News Posted in October 2012

Acclaimed Historical Interpreter Pace Will Portray American Humorist/Poet Langston Hughes At Literary Arts Festival

Acclaimed Chautauqua historical interpreter Charles Everett Pace will portray American humorist and poet Langston Hughes as part of East Central University’s 17th Annual Literary Arts Festival on Nov.…

Presentation On High Performance Computing Set For Thursday, Nov. 1 At ECU

East Central University faculty, staff and students, along with the Ada community, can learn about high performance computing as Dr. Henry Neeman, from the University of Oklahoma, will be speaking on…

Noted Native American Conceptual Artist Heap Of Birds Guides East Central University Students In Campus Sculptures

oted Native American conceptual artist Edgar Heap of Birds just completed a two-week residency entitled ‘Hidden Histories’ at East Central University. Throughout the residency, Heap of Birds worked…

ECU Opera Theatre To Conduct Gala Performance On November 2

  The East Central University Opera Theatre will conduct a gala performance on Friday, Nov. 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Dorothy I. Summers Theatre. The performance, which is free to the public, will…

East Central University Students Have A Chance To Travel To Spain For College Credit

ast Central University students have a chance to study abroad in Spain during Spring Break, March 15-25, 2013. The students will join ECU professors Ben Johnson and Dr. Mara Sukholutskaya on the trip…

Circaw Shines Success At East Central University

  When the Campus Initiative to Reduce Crime Against Women was formed at East Central University in 2004, a figurative light was shining on campus.CIRCAW, a program funded by the U.S. Department of…

Taste Of Russia And Ukraine’ Event Set For Nov. 13 At ECU

East Central University’s Global Education Office, in conjunction with the Global Education Committee and Department of Family and Consumer Science, is planning to host a ‘Taste of Russia and Ukraine’…

Junior Business Club At East Central University Successful With Lemonade Stands

Twenty-one elementary students recently learned how to start a business when they participated in East Central University’s Junior Business Club. The three-week academy, sponsored by ECU’s School of…

Three Members Of Oklahoma Baptist University Music Faculty To Perform Concert At East Central University On Oct. 26

Three members from the Oklahoma Baptist University Music Faculty will perform a concert on Friday, Oct. 26, at 7:30 p.m. at the Ataloa Theatre of the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts on the East Central…

Department Of Justice Officials Learn About Successes Of Violence Prevention Programs At East Central University

Making strides, in hopes of diminishing violence against women, has been a supreme collaboration by several entities from within the East Central University community, across the state of Oklahoma,…

Professor’s Family Makes Generous Donation To East Central University’s Linscheid Library

The family of the late Dr. Maria Yolanda Forero-Villegas has donated her vast book and periodical collection to East Central University’s Linscheid Library. The assistant professor of English and…

Route 66: Finding Nat King Cole Comes To ECU

Experience an “Unforgettable” performance by film and stage actor Jeff Obafemi Carr as he performs his one-man show “Route 66: Finding Nat King Cole” at East Central University’s Hallie Brown Ford…

Transfer Enrollment Day At East Central University Scheduled For Nov. 7

Transfer students to East Central University can enroll for the upcoming spring 2013 semester on Wednesday, Nov. 7. Students can check in at 12:30 p.m. as a brief orientation to ECU will take place.…

Moore, Khan Crowned East Central University Homecoming Queen, King

Here is the 2012 East Central University Homecoming Court as Kaitlin Moore and Zubair Khan were crowned queen and king respectively at halftime of the Tigers’ home football game with Northwestern…

Presidential Debate Watch Party, Discussion Scheduled For Estep Room Of The East Central University Cole Center On Oct. 22

The East Central University Department of Political Science and Legal Studies will be hosting a non-partisan Presidential Debate watch party on Oct. 22 in the Estep Multimedia Room of the Bill S. Cole…

Concert Pianist Rira Lim To Perform At East Central University On Monday, Oct. 15

Concert Pianist Rira Lim will be performing on Monday, Oct. 15, at 7:30 p.m. in the Ataloa Theatre of East Central University’s Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center. The concert, which is free to the…

Former Oklahoma Attorney General Edmondson To Speak At Lou Watkins Lectureship At East Central University

Former Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson will be the speaker for the Lou Watkins Endowed Lectureship on Tuesday, Oct. 30, at 6:30 p.m. inside the Stanley P. Wagner Ballroom at East Central…

Chickasaw Tales Production Opens At East Central University

    Granny, portrayed by Barbara Tirey (left), talks with Nashoba (played by Douglas Idlett), Nita (Domineque Carey) and Pakali (Micah Worcester) during the elementary student preview of Chickasaw…

Langland Receives 2012 Milam Award At ECU Homecoming

Robert Langland, second from right, receives the 2012 Milam Award from East Central University President John R. Hargrave during halftime of the Tigers’ homecoming football game against Northwestern…

ECU Cheerleader Shakelford Receives Cranford Scholarship Award

East Central University cheerleader Alicia Shakelford (center) is recognized during homecoming festivities with the James and Glenna Cranford $2,000 Scholarship Award. The award, which is given…

Ten East Central University Students Awarded Noyce Teaching Scholarships For Mathematics

A third and final group of East Central University students have been awarded Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarships in mathematics worth $30,000 each. The 10 students receive $10,000 for up to three…

Grant For Mcnair Scholars Program Renewed For Five More Years

Bethany Beachel (left), a biology major and graduate student from Henryetta, meets with McNair Scholars Program Director Pat Sutton.- # # # -The McNair Scholars Program at East Central University is…

‘Chickasaw Tales’ Scheduled For Oct. 12-13 At East Central University

Passing down culture is an important value of the Chickasaw Nation and that expression can be experienced through East Central University’s rendition of ‘Chickasaw Tales’ on Oct. 12 at 7:30 p.m. and…

New Five-Year Grant Cycle Approved For East Central University Veterans Upward Bound Program

The East Central University Veterans Upward Bound Program has been approved for a new five-year grant cycle of $275,153, it was recently announced. The ECU VUB program is designed to provide academic…

East Central University Alum, Author To Sign Books During Homecoming Festivities

Maxine Davenport has written a fiction book which chronicles the other side of John Steinbeck’s novel, The Grapes of Wrath. The East Central University graduate will be in Ada during ECU homecoming…

ECU Student Dunnam Serving As National Child Awareness Month Youth Ambassador

East Central University student Loren Dunnam has been serving as a National Child Awareness Month Youth Ambassador. Dunnam, a junior accounting major from Coalgate and an enrolled member of the Creek…