SMART
SMART – the Single Mothers Academic Resource project began at the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education with primary funding by the Women’s Foundation of Oklahoma (WFO). SMART strives to identify and advocate pathways for single parent students to complete their higher education goals.
As SMART networked with colleges, universities, and non-profit agencies & foundations, the project has been replicated and adapted to respond to the varying academic and non-academic needs of single mother students on campuses throughout Oklahoma. The WFO provides grant funds to assist in these local community projects and currently has a long term funding lens to effect systemic change impacting the economic self-sufficiency of Oklahoma women and girls.
Campus Contacts - For more information on programs at local higher education campuses or to connect with someone on your campus, please see below:
- Carl Albert State College, Jessica Lloyd, jlloyd@carlalbert.edu
- East Central University, Jami Graham, jgram@ecok.edu
- Langston University, Dana Hope Chism, dhchism@langston.edu
- Murray State College, Machelle Ellis, mellis@mscok.edu
- Northeastern OK A&M (NEO), Amy Ishmael, aishmael@neo.edu
- Oklahoma City Community College, Yashanda Scruggs, yashanda.y.scruggs@occc.edu
- OSU-OKC, Brad Williams, bradford.williams@osuokc.edu
- OK State Institute of Technology, Sable Vasquez or Nate Todd, sablew@okstate.edu, nate.todd@okstate.edu
- Oklahoma State University, Kathryn Gage, kathryn.gage@okstate.edu
- Rogers State College, Brent Marsh or Heidi Hoskinson, bmarsh@rsu.edu or hhoskinson@rsu.edu
- Rose State College, Monique Bruner, mruner@rose.edu
- Southeastern University, Liz McCraw, lmccaw@se.edu
- SWOSU, Dr. Ruth Boyd, ruth.boyd@swosu.edu
- Tulsa Community College, Karen Harmon, karen.harmon@tulsacc.edu
- Western OK State College, Chad Wiginton, chad.wiginton@wosc.edu
Grant Application Information: Grants are funded each spring, with application deadline normally mid-January annually. Leadership at higher education campuses will be notified in the fall and provided with application information. Submission deadliine is normally mid-January.
For more information on grant application details, contact sgraves@cfok.org.