June 2013

ECU’S TUITION INCREASE ALIGNING WITH STATE AVERAGE

Posted on: June 28, 2013
The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education approved an average 5.7 percent increase to tuition and mandatory fees for its regional universities.
Higher education officials cited record enrollments, increased operational costs and prior years of reduced state appropriations as contributing factors to tuition increases.
In fact, East Central University will receive less than a 1 percent increase from state funding appropriations this year. In order to continue to offer ECU students more, a 5.8 percent increase in tuition and mandatory fees will be added.

ECU GRADUATE, BYNG TEACHER DEBORAH CORNELISON INDUCTED INTO NATIONAL TEACHERS HALL OF FAME

Posted on: June 28, 2013
Photo of Deborah Cornelison

 Byng teacher and East Central University graduate Deborah Cornelison – along with four educators whose experience combines with hers to total 116 years– was inducted into the National Teachers Hall of Fame in June.

“I was honored by the selection,” Cornelison said. “The induction was very humbling. Thousands and thousands of teachers deserve recognition. Those of us who have been selected for this honor feel like we are representing them.”

ECU’S DR. MARK MICOZZI MAKES EXCITING FIND IN FIRST PALEONTOLOGICAL EXPERIENCE

Posted on: June 27, 2013
Mark Micozzi with theropod tooth
A new hobby has consumed East Central University’s Dr. Mark Micozzi and it has led to an amazing and exciting discovery as he spends the summer in the Oklahoma Panhandle.
Dabbling in paleontology for the first time in his life, Micozzi, a professor in ECU’s Department of Cartography and Geography, recently found a dinosaur tooth near Kenton, Okla., in the far northwestern corner of the panhandle.

ECU PRODUCING EFFECTIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS

Posted on: June 20, 2013
!00% Pass Rate. ECU Education Graduates receive perfect scores and exceed state average on Oklahoma Education Certification Tests

One-hundred percent of East Central University’s elementary education students had passing grades on the Oklahoma General Education Test and Oklahoma Reading Test, according to the Commission on Teacher Preparation’s 2011-12 Annual Report.

ECU RECEIVES $6,000 REBATE CHECK FROM CENTERPOINT ENERGY

Posted on: June 7, 2013
Photo of President Hargrave collecting check from Center Point Energy

East Central University received a $6,000 rebate check from CenterPoint Energy to go toward the purchase of boilers for the new Chickasaw Business and Conference Center. Pictured, with the giant-sized check inside the new Chickasaw Business and Conference Center, are: (from left) Joe Lambert, of Lambert Mechanical who installed the boilers; Darryl Overstreet, director of the ECU Physical Plant; Robin Slater, energy efficiency consultant for CenterPoint Energy; Jessica Boles, ECU Vice President for Finance; and ECU President John R. Hargrave.

PHIPPS RECIPIENT OF BRAD HENRY INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP

Posted on: June 4, 2013
Headshot of Catherine Phipps

East Central University student Catherine Phipps, a junior biology major with a concentration in pre-med, is the 2013 Brad Henry International Scholarship recipient. Phipps, who also minors in Russian Studies and chemistry, will spend a semester studying at Swansea University in Swansea, Wales in the United Kingdom.  Recipients of the scholarship award are selected by virtue of their excellent academic qualifications, outstanding writing and communication skills, exemplary character, and demonstrated leadership qualities. She is a member of ECU’s honors program and Tigerland Band.

PASSION FOR GEOGRAPHY TRANSLATES INTO PRESTIGIOUS AWARD FOR EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY’S DR. MARK MICOZZI

Posted on: June 3, 2013
Photo of Mark Micozzi
Geography is a passion for Dr. Mark Micozzi. In fact it’s his life.
 
The East Central University professor of cartography and geography will be honored for his lifelong passion on Aug. 3 in Denver, Colo., as he will be the 2013 recipient of the National Council for Geographic Education’s Distinguished Teaching Award.