Western Oklahoma State College receives distance-learning grant

Journal Record, The (Oklahoma City), Aug 31, 2006 by Journal Record Staff

Western Oklahoma State College has been awarded $485,000 in grant funds through the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development's Distance Learning and Telemedicine grant program.

The money will be used to create a distance-learning network.

The network will include 10 schools, one university, one community college, the Museum of the Western Prairie and the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribe. Teacher training, introductory Cheyenne- Arapaho language training and remedial math preparation will be offered.

The project will serve about 2,856 students and 185 teachers.