OMA alumni report to The Hill

Claremore Daily Progress, Okla.
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Sep. 20—Members of the Oklahoma Military Academy Alumni Association are reuniting for their annual gather on the Rogers State University campus starting Friday morning and into the evening hours of Saturday.

OMA cadets and many Academy day students come every year to the place many affectionately call The Hill, the RSU Claremore campus.

OMA is the predecessor institution to RSU having occupied the campus from 1919 to 1971. Thousands of cadets, high school freshmen to junior college students, once lived and learned on the Claremore campus prior to its iteration as a liberal arts community college and then a university.

Report to the Hill

FRIDAY

8 a.m. — REUNION REGISTRATION CHECK-IN, Meyer Hall, OMA Museum

9 a.m. — ALUMNI GOLF CLASSIC, Heritage Hills Golf Course 18 Hole Tournament Shotgun Start Begins.

11:45 a.m. — 1:45 p.m. — GOLF LUNCH, lunch is also available for alumni and guests not participating in golf.

11:30 a.m. — LADIES' LUNCHEON, hosted by RSU First Lady Peggy Rice. OMA Museum Conference Room, RSU Campus, reservation required with maximum 60.

1 — 4 p.m. — TOURS OF THE NEW OMA MUSEUM, Meyer Hall

4 — 5:30 p.m. — RSU PROFESSOR CURTIS SPARLING DRONE PRESENTATION, Dr. Carolyn Taylor Center

5:30 p.m. — REUNION RECEPTION AND BUFFET, Dr. Carolyn Taylor Center Ballroom, "Open Mic": Alumni can share who their most important mentor was at OMA.

SATURDAY

8 a.m. — REUNION REGISTRATION CHECK-IN, Meyer Hall, OMA Alumni Office and OMA Museum, coffee and pastries

9 — 10:00 a.m. — TOURS OF THE NEW OMA MUSEUM

10 a.m. — ALUMNI CEREMONIES, Will Rogers Auditorium

—Honoring OMA's Recently Deceased Alumni

—Distinguished Alumni and Hall of Fame Awards

—Lt. General William E. Potts Award of Excellence

—Color Guard presented by the RSU Guard Officer Leadership Development (GOLD) Program Military Students

11:30 a.m. — ALUMNI LUNCHEON, Dr. Carolyn Taylor Center Ballroom

—Comments from Dr. Larry Rice

—OMA Perseverance Awards

—OMA Honorary Cadets and Presidents Awards

Remarks and Comments by Ken Colley and Carlos Galvez

TOURS OF THE NEW OMA MUSEUM — Available between the Alumni Luncheon and Dinner

5:30 p.m. — RECEPTION, DINNER, GRAND MARCH AND DANCE, music provided by the area's best DJ, Dr. Carolyn Taylor Center Ballroom

Information, Danette Boyle, 918-343-6888, dboyle@rsu.edu.