NEWS
The 2024 OU Black Royalty Pageant will be held in Meacham Auditorium in Oklahoma Memorial Union, 900 Asp Ave., at 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25.
The annual scholarship event is organized and sponsored by the Black Student Association and African American Programs & Services and showcases contestants' passions for scholarship, service and cultural awareness.
Contestants compete in several on-stage categories, with an interview prior to the event. The two winners – known as Mr. & Miss Black OU – serve the community for a full academic year.
Last year’s winners were nursing major Alaneigh Bruner from Midwest City and multidisciplinary studies major Jackie Shawn Simmons.
University of Oklahoma Price College of Business 4.0 graduates David and Eric Barroso have always been on similar paths. It’s hard to avoid when you’re not just brothers, but twins – a dynamic that’s anything but bland.
For the second time in five years, OUPD in cooperation with the OU Athletic Department will host the Tacflow Academy’s Police Sniper Response to a Public Venue™ training. Taught since 2008, the curriculum has trained more than 1,000 international, federal, state, and local SWAT personnel charged with protecting large sports venues, including Super Bowls and Olympic games. This training is not open to the public.
The Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication continues its path of excellence after winning nine awards at the 2024 Heartland Emmys.
