Connors State College
Connors State College is a public community college in Warner and Muskogee, Oklahoma. History. The college was founded as an agricultural high school in 1908 and was quickly converted to a school of agriculture. When Oklahoma became a state in 1907, the Oklahoma Constitution specified that the state should have an agricultural school in each of the State Supreme Court Judicial Districts. These schools would be granted at least , and be overseen by Oklahoma's Board of Agriculture. In the First Judicial District, Warner, Oklahoma vied with Muskogee as the school location. Led by State Senator Campbell  Russell, Warner residents donated for the school and Warner won the competition. The school was named in honor of John P. Connors, the Board of Agriculture's first president. In March 1927, the Oklahoma Legislature made the school an accredited junior college and renamed it as Connors State Agricultural College. In 1941, the school was put under the oversight of newly created Oklahoma State System of Higher Education. In 1944, it was transferred to the Board of Regents for Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges. It was again renamed as Connors State College of Agriculture and Applied Science in 1967. Campuses. The  college has two sites, in Warner and Muskogee, Oklahoma. Academics. The school offers certificates and associate degrees. Athletics. Connors State College participates in intercollegiate athletics in the NJCAA. Men's athletic teams are nicknamed Cowboys and women's athletic teams are nicknamed Cowgirls. Connors State College currently competes in baseball, men's and women's basketball, cross-country, Cheerleading, Pom squad, Stunt (sport), and softball.