Each year Eastern Oklahomans give their time and talents to become volunteer mediators through the Early Settlement Mediation Program, a part of the Oklahoma Dispute Resolution System.

Award-winning artist and manager of the Cherokee Language Program at Cherokee Nation Roy Boney Jr. has been selected as Northeastern State University's 2022 Sequoyah Fellow.

Northeastern State University representatives will be visiting area community colleges to promote the SmartChoice program over the next couple of months.