August 2013

Remembering Chris Lane

Posted on: August 22, 2013
ADA – The East Central University family lost a well-liked member with the tragic death of Chris Lane, a student-athlete on the Tiger baseball team, on Aug. 16, 2013. 
 

ADDICTION, RECOVERY CONFERENCE SET FOR SEPT. 5-6 AT EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY

Posted on: August 16, 2013

ADA – The Third Annual Addiction and Recovery Conference, presented by the Brandon Whitten Institute for Addiction and Recovery, will be held on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 5-6, at East Central University’s Estep Multimedia Room in the Bill S. Cole University Center.

The conference will focus on current issues, trends and strategies in the field of substance abuse. Information will be presented on addiction recovery, treatment and prevention.

TICKETS ON SALE FOR 2013-14 ECU FINE ARTS SEASON

Posted on: August 15, 2013
logo for the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center

ADA – Tickets are now on sale for the 2013-14 fine arts season at East Central University.

The lineup includes: Improvised Shakespeare (Sept. 26), Miller in Concert (Oct. 24), Chicago Tap Theatre (Jan. 24), the Brad Richter and Viktor Uzu Duo in concert with the Oklahoma City Community Orchestra (Feb. 22) and Aquila Theatre’s production of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (March 6).

NEW FACULTY, STAFF NAMED AT EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY

Posted on: August 15, 2013
Group photo of ECU's new faculty for 2013-14

ADA – When East Central University launches classes this fall for the 2013-14 academic year, there will be 28 new fulltime faculty members and four professional staff on board.

Four faculty members began their duties last spring with the remaining 24 starting their instructional duties on Aug. 19.

 

FACULTY STARTED IN SPRING 2013

Jason (Ja) Havens

Instructor of Kinesiology/Men’s Head Basketball Coach

GRAND OPENING OF CHICKASAW BUSINESS AND CONFERENCE CENTER AT ECU SCHEDULED FOR AUG. 22

Posted on: August 9, 2013
Photo of the new Chickasaw Business and Conference Center

Frequently Asked Questions about the grand opening

ADA – Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, Chickasaw Nation Gov. Bill Anoatubby and Harland C. Stonecipher, founder and former CEO and Chairman of the Board of Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc., will be the featured speakers as East Central University conducts the grand opening of the Chickasaw Business and Conference Center on Thursday, Aug. 22.

ADA SISTERS EARN SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS FROM OKLAHOMA VETERANS GROUPS

Posted on: August 8, 2013
Sisters Charlsey Foster (center, left) and Breanna Foster (center, right) pose after receiving scholarship awards from the Oklahoma Veterans Council and the Mid-America Chapter of the Paralyzed Veterans of America. At far left is Scott Ellis, government relations director for the Mid-America Chapter of the Paralyzed Veterans of America, and at the far right is Pete Peterson, chairman of the Oklahoma Veterans Council.

ADA – Two Ada sisters, one an East Central University student and the other headed to the University of Oklahoma, were the recipients of scholarship awards from the Oklahoma Veterans Council and the Mid-America Chapter of the Paralyzed Veterans of America in a ceremony held Monday.

 

LANDRUM SCULPTURE COLLECTION DONATED TO ECU

Posted on: August 8, 2013
Photo of the sculpture Shaker Man

A significant share of Marquis Landrum’s personal sculpture collection has been bequeathed to East Central University, it was recently announced.

The collection includes 27 three-dimensional works of non-western origin. Many of the more fragile artifacts will be displayed in cases in the gallery of the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center.

MILLS RECEIVES FATHREE FLOYD ELEMENTARY EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP

Posted on: August 8, 2013
Left to right: Billie Floyd, Tyler Mills, Phyllis Danley

Tyler Mills, a junior from Stratford, is pictured after receiving the Billie Fathree Floyd Elementary Education Scholarship at East Central University for 2013. The scholarship was established in the fall of 2012 by family and friends of Floyd, a longtime educator, Oklahoma State senator and civic leader. Also pictured with Mills are Floyd (left) and Phyllis Danley, executive director of the ECU Foundation. The scholarship is strictly awarded to an ECU student who plans to pursue a physical education teaching position at the elementary school level.

FOUR ECU ENGLISH TEACHING ALUMNI RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS TO MORRIS SHAKESPEARE SYMPOSIUM

Posted on: August 7, 2013
Four East Central University alumni and public school teachers were recently treated to a scholarship award to attend the recent Katy Morris Shakespeare Symposium, sponsored by the 34th Annual Oklahoma Shakespeare Festival in Durant. From left to right are: Katy Peercy, teacher at Tishomingo; Samantha Manuel, teacher at Seminole; Teresa Rothrock, associate professor in ECU’s Department of English and Languages and keynote speaker at the symposium; Erin Robertson, teacher at Byng; and Megan Cooper, teacher a

ADA – Four East Central University alumni and public school teachers received scholarship awards to the Katy Morris Shakespeare Symposium (KMSS), sponsored by the 34th Annual Oklahoma Shakespeare Festival (OSF).