislature settled on the name Eastern Oklahoma State College and created a separate board to govern the institution. Since that time, Eastern has been a comprehensive community college providing instruction in a wide range of curricula.
• Eastern Oklahoma State College is located at Wilburton, Oklahoma, the county seat of Latimer County, in the heart of a beautiful valley between the San Bois and Winding Stair Mountain Ranges. Forest-covered mountains, mountain streams, and nearby Robbers Cave State Park, provide a great outdoors playground for swimming, fishing, hunting, picnicking and driving the year round.
• In 1998, Eastern opened a state-of-the-art branch facility in McAlester, offering programs at the associate, bachelor, and graduate levels. The 22,000 square foot building offers interactive classrooms, as well as computer and science laboratories equipped with advanced technologies. Based on public demand, plans are underway for a second building dedicated to allied health programs. Additionally, Eastern offers classes at the McCurtain County Higher Education Center in Idabel.
• Whether your interests are in agriculture, business, computer science, criminal justice, languages, nursing, or science and math, or other liberal arts fields, Eastern has opportunities for you to explore.
• Eastern Oklahoma State College, a public community college, is officially accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools (since March 1954), the State Regents for Higher Education, the National League for Nursing, the Society of American Foresters, and Oklahoma State School Accrediting Agencies. Eastern's memberships include the American Association of Junior Colleges, the Council of North Central Junior Colleges, and the Oklahoma Association of Junior Colleges.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Big events planned for EOSC Homecoming (McAlester News-Capital)
  posted on October 30, 2009 at 03:51:08 pm
  Homecoming at Eastern Oklahoma State College will involve a myriad of activities, starting Saturday with a Halloween carnival from 4 to 7 p.m., and continuing through the week ending the following Saturday, Nov. 7, with a tailgate party at the Student Center Circle and traditional home basketball games.
• Fall concert is planned at EOSC’s Wilburton campus (McAlester News-Capital)
  posted on September 30, 2009 at 03:51:53 pm
  Eastern Oklahoma State College Music Department will present the annual Fall Concert, to be held 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1 in Eastern’s new Student Center Ballroom on the Wilburton campus. The program will feature Eastern’s Concert Choir and Sound Sensations presenting an hour-long concert.
• EOSC dedication (McAlester News-Capital)
  posted on September 21, 2009 at 03:51:15 pm
  In this undated photo, Kelbie Kennedy, Buffalo Valley, addresses the crowd at Eastern Oklahoma State College’s New Student Center Building Dedication recently in Wilburton. Kennedy is a sophomore at Eastern, where she serves as Student Government president.
• Kick up your heels with saucy ballroom dancing (McAlester News-Capital)
  posted on September 20, 2009 at 02:21:14 am
  “When people think of ballroom dancing, they think of the Tango, the Cha Cha, those showy, flashy dances they see on television,” said Justin Colvard, “and that is a form of ballroom dancing. But there’s also the social version, where people just get together to interact.”
• Transitions (Tulsa World)
  posted on September 16, 2009 at 07:26:40 am
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