December 2011

Performing at the official launch ceremony in November of the new quarter honoring the Chickasaw National Recreation Area in Sulphur was the East Central University Clarinet Ensemble. The ensemble performed “Chickasaw Fanfare,” a piece director Michael Whitworth composed for the ceremony, as well other ceremonial music and pieces from its fall concert. The quarter is the 10th coin in the U.S. Mint’s America the Beautiful Quarters Program. Its reverse side depicts the area’s scenic Lincoln Bridge which was dedicated in 1909.

Dr. Steve Turner (second from right), vice president for finance and administration at East Central University, hands over the keys to a 2011 Dodge Charger to Steve Emmons, executive director of the Council for Law Enforcement Education and Training in Ada. Also shown are Jeff Coble (far left) and Bill Bullard, CLEET law enforcement driver training instructors, and Cassie Holloway (far right), administrative assistant for ECU’s Tribal Police Training Program and the Campus Law Enforcement Technical Assistance Program.

Zero to Three®, a national group that supports research and training in early childhood development, came to Ada Nov. 9 and 10 to conduct a “Train the Trainer” workshop on the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (PCAN).

Sixteen people, including child care directors, health department staff and OPAT directors from Pontotoc, Murray, Johnston and Garvin Counties, attended and are now trained to host trainings wherever they are needed in the four-county area.

A reception honoring Dr. Steve Turner, vice president for administration and finance at East Central University, will be held from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday [DEC. 7] in the Bill S. Cole University Center. The reception is open to the public.

Turner, who also holds the title of executive assistant to the president for government relations and economic development, is leaving ECU to become president of Northeastern State University on Jan. 1.