News Posted in August 2016

Greetham To Deliver ECU’s Lou Watkins Lecture On Sept. 13

Stephen H. Greetham, chief general for the Chickasaw Nation’s Division of Commerce, will deliver East Central University’s Lou Watkins Lecture on water law in Oklahoma at noon Tuesday, Sept. 13, in…

ECU Trio Studying Abroad In France

East Central University students Kane Kosure (left) and Elsa Moseley (right) recently went to University of Limoges in France to study for the fall semester through ECU’s Go Global Study Abroad…

Writer, Photographer, Humanitarian Yousef Khanfar To Deliver ECU’s Louise Young Diversity Lecture On Sept. 29

A camera is more than a tool of art for Yousef Khanfar. The award-winning and Palestinian-American writer, photographer and humanitarian illustrates life, the way he sees it, by capturing it through a…

Adafest To Feature Live Music, Local Art On Saturday, Aug. 27

Live music and local art will once again be the center of Ada’s Main Street, the Honorary Blake Shelton Boulevard and the Arts District of Ada near East Central University, with the return of the…

See The Best Of British Theater At ECU

East Central University Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Department of Political Science and Legal Studies Dr. Christine Pappas will give a talk on the death penalty in Oklahoma…

ECU Welcomes 33 New Faculty

East Central University welcomes 33 new faculty members for 2016-17. The new faculty include five who began last spring and 28 new arrivals on campus this fall. Here are the newcomers and their…

When Olympics Roll Around, ECU’s Dr. Williamson Likes To Get In Contact With Former Tiger Standouts

Every four years when the Summer Olympic Games roll around, East Central University’s Dr. Gerald Williamson likes to make connections with three former ECU standout athletes. All three of those stars…

New Master In Management Program Coming To ECU’s Stonecipher School Of Business

Approval has been granted from the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education for East Central University to institute a new degree program – a master in management – within the Harland C.…

Dean Presented With Plaque At Dedication Of New Pitsco Stem Maker Space Lab At ECU

Dr. Harvey Dean (left), founder and CEO of Pitsco, Inc., is presented with a plaque by Dr. Brenda Sherbourne, dean of the East Central University College of Education and Psychology, during the…

New Pitsco Stem Maker Space Lab Officially Opens In ECU’s Lanoy Education Building

Dr. Harvey Dean, founder and CEO of Pitsco, Inc., demonstrates a straw rocket as Tammy Sparks, of Howe Public Schools, looks on in the new Pitsco STEM Maker Space Lab in East Central University’s…

ECU Alumni Reunion Set For Aug. 19 In Oklahoma City

The East Central University Alumni Association is seeking all alums for an Oklahoma City area reunion on Friday, Aug. 19 from 7 p.m.-10 p.m. at Topgolf in Oklahoma City, located at 13313 Pawnee Drive.…

Season Memberships For 2016-17 ECU Fine Arts Season Are Now Available

Join an exciting entertainment experience by purchasing a membership for the 2016-17 East Central University Fine Arts Season, featuring comedian/actor Paul Reiser. Reiser, who starred in the 1990s…

‘One Man, Two Guvnors’ Back By Popular Demand

Audience members who attended the first screening of "One Man, Two Guvnors" earlier this summer in East Central University's Estep Multimedia Center are clamoring for an encore of a comedy London's…