News Posted in June 2012

Banquet Offers Finishing Touch To Russian Fun

A three-week summer Russian camp hosted by East Central University will end tonight (JUNE 29) with a banquet from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Stanley Wagner Ballroom located in the Memorial Student Union at…

Byng Freshman Receives Kellogg Scholarship At ECU

Sarah Harris of Byng, who will be a freshman next fall at East Central University, has been selected as the fourth recipient of the Don and Jane Kellogg Mathematics and Science Teaching Scholarship at…

Message Of ECU Students' Video: Always Buckle Your Seatbelts

The biggest misconception about a car crash? That there’s only one collision. There actually are three, and the last two directly affect your body and brain, not your vehicle, often with deadly…

Decker Wins Adolph Linscheid Award At ECU

Stephen Decker of Whitewright, Texas, a legal studies major at East Central University, has been awarded ECU’s Adolph Linscheid Award as a member of the ECU speech and debate team who has…

Summer Community Band To Perform Sunday At ECU

  The Summer Community Band, which includes students from junior high to graduate school, teachers and professors, area band directors, business people, medical professionals, a newspaper publisher…

ECU Students Win National Research Award

Two East Central University students have won a national award for research they conducted at ECU that could have implications in biofuels and bioenergy research. Josh Belcher of Ada and Brent Biddy…

Connie Reilly Meets With Speaker-Designate

Connie Reilly of Okemah (second from right), a member of the Board of Regents of the Regional University System of Oklahoma, meets with T.W. Shannon (third from left), speaker-designate of the…

State Regents Recognize ECU, Ada Jobs Foundation Partnership

East Central University and 26 business and higher education partnerships throughout the state were recognized recently for their innovative collaborations that further the education of Oklahoma’s…

Jessica Boles New ECU Vice President For Finance, Administration

Jessica A. Boles, the former vice president for fiscal affairs at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College in Miami, is East Central University’s new vice president for finance and…

Bronson Warren Scholarship At ECU

Bronson Warren (left), dean of students at East Central University in Ada, congratulates the first recipients of the Bron Warren Scholarship, ECU band students Bethany Ragle (center) of Stroud and…

ECU Thunders Up For Thursday Game

East Central University students and employees Thunder Up on ECU’s mall Thursday to support the Oklahoma City Thunder before Game 2 of the 2012 NBA Finals against the Miami Heat. ECU President John…

Shannon Speaks To Community Leaders

.W. Shannon (third from left), speaker-designate of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, poses with area legislators and higher education leaders Thursday at East Central University. Shannon was…

ECU’s Educators Hall Of Fame To Induct Clinton, George, Warren

Ada native Dr. John Clinton and Ada sisters Grace George and Mattie Warren, all graduates of East Central University, will be inducted into ECU’s Gene and Evelyn Keefer Educators Hall of Fame on June…

ECU Offering Three Social Work Classes In Mcalester Next Fall

Persons interested in earning a bachelor of social work degree from East Central University can enroll at the Eastern Oklahoma State College campus in McAlester. The social work program offers…

ECU’s Native American Academic Services Program Helps Keep Students In School To Complete Degrees

ADA – It’s been a year since East Central University began its own Native American Academic Services program to ensure that Native American students stay in school and complete their degrees. So far,…

Puterbaugh Foundation Scholarships Awarded To ECU Students

Puterbaugh Foundation Scholarships, which assist an East Central University graduate student and an undergraduate student enrolled at the Eastern Oklahoma State College McAlester campus, have been…

Pauls Valley Student Receives Ramadan Scholarship At ECU

The Ramadan family of Ada meets with East Central University student Tobey Hatton (front row, far right) and his family to announce Hatton as the first recipient of the Dr. Raniyah Ramadan…

Clampitt’s Book Finalist For Jefferson Davis Award

A book by Bradley R. Clampitt, assistant professor of history and Native American studies at East Central University, was one of two finalists for the 2011 Jefferson Davis Award sponsored by the…

ECU Cheerleaders Place At National Finals

East Central University cheerleaders pose at the recent National Cheerleader Association Collegiate Nationals competition in Daytona Beach, Fla. The squad advanced from the first round straight to…

ECU’s Native American Academic Services Program Helps Keep Students In School To Complete Degrees

It’s been a year since East Central University began its own Native American Academic Services program to ensure that Native American students stay in school and complete their degrees. So far, the…

Pierson Accepted As Reviewer By Higher Learning Commission

Dr. Katricia Pierson, assistant vice president for academic affairs at East Central University, has been accepted as a reviewer in the Peer Corps of the Higher Learning Commission. The HLC, which is…

ECU Beam Signing By Willard School Kids

Students from Willard Grade Center line up earlier this spring to sign their names on a beam that will be installed in East Central University’s new business school and conference center which can be…

Safely View Transit Of Venus Between Earth, Sun Tuesday At ECU

A public viewing of the transit of Venus, the rare occasion when Venus passes between the earth and sun, will be held Tuesday [JUNE 5] at East Central University’s observatory just north of the ECU…

Books For Ada Boys And Girls Club

Joe Trail (left) and Connor Alford (right), members of East Central University’s chapter of Alpha Chi national honor society, present children’s books collected for the Ada Boys and Girls Club to the…