OKMULGEE – The College of the Muscogee Nation (CMN) and Southern Nazarene University (SNU) held an articulation agreement ceremony on Thursday, Jan 15. This partnership will help future CMN graduates earn their bachelor’s degree after earning their associate’s degree from CMN.
CMN employees and graduates attended SNU in the past. As a result, because both colleges are part of the Tulsa Higher Education Consortium, discussions of this agreement began.
“This articulation agreement is to benefit the graduates. It gives them an opportunity and ability to move into that bachelor’s degree program. We also talk about not just the transfer credits, but we also talk about services and how we can help advocate for our graduates, and in trying to negotiate different services,” stated CMN’s President, Dr. Monte Randall (Mvskoke).
CMN is glad to offer another opportunity for CMN students through new partnerships, such as SNU. “Just showing them the versatility of the degrees that they’re receiving at the College of the Muscogee Nation, really demonstrating to them that there’s value in higher ed and the College of the Muscogee Nation is recognized by these partnership institutions, that these institutions seek us to have our graduates attend their institutions,” Randall said.
What Randall enjoys most about adding different partnerships is giving students a variety of degree options to pursue after receiving their associate’s degree from CMN. Having institutions well known in science or legal studies can help motivate students to continue into higher education.
Randall believes this can positively impact students, especially knowing that these institutions are looking out for their best interests and providing services similar to those the students have received at CMN.
Randall is looking forward to connecting with other partner institutions and with any institutions interested in working with CMN.
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