Rogers State University

Rogers State University is an open, territorial college situated in Claremore, Oklahoma with branch grounds in Bartlesville, Oklahoma and Pryor Creek, Oklahoma. Since it started offering four year certifications in 2000, it has outpaced the development of all other state funded colleges in Oklahoma. It at present has an aggregate enlistment of more than 4,300 understudies in projects at its three grounds and in its broadly perceived separation learning programs. Of those, 2,759 were enlisted in its fundamental grounds at Claremore in Fall 2013.The organization that is presently RSU has experienced a few phases in its presence, from its establishment as a state supported private academy, to its move to a military foundation, lastly, to its present incarnation as a four-year local college. It has its roots in the Eastern University Preparatory School, which was established in 1909. In 1923 it turned into a six-year program, giving a secondary school and junior school instruction. The school got an Army ROTC Honor School rating in 1932, and the lesser school division turned out to be completely licensed in 1950. OMA's enlistment declined amid the later 1960s, due to some degree to the disagreeability. In 1982, it got to be Rogers State College, named after the region the principle grounds is situated in, Rogers County, Oklahoma.Rogers County is thus named to pay tribute to Clement Vann Rogers, not Clem's child, Will Rogers.The part that had been Rogers State College turned into an individual from the OU Board of Regents, and was renamed Rogers State University. RSU was offered authorization to look for accreditation as a four-year, four year certification conceding college. In 2000, RSU turned into the organization it is today, an open four year, private college. The college praised its centennial commemoration in 2009 with a progression of extraordinary occasions, addresses, and festivities, coming full circle with the commitment of the Centennial Center building that serves as an understudy administrations focus. In 2005, RSU gained a noteworthy nine-story working to serve as its grounds in downtown Bartlesville and the office is a noteworthy grapple in the downtown Bartlesville redevelopment.

The $10 million development venture, including the 83-section of land site, were given to the college by the Oklahoma Ordnance Works Authority, which works the recreation center as an open trust. The gift speaks to the biggest blessing in the college's history.RSU as of now offers four year certifications in 17 disciplines:  In conjunction with Cameron University, RSU additionally offers a "2+2" project in Elementary Education, in which understudies can gain a partner degree in rudimentary training from RSU and after that move to the last two years of a four year college education in basic instruction from Cameron, with all classes taught at RSU's grounds in Claremore. RSU additionally offers partner's degrees in 13 disciplines, which incorporate Nursing, Accounting, Elementary Education, and Computer science. The college likewise offers 29 degree minors. RSU is a pioneer in online and separation learning through eCollege, compacted video courses, and telecourses. Three four year certifications, 4 partner degrees are accessible totally on the web. RSU additionally has a radio station and the main college worked, full-control open TV slot in Oklahoma. These offices on the Claremore grounds permit understudies to increase certifiable involvement in media and interchanges amid their studies.The school's games groups are alluded to as the Hillcats, a mascot picked by its understudies in 2005. The Hillcats' ladies' softball group turned into the primary RSU athletic group to be broadly positioned on March 28, 2007, entering the NAIA softball appraisals at number 22. The men's b-ball group earned the school's first number one positioning on January 26, 2009. The University's present athletic executive is Ryan Erwin.RSU's radio station, KRSC, is show on 91.3 FM and over the Internet. It started in 1980 as a 10 watt station, and is presently 3000 watts, contacting a group of people of more than 1.2 million in northeastern Oklahoma.