Congratulations Spring 2022 Graduates
MUSKOGEE, Oklahoma - May 14, 2022 Bacone College held its spring commencement ceremony Saturday on its historic campus. Fifteen graduates celebrated the ending of this stage of their education and the beginning of the next. The college also conferred an honorary...
Bacone College to confer honorary doctorate on Archie Mason on May 14
MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - MAY 9, 2022 The Bacone College Board of Trustees is pleased to announce its intent to confer an honorary doctorate of humane letters on former Bacone trustee Mr. Archie Mason during spring 2022 commencement. “We are very honored and truly blessed...
Bacone College Spring 22 Honor Awards
Bacone College honored its brightest and best on Tuesday morning during Medicine Hour in Memorial Chapel. The students honored and their awards are as follows: Kayla Palmer - Valedictorian, Magna Cum Laude Timothy Allen - Salutatorian Kaely West - Outstanding Liberal...
Dianne Shumaker & Robert Southard Form the Shumaker Fellowship at Bacone College
We are honored to announce that Ms. Diane Shumaker, along with her husband, Robert Southard, have established the Shumaker Fellowship at Bacone College. No doubt this will be the first of several such Fellowships at Bacone. With a gift of $50,000, this...
Bacone partners with USDA
Higher Learning Commission removes Bacone College from probation
MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - MARCH 4, 2022 Bacone College is excited to announce its removal from accreditation probation by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC). The college’s near closure in 2018 led to many challenges the college had to address, and...
Bacone Welcomes New Athletic Director
Muskogee, Okla. – Bacone College is pleased to announce Tera Jay Cuny-Baker, Hunkpati Dakota and Oglala Lakota, as the new Athletic Director. Cuny-Baker, originally from South Dakota, was a four-time American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) -American...
Neuroscience with Native American Undergraduates
Yaniv Cohen, Associate Professor of Biology and Chair of the Biology and Exercise Science Department at Bacone College, is poised to create not only a strong science program but to establish the first Native American neuroscience research institution in the United States.
Love of Books leads to Bacone College Research Librarian Post
"I was extremely excited to accept the position here at Bacone College," Ms. Barron said. "'The beautiful buildings, the rare collection of books and the native artifacts speak to a time we rarely ever get to experience in today's society." Read more in the Chickasaw...
Bacone Welcomes First-Year Advisor and Recruiter
Muskogee, Okla. – Bacone College is pleased to announce the appointment of Jan-Michael GoingSnake to the position of First-Year Advisor/Recruiter. GoingSnake, who prefers to be referred to as “J.M.,” was born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, but grew up in Los Angeles,...