RSU Homecoming 2026 Activities

🔴🔵 HILLCAT NATION — IT’S HOMECOMING TIME! 🔵🔴

Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 10 and get ready to celebrate all things at Rogers State University! 

 Whether you’re a proud alum, current Hillcat, faculty or staff member, parent, friend, or just love RSU — we want you here! Come enjoy our awesome upcoming Homecoming events! 

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Rogers State University Partners with Central Tech to Help More Students with College Credit

Rogers State University (RSU) and Central Tech signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today, creating new opportunities for Central Tech students to earn college credit toward selected bachelor’s degree programs at RSU. 

Through this partnership, students who successfully complete eligible Central Tech certificate programs can receive college credit, helping them save time and money as they continue their education. Students in 11 Central Tech programs are now eligible to earn college credit based on the successful completion of their certificate program. 

See the full Rogers State University Partners with Central Tech to Help More Students with College Credit article

RSU Foundation’s Red & Navy Royale Auction and Dinner Returns Nov. 7

Rogers State University Foundation’s biggest fundraising event of the year returns to the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Catoosa next month with annual Red and Navy Royale. 

Slated for Saturday, Nov. 7, the Red and Navy Royale is one of the most anticipated events of the year – an evening of entertainment, a steak dinner, and live and silent auctions, all for the benefit of the RSU Foundation to raise funds to benefit RSU students. 

Multiple sponsorship tiers are available, with individual tickets and group rate (table) tickets now on sale. Items are still needed for the live and silent auctions. 

See the full RSU Foundation’s Red & Navy Royale Auction and Dinner article 

RSU Professor Dr. Hugh Foley Inducted into Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame

Since its establishment in 1997, the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame (OMHOF) has inducted more than 150 musical artists, songwriters, and industry figures, including icons like Merle Haggard, Tommy Allsup, Toby Keith, Vince Gill, Woody Guthrie, Gene Autry, Bob Wills, Hoyt Axton, and Carrie Underwood, among others. 

Recently, OMHOF added another distinguished inductee: Rogers State University Professor and Fine Arts and Communications Department Head Dr. Hugh Foley. 

Dr. Foley was surprised with the induction during OMHOF’s grand reopening on Sept. 26. He had initially believed he was attending the event solely to introduce the 2026 inductees. 

See the full RSU Professor Dr. Hugh Foley Inducted into Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame article

Campus Homecoming Parade Shopping Carts Ready for Pickup

A woman in a purple jacket standing with shopping carts inside a building

Shopping carts for Friday’s Rogers State University Homecoming Parade are now available for pickup, according to Career Services Coordinator Payton Lahmeyer. 

Registered Student Organizations can reserve a cart to decorate for the parade. All decorations must be removable — such as those attached with hot glue, zip ties, string, or tape. Permanent alterations using paint, super glue, or glitter are prohibited. 

The parade features only shopping carts and walking groups. It begins at 3:00 p.m. this Friday in the Bushyhead parking lot and ends at the Chapman parking lot. 

Carts are available on a first-come, first-served basis due to limited supply. Reserved carts can be picked up in DCTC Conference Room A between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. 

To sign up for a cart or register a walking entry, contact Student Activities Coordinator Meg Thompson or call at 918-343-7755.Â