OU and the Cherokee Nation Partner to Create a Satellite Nursing School in Tahlequah

Cherokee Nation, OU launch $30M nursing school partnership

TAHLEQUAH — Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. and Deputy Chief Bryan Warner joined University of Oklahoma President Joseph Harroz Jr. and tribal and university leaders Tuesday to sign landmark legislation establishing a $30 million University of Oklahoma College…

New OU nursing satellite campus to open in Tahlequah in 2027

The Cherokee Nation and University of Oklahoma signed an agreement on Tuesday to establish the OU College of Nursing satellite campus in Tahlequah.

OU and the Cherokee Nation partner to create a satellite nursing school in Tahlequah

The University of Oklahoma and the Cherokee Nation have signed an agreement to establish the state's first nursing school on tribal land, marking a $30 million investment to address Oklahoma's critical nursing shortage.The partnership will create a satellite campus at the W.W. Hastings Hospital facility in Tahlequah, with classes beginning online in fall 2026 and the physical campus opening in 2027."I think [OU] is particularly well positioned t…