March 2013
News & Announcements
ECU's mission is to foster a learning environment in which students,
faculty, staff and community interact to educate students for life.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ECU SELECTED AS CERTIFIED HEALTHY CAMPUS
East Central University was recently selected as a Certified Healthy Campus by the Oklahoma State Department of Health. There were three levels of certification: basic, merit and excellence. ECU received merit certification with the help of its new tobacco-free campus policy. Pictured here in the ECU Wellness Center (left to right) are: Randi McCurley, assistant director of the ECU Wellness Center; ECU President John Hargrave, Peggy Saunkeah, project coordinator for the Campus Initiative to Reduce Crime Against Women (CIRCAW); Dr. Jerry Forbes, ECU vice president for student development; Leah Lyon, director for the Regional University System of Oklahoma Violence Prevention Project; Holli Witherington, director of ECU’s Brandon Whitten Institute; Bea Waller, director of ECU’s student counseling center; Lisa Young, director of ECU’s student health services; and Holly Christian, director of the ECU Wellness Center.
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