This weekend, Americans everywhere will celebrate 250 years of independence, liberty, and freedom — including professional conservator Kelly Ciociola.

For Ciociola, there will be something else to celebrate: the completion of her work on the statue preservation project at Rogers State University (RSU) in Claremore. 

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Rogers State University’s Claremore, Pryor, and Bartlesville campuses will close Friday, July 3, in observance of Independence Day.

All of RSU’s business offices will be closed during this time. University offices will reopen Monday, July 6, during regular hours of operation from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Rogers State University Master of Science in Community Counseling (MSCC) Program Director Dr. Michelle Taylor was among those nominated for the 2026 Heart of Hope Award.

A colleague in Norman nominated Dr. Taylor for the award which recognizes professionals who embody the spirit of the counseling field, specifically those who inspire hope in others and elevate the profession of counseling through their dedication and heart.

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Rogers State University Associate Professor Dr. Chris Shelton will appear in an upcoming series set to premiere on YouTube and PBS stations this July.

Entitled, “Eons: Life and Death on Pangea,” the six-part series is set in the Permian Period – hundreds of millions of years ago – to explore the “Great Dying” event, believed to be one of the most catastrophic mass extinctions in our planet’s history, when more than 80 percent of Earth’s species vanished.

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