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The Oklahoma Senate on Tuesday passed a measure that would allow Oklahoma State University to offer accounting courses at its Tulsa campus, something currently reserved for Langston University. Senate Bill 59, by Sen. Brian Crain, now heads to the House after securing approval by a vote of 36-10. Currently, only Langston is allowed to offer courses in accounting, sociology and [...]

Langston University will celebrate its 116th Founders Day Tuesday, March 12 in Langston, Oklahoma. The event will take place at 11:00 a.m. in I.W. Young Auditorium. The Honorable Rick Brinkley (R), who is currently serving as a member of the Oklahoma Senate, will be the guest speaker. Celebrating 116 years of rich tradition and developing leaders from a diverse student [...]

The HBCU Buzz Show is honored to have the President of Langston University in our President’s Corner today November 20, 2012.  Make sure to tune in LIVE 6pm EST! Kent Smith, Jr. was named sixteenth president of Langston University by the OSU and A&M Board of Regents on January 19, 2012, and assumed office on June 4, 2012. He also [...]

Effective July 1, 2012 all three campuses at Langston University became tobacco free. The ban complies with Governor Mary Fallins’s executive order that bans the use of tobacco for all state-owned and state-leased properties, including all public colleges and universities. The ban applies to all faculty, staff, students, visitors, for all University owned properties, facilities and grounds. Langton President believes [...]

The 3rd annual SHOWDOWN will bring seven nationally renowned HBCU marching percussion ensembles to St. Louis to battle it out for $10,000 for their school’s percussion programs. The 2012 ensembles include Central State(Ohio), Harris-Stowe State, Howard, Kentucky State, Langston, Lincoln and North Carolina A & T Universities. The competition will be hosted at Chaifetz Arena on Saturday, April 21. The [...]

  For Langston University, the search has been narrowed down to four viable men looking to become their next university president. Former Langston University president, JoAnn Haysbert resigned after six years of service and went to Hampton University to serve as executive vice president. Haysbert was the first female president of Langston, and now that leaves the next heir to the Langston with big [...]

Langston University President JoAnn W. Haysbert announced Monday she plans to resign at the end of the fall semester. Haysbert, who has served as Langston University’s president for six years, told faculty members at a luncheon that she plans to return to Hampton University in Virginia, where she will serve as executive vice president. Haysbert spent 25 years serving in [...]