Recent News

The Human Resources Club at East Central University will hold its third annual Benefit Bingo Oct. 6 [MONDAY] to raise money for the 30th Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner.

The benefit will begin with a mini session at 6 p.m. at the American Legion Post 72 at 4015 N. Broadway. Regular session games will begin at 7:45 p.m. Drawings will be held for door prizes at the end of the games. The grand prize will be a 32-inch Sanyo flat screen high definition television.

Games for children, free food and a donation drive for military troops serving overseas will be part of Family Day tailgate activities at East Central University on Saturday [SEPT. 27] before the football game between ECU and Northeastern State University.

The activities will be set up from noon to 2 p.m. on the lawn east of Kerr Activities Center, across from Norris Field. The football game will begin at 2 p.m.

An East Central University Speaker's Corner Wednesday [SEPT. 17] and a discussion about civil liberties, surveillance and terrorism on Monday [SEPT. 22] will mark ECU's official commemoration of Constitution Day.

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The Arts District of Ada will host an ice cream social Tuesday [SEPT. 23] at the Chickasaw Nation Community Center, 700 N. Mississippi. The event is come-and-go from 4 to 6 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

An Elections 101 class at East Central University is designed to help area citizens participate fully in the 2008 elections and get involved in the community. The class will meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on three Thursdays, Sept. 18, Sept. 26 and Oct. 3.

The award-winning St. Petersburg String Quartet, considered one of the world's leading string quartets, will perform Sept. 25 [THURSDAY] at East Central University with pianist Maxim Mogilevsky.

Lance Newman of Oklahoma City, a 24-year-old graduating artist at East Central University, will display a barrage of artwork for his final undergraduate show Sept. 19-26 [FRIDAY-FRIDAY] in ECU's Art Department. A reception for the artist will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Sept. 19 [FRIDAY].

The show is open to the public and is the final exhibition of Newman's undergraduate career. He will graduate with a bachelor's degree in art with a minor in media graphic art.