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      <title>HATTON WINNER OF ECU’S PRESTIGIOUS GEORGE NIGH AWARD</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:05:49 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/april_2013/hatton_george_nigh_award_winner.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Tobey Hatton is the winner of East Central University’s prestigious George Nigh Award as the top graduating senior for 2012-2013...]]></description>
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      <title>ECU DISTINGUISHED AWARDS TO BE PRESENTED ON MAY 10</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:45:15 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/april_2013/ecu_distinguished_awards.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The recipients of East Central University’s Distinguished Awards for 2013 will be honored on Friday, May 10, during the ECU Foundation’s Honors and Recognition Banquet at 6:30 p.m...]]></description>
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      <title>RUSSIAN LANGUAGE, CULTURE CAMP FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 9-28 AT EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:42:33 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/april_2013/russian_language_culture_camp.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[A three-week summer institute for high school students will offer free Russian language instruction and sessions about Russian culture, June 9-28, at East Central University...]]></description>
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      <title>TRAVELING VIETNAM VETERANS WALL TO APPEAR ON ECU CAMPUS, MAY 2-5</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:38:39 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/april_2013/vietnam_veterans_wall.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The East Central University and Ada communities will have the opportunity to pay tribute to Vietnam veterans as the AVTT Traveling Wall, an 80 percent scale version of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington D.C., will be on display on the ECU campus, from noon May 2 to 3 p.m. on May 5...]]></description>
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      <title>EVENING OF WORSHIP BEING PRESENTED BY ECU SACRED MUSIC PROGRAM ON TUESDAY, APRIL 23</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:37:44 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/april_2013/evening_of_worship.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The East Central University Gospel Singers and students from ECU’s Sacred Music Program will present an Evening of Worship on Tuesday, April 23 at 7:30 p.m. at Grace Christian Fellowship Church in Ada...]]></description>
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      <title>ECU SINGERS, UNIVERSITY CHORALE, WIND ENSEMBLE, WOMEN’S CHORUS SET CONCERT FOR APRIL 22 AT ADA’S ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:36:45 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/april_2013/singers_chorale_chorus_concert.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The East Central University Singers, University Chorale, Wind Ensemble and Women’s Chorus will perform a concert on Monday, April 22, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Ada...]]></description>
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      <title>REVERSE ARTICULATION AGREEMENT ENABLES ECU STUDENTS TO EARN ASSOCIATE’S DEGREES FROM PREVIOUS INSTITUTIONS</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:33:39 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/april_2013/reverse_articulation_agreement.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[East Central University students, who have transferred in from Murray State College, Eastern Oklahoma State College and Seminole State College, have the opportunity to earn their associate’s degrees through a reverse articulation agreement with those three partner institutions by taking classes at ECU...]]></description>
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      <title>‘PICNIC’ BEING PERFORMED AT ECU, APRIL 18-20</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:07:05 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Picnic, a play which won the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, will be performed by students from the East Central University School of Fine Arts on April 18-20 at the Chalmers Herman Theatre inside the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center...]]></description>
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      <title>OVERSTREET SELECTED AS ECU’S NEW PHYSICAL PLANT DIRECTOR</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:06:13 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/april_2013/overstreet_plant_director.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Darryl Overstreet, who has spent the last 18 years in various capacities at the University of Oklahoma, has been selected as the new physical plant director at East Central University...]]></description>
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      <title>SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH EVENT BEING HELD AT ECU APRIL 16</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:59:42 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/april_2013/circaw_event.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[East Central University’s Campus Initiative to Reduce Crime Against Women (CIRCAW) and Empowering You and Educating Students (EYES) will host a campus Sexual Assault Awareness Month event on Tuesday, April 16, at 7 p.m...]]></description>
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      <title>BOSWELL LECTURE SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 16 AT ECU</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:59:38 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/april_2013/boswell_lecture.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Chief Program Officer Kristen Cambell, of the Washington, D.C. based National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC), will be the guest speaker at the 2013 Boswell Lecture on Tuesday at 2 p.m. at East Central University’s Estep Multimedia Center in the Bill S. Cole University Center...]]></description>
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      <title>FRESHMAN ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP ENROLLMENT SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 13-20</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:54:42 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/april_2013/freshman_academic_scholarship_enrollment.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[East Central University’s Freshmen Academic Scholarship Enrollment is scheduled for April 13, 16, 17, 18 and 20...]]></description>
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      <title>POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY RESIDENTS CAN OBTAIN FEE WAIVER SCHOLARSHIPS TO EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:54:10 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/april_2013/pottawatomie_scholarships.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[A valued education can be obtained at East Central University and incoming freshmen from Pottawatomie County can receive help with a $500 fee waiver for the 2013-14 school term...]]></description>
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      <title>APPLICATIONS BEING ACCEPTED FOR OKLAHOMA BUSINESS WEEK CAMP AT ECU</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:52:57 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Second Annual Oklahoma Business Week Camp, hosted by East Central University, will be held June 2-7...]]></description>
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      <title>ECU GRADUATE STUDENT BOOTH ACHIEVING QUICK SUCCESS</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 7 Apr 2013 14:36:09 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/april_2013/booth_success.htm</link>
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      <title>EPA GRANT AWARDED TO DR. DANE SCOTT, EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY; GROUP TO PRESENT WORK IN WASHINGTON D.C. ON APRIL 19</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 5 Apr 2013 00:19:14 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/april_2013/epa_grant_washington.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Environmental issues are important at East Central University and Dr. Dane W. Scott, in the Department of Chemistry, is at the forefront of making them valid...]]></description>
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      <title>ECU’S OKLAHOMA BUSINESS WEEK RECEIVES AWARD FOR BEST CONFERENCE IN REGION</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 5 Apr 2013 00:17:50 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/april_2013/ok_bus_week_award.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[East Central University’s Oklahoma Business Week was recently presented the Exceptional Program Award for Best Conference in the Great Plains Region of the Association for Continuing Higher Education.]]></description>
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      <title>ECU WIND ENSEMBLE CONCERT MOVED FROM APRIL 18 TO APRIL 29</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 5 Apr 2013 00:17:05 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/april_2013/wind_ensemble_concert.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[East Central University’s Wind Ensemble Spring Concert has been moved from Thursday, March 18, to Monday, March 29, at 7:30 p.m.at the Ataloa Theatre of the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center...]]></description>
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      <title>“STOMP OUT SEXUAL ASSAULT” EVENT SET FOR APRIL 6 IN ADA</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:30:41 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/march_2013/stomp_out_sexual_assault.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[“Stomp out Sexual Assault”, a community-wide awareness day, will be held on Saturday, April 6, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Wintersmith Park in Ada...]]></description>
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      <title>MARQUARDT WINNER OF ECU CONCERTO COMPETITION; TO HAVE PIANO SOLO PERFORMANCE WITH WIND ENSEMBLE</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:29:55 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/march_2013/marquardt_concerto_winner.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Claire Marquardt is the winner of the Second Annual East Central University Concerto Competition, it was announced recently by the ECU Music Department...]]></description>
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      <title>ECU TO HOST TRANSFER ENROLLMENT DAY ON APRIL 10</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 08:28:11 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/march_2013/transfer_enrollment_day.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[East Central University will conduct a transfer enrollment day on Wednesday, April 10, at ECU’s Bill S. Cole University Center, beginning with a 12:30 p.m. check-in...]]></description>
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      <title>ECU MUSIC FACULTY MEMBERS TO PRESENT “SOUND THE TRUMPET”</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 08:11:15 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/march_2013/sound_the_trumpet.htm</link>
      <author>bjohnson@ecok.edu</author>
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      <description><![CDATA[East Central University music faculty members Melody Baggech, Doug Laramore, and Rudy Lupinski will present “Sound the Trumpet”, a recital featuring music for soprano and trumpet, on Thursday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. at the Ada Arts and Heritage Center...]]></description>
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      <title>EIGHTH ANNUAL SCISSORTAIL CREATIVE WRITING FESTIVAL COMES TO ECU</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 01:46:14 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/march_2013/scissortail_festival.htm</link>
      <author>bjohnson@ecok.edu</author>
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      <description><![CDATA[The eighth annual Scissortail Creative Writing Festival, featuring Andrew Hudgins, Constance Squires, Anna Myers and Walter Bargen, in addition to more than 50 published authors from Oklahoma and beyond is April 4 - 6, 2013, on the campus of East Central University in Ada, Okla...]]></description>
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      <title>MAINTENANCE WORKERS HELP SAVE LIFE OF ECU STUDENT</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:35:35 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/march_2013/workers_save_student.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[In the eyes of East Central University student Tracy Holman, university maintenance workers Keith Hopper and Jonathan Townsend are her heroes...]]></description>
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      <title>RUSSIAN PIANIST GLIADKOVSKY TO PERFORM CONCERT AT ADA ARTS &amp; HERITAGE CENTER ON MARCH 13</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 6 Mar 2013 16:44:41 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/march_2013/gliadkovsky_concert.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Acclaimed Russian pianist Kirill Gliadkovsky will perform a free concert, hosted by the East Central University Department of Music, on Wednesday, March 13, at 7:30 p.m. at the Ada Arts and Heritage Center...]]></description>
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      <title>ECU MUSIC FACULTY PAIR TO PERFORM CONCERT ON MARCH 11</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 6 Mar 2013 13:36:18 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/march_2013/faculty_pair_concert.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[East Central University music faculty members Dr. Lauren Cox and Dr. Starla Hibler will present a free clarinet/saxophone and piano concert on Monday, March 11, at 7:30 p.m. at the Ataloa Theatre of the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center...]]></description>
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      <title>OKLAHOMA STATE SCIENCE &amp; ENGINEERING FAIR TO BE HELD AT ECU ON THURSDAY-FRIDAY, MARCH 7-8</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 5 Mar 2013 13:38:10 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/march_2013/ok_state_science_engineering_fair.htm</link>
      <author>bjohnson@ecok.edu</author>
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      <description><![CDATA[The 43rd Annual Oklahoma State Science and Engineering Fair is set for Thursday and Friday at East Central University’s Kerr Activities Center...]]></description>
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      <title>McMICHAEL RECIPIENT OF DR. DONALD G. STAFFORD CENTENNIAL SCHOLARSHIP</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 5 Mar 2013 13:37:26 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/march_2013/stafford_scholarship.htm</link>
      <author>bjohnson@ecok.edu</author>
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      <description><![CDATA[Chase McMichael, a senior from Oklahoma City, is the recipient of the first Dr. Donald G. Stafford Centennial Scholarship at East Central University...]]></description>
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      <title>ECU FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCE/RETAIL MERCHANDISING PROGRAM PARTNERING WITH MAURICES FOR FASHION SHOW ON MARCH 9</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 2 Mar 2013 13:48:02 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/march_2013/march_fashion_show.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The East Central University Family and Consumer Science/Retail Merchandising Program in partnership with Maurices in conducting a fashion show on Saturday, March 9, beginning at 2 p.m., at Maurices, located in the North Hills Shopping Center in Ada...]]></description>
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      <title>ECU SYMPHONIC BAND, WIND ENSEMBLE CONCERT SET FOR MARCH 7</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 2 Mar 2013 13:46:48 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/march_2013/symphonic_band_concert.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The East Central University Department of Music will present the Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble Concert on Thursday, March 7, at 7:30 p.m., inside the Ataloa Theatre of the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center...]]></description>
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      <title>BROADWAY VETERAN SAGER TO PERFORM ON ATALOA STAGE AT ECU</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:39:20 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/february_2013/sager_broadway_ataloa.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Jeri Sager, best known for her portrayal of “Grizabella” in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony Award winning musical Cats, will perform her show, Broadway by Jeri, at East Central University’s Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. on March 13, 2013...]]></description>
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      <title>OETA TV STUDIO NAMED IN HONOR OF LONGTIME BROADCASTER, EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY GRADUATE BILL THRASH</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:53:55 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/february_2013/oeta_studio_named_thrash.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Oklahoma Educational Television Authority Board of Directors named the Oklahoma Network’s Oklahoma City studio in honor of longtime station manager and broadcasting veteran Bill Thrash...]]></description>
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      <title>ECU STUDENTS RECIPIENTS OF KROEKER BEST HISTORICAL PAPER AWARDS</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:53:11 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/february_2013/kroeer_best_paper.htm</link>
      <author>bjohnson@ecok.edu</author>
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      <description><![CDATA[East Central University students Porsha Courtney, of Blanchard; and Brandy Baldwin, of Wynnewood are the recipients of the Kroeker Best Historical Paper Awards...]]></description>
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      <title>AWARD-WINNING PIANIST DR. DEAVER TO PERFORM AT ECU ON MARCH 3</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:57:57 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/february_2013/pianist_deaver.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Award-winning pianist Dr. Stuart Deaver will perform a free concert on Sunday, March 3 at 3 p.m. at the Ataloa Theatre of East Central University’s Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center...]]></description>
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      <title>SEVENTH ANNUAL ECU FACULTY, STUDENTS, FRIENDS COMPOSERS CONCERT SET FOR FEB. 25</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:07:11 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/february_2013/composers_concert.htm</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The artistry, talent and inspiration of 12 local composers will be featured at the Seventh Annual East Central University Faculty, Students and Friends Composer Concert on Monday, Feb. 25, at 7:30 p.m. at the Ataloa Theatre of the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center...]]></description>
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      <title>EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY'S NEWEST FACILITY TO BE NAMED CHICKASAW BUSINESS AND CONFERENCE CENTER</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:36:31 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/february_2013/chickasaw_bus_conf_center.htm</link>
      <author>bjohnson@ecok.edu</author>
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      <description><![CDATA[East Central University is pleased to announce that its newest facility on campus will be named the Chickasaw Business and Conference Center...]]></description>
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      <title>WELLINGTON NAMED EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY’S NEW ALUMNI DIRECTOR</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 23:37:13 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/february_2013/wellington_alumni_director.htm</link>
      <author>bjohnson@ecok.edu</author>
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      <description><![CDATA[East Central University is staying within the family to hire its new alumni director...]]></description>
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      <title>HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN TIGER CONNECTION AT EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:26:20 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/february_2013/tiger_connection.htm</link>
      <author>bjohnson@ecok.edu</author>
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      <description><![CDATA[High school juniors and seniors have the opportunity to learn what it’s like to be a college student at East Central University by participating in Tiger Connection on Wednesday, Feb. 20...]]></description>
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      <title>DISTINGUISHED ALUM DR. DONNIE L. NERO SR. TO SPEAK AT EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY ON FEB. 18</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:25:19 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/february_2013/distinguished_alum_nero.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dr. Donnie L. Nero, Sr., a Distinguished East Central University Alum, will speak on Feb. 18 as ECU celebrates Black History Month...]]></description>
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      <title>ECU CHORALE TO PRESENT ‘SINGING VALENTINES’ ON FEB. 12-14</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:24:13 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/february_2013/chorale_present_singing_valentines.htm</link>
      <author>bjohnson@ecok.edu</author>
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      <description><![CDATA[Those wishing to send a special valentine for their sweetie on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, may do so with the help of the East Central University Chorale...]]></description>
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      <title>GROUP EXERCISE CLASSES BEING OFFERED AT ECU’S TOMMY HEWETT WELLNESS CENTER</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:22:52 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/february_2013/group_exercise_wellness_center.htm</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:20:48 -0600</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 8 Feb 2013 16:02:28 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[East Central University will host guest pianist Dr. Ji Sook Park for a concert on Sunday, Feb. 17, at 3 p.m. at the Ada Arts & Heritage Center...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 8 Feb 2013 15:51:12 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The story of the Princess and the Pea is well-known to many.

The East Central University School of Fine Arts’ musical production of Once Upon a Mattress tells a version of this story through song, comedy, relationships and a bit of seriousness, according to Director Kurt Edwards...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 8 Feb 2013 15:33:33 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[East Central University and the School of Business is pleased to announce that ECU will once again participate in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program this year...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 8 Feb 2013 13:32:54 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[East Central University’s Norris Field is receiving a makeover in its truest sense.

For the first time in the 80-year-plus history of the venerable football stadium, it will receive an artificial playing surface in time for the 2013 season...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 8 Feb 2013 10:57:19 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/february_2013/baird_entrepreneur_limes_lecture.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Jeff Baird, who has crafted inventions for the energy, oil and gas and plumbing industries, will be honored as East Central University’s 2013 Entrepreneur of the Year and will deliver the Leonard Limes Endowed Lecture at noon Friday, Feb. 15, at the Stanley Wagner Ballroom in the Memorial Student Union...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dr. Yasufumi Nakamori, Associate Curator of Photography for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will be the guest speaker for the 2013 Lockmiller Lecture in Art History on Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 4 p.m. in the Estep Center of the Bill S. Cole University Center...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:40:34 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[East Central University and Hunan University in China are continuing a partnership which should make a lasting impression with students from both institutions...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:50:34 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/january_2013/ramadan_symposium.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Four presentations are scheduled for the First Dr. Raniyah Ramadan Symposium at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 31 at the Estep Auditorium of East Central University’s Bill S. Cole University Center...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:45:34 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Outstanding academic work by East Central University students have led to listings on the President’s Honor Roll and Dean’s Honor Roll for the fall semester of 2012...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:40:34 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[A significant glimpse into World War II and Native American history can be experienced as Navajo Code Talker Bill Toledo will be in attendance to share his story during the Fifth Annual Louise Young Diversity Lecture on Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. at the Ataloa Theatre of the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts on the East Central University campus...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:58:00 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Take Gilbert & Sullivan, add a twist of Broadway and stir. What do you get? A mixture of The Mikado meets The Music Man. Where the HMS Pinafore sets sail for Brigadoon. Where The Pirates of Penzance take shore leave On the Town. It's I've Got a Little Twist, a one-of-a-kind show that proves the Gilbert & Sullivan repertoire is as fun, fresh and full-of-life as three little maids from school...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:29:32 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[East Central University has been selected as a Certified Healthy Campus by the Oklahoma State Department of Health...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:28:44 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/january_2013/pottawatomie_fee_waiver.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[A valued education can be obtained at East Central University and incoming freshmen from Pottawatomie County can receive help with a $500 fee waiver for the 2013-14 school term...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:32:48 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Landmark Bank President Dale Boatwright presents a scholarship check to East Central University Foundation Executive Director Phyllis Danley...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:31:27 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/january_2013/martin_luther_king_service.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[In honor of the holiday, a city-wide Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service will be held from 9 a.m. until noon on Monday, Jan. 21...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:30:23 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2013_news/january_2013/teacher_honored_stokes_lecture.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Eleven teachers were recently honored during East Central University’s Marvin Stokes Endowed Lecture, hosted by East Central University’s College of Education and Psychology. Oklahoma State Teacher of the Year for 2012, Elaine Hutchison, delivered the lecture...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:57:48 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[East Central University student Morgan Harper (center) is the recipient of the new Bob Bennett Fine Arts Scholarship...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 19:55:55 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2012_news/december_2012/masters_degree_ugandan.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[An act of generosity by Richard Kirabira and Charles Mugabi came full circle at East Central University’s fall graduation on Saturday, Dec. 15...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 17:50:34 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2012_news/december_2012/alpha_chi_honor.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[One-hundred and one East Central University students were inducted into the Oklahoma Gamma Chapter of Alpha Chi, a national college honor society, in a Dec. 4 induction ceremony...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 17:49:17 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2012_news/december_2012/reach_higher_adults.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[East Central University is all about second chances.

ECU and Oklahoma’s Adult Degree Completion Program, called Reach Higher, make it possible to return to college while working and raising a family...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 17:48:00 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[East Central University nursing instructor Jeff Jordan has been inducted as a Fellow into the prestigious Academy of Emergency Nurses, it was recently announced in Des Plaines, Ill...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:41:01 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2012_news/december_2012/annoatubby_address_graduates.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby will address candidates for bachelor’s and master’s degrees during fall Commencement ceremonies at East Central University on Saturday, Dec. 15...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:29:21 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[When graduates of East Central University receive their diplomas on Saturday, Dec. 15, a special visitor will be in attendance...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 5 Dec 2012 13:57:08 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[East Central University’s Education Department is offering a new teacher certification program designed to improve mathematics and teaching skills...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 5 Dec 2012 13:56:12 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[A political science class from East Central University recently raised $725 and awareness for children’s hunger...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 5 Dec 2012 13:53:01 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[East Central University senior Iva Asllani, a political science major from Tirana, Albania, won the award for Best Undergraduate Paper of the Year by the Oklahoma Political Science Association, it was announced recently at Cameron University in Lawton...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:18:30 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.ecok.edu/news/2012_news/october_2012/greenstreet_nca_panels.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[East Central University Professor of Communication Studies Dr. Robert Greenstreet served on two panels at the annual National Communication Association Convention in Orlando, Fla...]]></description>
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      <title>ECU SCHOLARSHIP FOR PAULS VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR ESTABLISHED IN MEMORY OF JEREMY HARREL</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:17:36 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[A scholarship, in memory of Jeremy Harrel, has been established for a Pauls Valley High School senior who plans to attend East Central University...]]></description>
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