January 2017

HIMALAYAN JOURNEY KICKS OFF FOREIGN FILM FESTIVAL AT ECU

Posted on: January 31, 2017

East Central University’s seventh annual Foreign Film Festival begins on Friday, Feb. 3 with "Across the Himalayas: A Journey through Fiction, Film, and Food.”

This past fall, more than 230 Nepalese students enrolled at ECU, and "Across the Himalayas" will give audiences an opportunity to learn more about the region of the world these students call home.

ECU SCREENS TO HOST SMASH HIT ‘FRANKENSTEIN’ ONE FINAL TIME

Posted on: January 26, 2017

ECU SCREENS revives “Frankenstein” one last time on Tuesday, Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. in the Raymond J. Estep Multimedia Center in the Bill S. Cole University Center.

Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller, the production was a sell-out hit at the National Theatre and the broadcast has since become an international sensation, experienced by almost half a million people in cinemas around the world.

ECU STUDENT MORGAN MACKEY GEARING UP FOR MEDICAL SCHOOL AS WELL AS STUDYING ABROAD

Posted on: January 25, 2017

Doing undergraduate research has certainly enhanced the academic achievements of East Central University student Morgan Mackey.

Upon graduation this spring, the senior molecular biology major from Choctaw has plans to attend medical school in the fall. So far, she has been accepted to at least four medical schools at Dartmouth, the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University and Saint Louis University.

ECU’S DR. GUY SEWELL NAMED BOARD CERTIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST BY THE AAEES

Posted on: January 25, 2017

Dr. Guy W. Sewell, professor in East Central University’s Environmental Health Science Department, was recently honored as a board certified environmental scientist in the areas of groundwater and subsurface environments by the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists.

The AAEES certifies qualified environmental engineers and scientists recommended by peers in their field of specialty as board certified environmental scientists through certification procedures prescribed by the academy’s bylaws.

FIFTH ANNUAL DR. RANIYAH RAMADAN SYMPOSIUM SET FOR WEDNESDAY, JAN. 25

Posted on: January 19, 2017

Four outstanding professionals from the neuroscience field will be the featured speakers at the Fifth Annual Raniyah T. Ramadan Symposium set for Wednesday, Jan. 25, at 1 p.m. in East Central University’s Estep Multimedia Media Center of the Bill S. Cole University Center.

The Ramadan Symposium, which is free and open to the public, is named in honor of the late Dr. Raniyah Ramadan, who was a research scientist in neuro-ophthalmology.

The symposium was established and is sponsored by Dr. and Mrs. Tawfik Z. Ramadan, the parents of the late Raniyah Ramadan.

CHARLOTTE'S WEB ON STAGE AT ECU

Posted on: January 17, 2017

You’ve read the book. You’ve seen the movie. Now come out and see “some pig” in person! East Central University presents Charlotte’s Web at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 20, performed by Theatreworks USA, in the Ataloa Theatre of the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center.

E.B. White’s loving story of the friendship between a pig named Wilbur and a little gray

spider named Charlotte comes to life in “Charlotte’s Web.” Wilbur has a problem: how to avoid

ECU CLOSED FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY ON MONDAY, JAN. 16

Posted on: January 13, 2017

In observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, East Central University will be closed Monday, Jan. 16. Classes will resume and offices will open at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17.

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McKELLEN AND STEWART TO LIGHT UP THE SCREEN AT ECU

Posted on: January 10, 2017

ECU SCREENS kicks off its spring season with Harold Pinter’s “No Man’s Land,” starring Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart.

Recorded live at Wyndham’s Theatre in London, this comic classic will be shown in the Raymond J. Estep Multimedia Center of the Bill S. Cole University Center on Friday, Jan. 13 at 7 p.m. General admission tickets are $10. Admission is free for ECU students. Free ice-cream will be served during the interval.