December 2010

VETERANS ELIGIBLE FOR FREE GREEN ENERGY JOB TRAINING

Posted on: December 13, 2010

Free green energy job training will be offered in January to all eligible veterans in a Green Pre-Construction Trades Academy in Oklahoma City by the Veterans Workforce Investment Program. A mandatory orientation/employment training class will be held either Wednesday [JAN. 15] or Jan. 6 in Oklahoma City.

FEMA GRANT TO FUND COMMUNITY SAFEROOM IN ECU BUSINESS CENTER

Posted on: December 9, 2010

Ada will have a community saferoom available to as many as 1,700 people during stormy weather, thanks to a $1.46 million grant awarded to East Central University by FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

PRESIDENT HARGRAVE ECU HOLIDAY PARTY PHOTO

Posted on: December 9, 2010

 John Hargrave, president of East Central University, adjusts his Christmas tree hat at ECU’s Holiday Party Dec. 3 as ECU faculty and staff get ready to re-enact “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” As Phyllis Kunze assists Hargrave with the hat, Dr. Bob Feigner (from left) holds the partridge and Dr. Shelley Ross Hamby and Catie Caton wait with the pears and the tree. The ECU Singers and the Brass Choir also performed traditional carols.</body></html>

ECU OFFERING TOURS OF CITIES IN SPAIN; DEADLINE TO SIGN UP IS DEC. 15

Posted on: December 7, 2010

*DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JAN. 12, 2011*

A tour of three of Spain’s fascinating cities will offer an opportunity to experience Spanish culture and history, along with immersion in the Spanish language, during spring break next March.

ECU STUDENTS REGULAR EXHIBITORS IN STATE MOMENTUM ART EXHIBITS

Posted on: December 6, 2010

A project created to showcase the work of Oklahoma artists age 30 and younger has selected a number of East Central University art students and one professor for its Momentum exhibits over the last 10 years.

ECU POLITlCAL SCIENCE AND LEGAL STUDIES MAJORS ATTEND THE AAPC ACADEMIC OUTREACH CONFERENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON

Posted on: December 6, 2010

Political science and legal studies majors at East Central University attend the American Association of Political Consultants Academic Outreach Conference at the University of Akron in November to learn about careers in politics. John Fritz (from left), Jorjia Knight, Amber Martinez, Sarah Erwin, Lacie Lawson and Braden Land were mentored by professional political consultants and heard panels on campaigns and elections. Also attending were Quinnton Poole and Will Irwin.</body></html>

ECU WRITERS INCLUDED IN ANTHOLOGY OF NEW OKLAHOMA WRITING

Posted on: December 6, 2010

“Ain’t Nobody That Can Sing Like Me: New Oklahoma Writing,” a collection of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, essays, and visual art by 78 writers and two visual artists who live in the state, has been released by Mongrel Empire Press, an eclectic publishing house specializing in regional and unusual literary works.

FOUR ECU'S FACULTY MEMBERS AND INSTRUCTORS HAVE THEIR WORK IN THE ANTHOLOGY "AIN'T NOBODY THAT CAN SING LIKE ME"

Posted on: December 6, 2010

A new collection of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, essays and visual art by 78 Oklahoma writers and two visual artists has been released by Mongrel Empire Press. Four East Central University faculty members and instructors have their work included in the anthology “Ain’t Nobody That Can Sing Like Me: New Oklahoma Writing.

POGUE GALLERY AT ECU FEATURING RYAN RINGLE’S SENIOR EXHIBIT

Posted on: December 3, 2010

“Transport,” the senior exhibit by Ryan Ringle of Ada, an art major at East Central University, is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays in the Pogue Art Gallery in ECU’s Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center.

REGGIE WHITTEN ADDRESSING ECU’S DECEMBER GRADUATES

Posted on: December 2, 2010

An award-winning attorney who also works to stop drug and alcohol abuse among young people and helps impoverished people in Africa will deliver the commencement address Dec. 11 [SATURDAY] for East Central University’s fall semester graduates.