August 2015

RECORD EIGHT ECU STUDENTS TO STUDY ABROAD THIS SEMESTER

Posted on: August 31, 2015

A record eight East Central University students have the opportunity to learn from and absorb different cultures by studying abroad this semester through ECU’s Global Education Program.

Four will study in France, two are headed to Spain and one each will go to China and Wales as part of the Global Education Program which promotes, provides and facilitates academic and cultural exchange opportunities for students.

TICKETS ON SALE FOR 2015-16 ECU FINE ARTS SEASON

Posted on: August 26, 2015

Be a part of a season filled with tap-tap-tapping action, musical comic relief and a live performance by a well-known celebrity at East Central University.

The featured lineup includes: Chicago Tap Oct. 6, Broadway’s Next H!t Musical (an improvised musical comedy) Jan. 21, 2016 and An Evening with Molly Ringwald April 7, 2016.

Ringwald will be singing jazz and musical standards as “The Very Thought of You,” “I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes),” “I’ll Take Romance,” “Sooner or Later” and “Where Is Love.”  

ADAFEST REVITALIZED FOR AUG. 29

Posted on: August 20, 2015

Grammy-nominated folk musician John Fullbright will be the featured performer at the revitalized AdaFest set for Saturday, Aug. 29, in the Ada Arts District.

AdaFest is free and open to the public.

The music festival begins at 5 p.m. and runs to midnight and will include musicians from the Happyland Music Alliance, the Native American flute-centric group Injunuity and the Oklahoma City-based punk-pop band Haniwa. Each of these performances will be in 30-45 minute sets with Fullbright’s performance to cap off the evening.

NEW FACULTY, STAFF APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED AT ECU FOR 2015-16

Posted on: August 19, 2015

East Central University has announced its new faculty along with staff/administrative appointments for 2015-16.

 

NEW FACULTY STARTING SPRING 2015   Powerpoint Presentation

Nicholas Demetriades

NINTH ANNUAL TIM GREEN ALL-SPORTS GOLF CLASSIC SET FOR AUG. 31

Posted on: August 18, 2015

The Ninth Annual Tim Green All-Sports Golf Classic will take place Monday, Aug. 31, at the Oak Hills Country Club in Ada after being postponed due to the rainy weather in the area in May.

The tournament will have both morning and afternoon flights.  Registration will start at 8 a.m. and the morning four-person scramble is set to start at 8:45 a.m. and afternoon scramble at 2 p.m.  A lunch will also be provided for both flights at noon.

The entry fee for the scramble is $150 per person, with $105 eligible for a tax donation. 

NIKKI STONECIPHER SCHOLARSHIP BENEFITING ECU STUDENTS FOR A DECADE

Posted on: August 18, 2015

This past July 24 marked the 10-year anniversary of a plane crash that claimed the lives of Brent and Tina Stonecipher and their 11-year-old daughter, Nikki. 

The family had taken off from the Ada airport for a return flight to their home in Cushing.  The crash was the result of one of the plane’s two engines stalling at a low altitude, not allowing Brent, a trained and professional pilot, to take corrective action.

TWO FREE CONCERTS COMING TO ECU

Posted on: August 18, 2015

FRONTIER BRASS BAND TO PERFORM SATURDAY, AUG. 22, AT ECU