July 2008

One house in the new Arts District of Ada @ East Main Street will be selected each fall to be repainted at no cost to homeowners through a grant East Central University's Art Department has received from Campus Compact, a national coalition dedicated to campus-based civic engagement.

A workshop about current educational benefits for veterans along with highlights of the new GI Bill will be held July 29 [TUESDAY] at East Central University in Ada.

Summer enrollment at East Central University is up 10.8 percent over last year, university officials have announced. This summer, ECU has a total full-time equivalent of 1,783.5 students compared to 1,609.1 students in 2007.

Graduate student enrollment posted the highest increase at 20 percent, based on full-time equivalent enrollment, climbing from 609 in 2007 to 730 this summer, said Pamla Armstrong, director of admissions and records and registrar.

Undergraduate enrollment increased from 1,000 (full-time equivalent) in 2007 to 1,053 this summer for a 5.3 percent increase.

Students in East Central University's College of Health and Sciences have received recognitions and awards for their academic achievements during the 2007-08 academic year.

In the Department of Biology, recipients of the Claud Carter Scholar Award were Lindsey Pruitt of Bokchito, Julie Bruner of Healdton and Casey Chatfield of Ada. The Thomas J. McKnight Scholarship went to Brandon Banks and Jessie Wooten, both of Shawnee. Charity Holder of Coalgate was recognized for her second-place oral presentation at the Tri-Beta Biological Society's Regional Meeting.