News Posted in September 2017

ECU Music Department To Present 12Th Annual ECU Faculty, Students And Friends Composer Concert On Oct. 9

The East Central University Music Department is presenting its 12th Annual ECU Faculty, Students and Friends Composer Concert at 7:30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 9, in the Ataloa Theatre of the Hallie Brown…

Entries Being Accepted For ECU Alumni Association Golf Tournament Set For Friday, Oct. 27

Entries are being accepted for the East Central University Alumni Association’s Homecoming Golf Tournament on Friday, Oct. 27, at the Oak Hills Country Club in Ada. The tournament benefits the Student…

East Central University’s Junior Business Club Successful With Lemonade Stands

Thirty elementary students recently learned how to start a business when they participated in East Central University’s Junior Business Club. The three-week academy, sponsored by ECU’s Stonecipher…

2017 Oka’ Institute Sustainability Conference Set For Oct. 10-11 At ECU

The Chickasaw Business and Conference Center on East Central University’s campus will be the setting for the 2017 Oka’ Institute Sustainability Conference, Tuesday-Wednesday, Oct. 10-11. This year the…

Entries Being Accepted For East Central University’s 2017 Homecoming Parade

Entries are being accepted for East Central University’s 2017 Homecoming Parade, scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 28, at noon along Main Street in Ada. Entries are open for floats (competitive and…

Asleep At The Wheel To Perform At ECU On Friday, Sept. 29

Country music band Asleep at the Wheel will take the stage on Friday, Sept. 29, at 7:30 p.m. in East Central University’s Ataloa Theatre of the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center. The venerable…

ECU Student Already Putting Skills Into Action After Winning I2E Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup Pitch Competittion

East Central University student Srijita “Dia” Ghosh is already putting her entrepreneurial skills into action. The senior from Kolkata, India won the pitch competition and placed second in the small…

ECU’s Linscheid Library, Ada Public Library Partnering To Celebrate The Freedom To Read During “Banned Book Week”

East Central University’s Linscheid Library is partnering with the Ada Public Library in cherishing the freedom to read during “Banned Books Week,” set for Sept. 25-30. A series of events is scheduled…

Dr. Katricia Pierson, Regent Connie Reilly All Smiles During ECU Presidential Inauguration

Regional University System of Oklahoma (RUSO) Regent Connie Reilly (left) and East Central University President Katricia G. Pierson are all smiles during Pierson’s ECU Presidential Inauguration on…

Project Wild Workshop Being Conducted At ECU On Sept. 30

Learning about Oklahoma’s wildlife and discovering fun ways to teach about the outdoors will be the focus of a Project WILD Workshop, being conducted at East Central University on Saturday, Sept. 30,…

September Poetry Series Set For Tuesday, Sept. 19 At ECU

East Central University’s Poetry Series, featuring speakers Jenny Yang Cropp and Sly Alley, will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 19, at 6:30 p.m. in the Estep Multimedia Center inside the Bill S. Cole…

Mccool To Deliver ECU’s Rothbaum Lecture On Sept. 18

Dr. Daniel McCool, professor and author, will deliver East Central University’s Rothbaum Lecture, entitled “The Most Fundamental Right Under Threat.”  on Monday, Sept. 18, at 6:30 p.m. in the Estep…

Inauguration Of Dr. Katricia Pierson As Ninth President Of ECU Set For Sept. 15

The inauguration of Dr. Katricia Pierson as East Central University’s ninth president is set for Friday, Sept. 15, at 2 p.m. in the Ataloa Theatre of ECU’s Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center. The…

ECU Senior Elsa Moseley To Intern With U.S. Department Of State

Elsa Moseley is excited about the opportunity to correspond with Russian high school teachers and students without leaving the United States. The East Central University senior from Sulphur has…

ECU Student Bipin Shiwakoti One Of Six Winners In Stockholm International Water Institute Photo Contest

East Central University student Bipin Shiwakoti, of Nepal, was selected as one of only six winners worldwide of the #WaterWomen Photo Contest, conducted by the Stockholm International Water Institute…

Andrew Garfield Stars In Angels In America At ECU

ECU SCREENS open its fourth season with “Angels in America: Millennium Approaches,” starring Andrew Garfield, at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 7, in the Raymond J. Estep Multimedia Center of the Bill S.…

Oka’ Institute To Hold Second Annual Water Sustainability Conference, Oct. 10-11

The 2017 Oka’ Institute Sustainability Conference will take place in the Chickasaw Business and Conference Center on East Central University’s campus, Tuesday-Wednesday, Oct. 10-11. This year the Oka’…