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.
The University of Oklahoma’s athletics excellence will travel to Paris this summer when seven Sooners participate in the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Luke Carrell is one of five student-athlete teams from universities in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) selected for the league’s inaugural SEC Start Up -- Student-Athlete Pitch Competition, a spin-off of its Student Pitch Competition.
Kaleb Briscoe, Ph.D., an assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education, was recently invited to the White House for a workshop to present her research and speak in a panel discussion.
