SWOSU Press Release

Weatherford, OK – Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU) has announced the availability of room naming rights and sponsorship opportunities within the Jerry & Margaret Hodge Center for Pharmacy & Rural Health.

Scheduled to open Spring 2026, the facility will serve as the new home of the SWOSU College of Pharmacy and the SWOSU Center for Rural Health. The room naming rights and sponsorships at Hodge Center provide alumni and donors with a unique, once-in-a-generation opportunity to invest in education, healthcare, and the future of Oklahoma communities.

The Hodge Center is named in honor of the late Jerry Hodge and his wife, Margaret Hodge, who made a generous $5 million gift to SWOSU in 2021. Hodge, a 1964 graduate of SWOSU’s renowned College of Pharmacy, was a respected civic leader, entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist. Longtime champions of education and rural healthcare, the Hodges’ gift marked one of the most significant private contributions in the university’s history.

The gift from the Hodge Family has been combined with $15 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding appropriated by the Oklahoma Legislature and by $7 million in economic development sales tax revenues provided by the City of Weatherford in a public/private partnership that is helping to make the new facility a reality.

A wide range of room naming opportunities are now available throughout the Hodge Center including classrooms, lecture halls, laboratories, faculty offices, student collaboration areas, and community spaces. Each naming sponsorship includes a variety of recognitions and acknowledgements. Multi-year pledges are accepted.

Additionally, alumni and friends of SWOSU are invited to purchase a limited-edition commemorative mortar and pestle. The pestles will be personalized for each donor and displayed in the new Hodge Center.

To explore naming opportunities, purchase a limited-edition commemorative mortar and pestle, or to learn more about supporting the Jerry & Margaret Hodge Center for Pharmacy and Rural Health, visit www.SWOSUfoundation.com/HodgeSponsorships (Naming Rights Sponsorships), www.SWOSUFoundation.com/Hodge (Commemorative Mortars & Pestles), or contact:

Mr. Joshua Cobb

Associate Director for Major Gifts & Donor Relations

SWOSU Office of Institutional Advancement

580-774-6330, joshua.cobb@swosu.edu