News Posted in January 2018

Local Businesses Support ECU’s Eighth Annual Foreign Film Festival

East Central University’s Eighth Annual Foreign Film Festival begins Friday with door prizes and the first of three films for the first three Fridays in the month of February. Several local businesses…

ECU Student Corey Burton Earns Top Excel Score In State; Headed To Nationals In June

East Central University student Corey Burton will be involved in an examination this summer on his birthday and is extremely excited about it. Burton received an exceptionally high score on his…

Crimes Of The Heart To Be Performed At ECU This Week

Shelby Davis, playing the role of Meg Magrath, and Annabelle Elliot, playing her younger sister Babe Magrath Botrelle, share a laugh during a scene from Crimes of the Heart, an East Central University…

Pontotoc County Drug Free Coalition To Host Winter Gala At ECU

Mark your calendars for the second annual Red Ribbon Gala hosted by the Pontotoc County Drug Free Coalition (PCDFC). This year’s Winter Wonderland Gala event will take place on Friday, Feb. 9 at East…

Crimes Of The Heart To Be Performed By The ECU Theatre Department On Jan. 25-27

Crimes of the Heart, which won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play, will be performed by the East Central University Theatre Department, Jan. 25-27, at…

Sixth Annual Raniyah T. Ramadan Symposium Set For Jan. 24 At ECU

Outstanding professionals from the neuroscience field will be on hand for the Sixth Annual Raniyah T. Ramadan Symposium set for Wednesday, Jan. 24, beginning at 1 p.m. in East Central University’s…

Reimagined Spanish Tragedy “Yerma” Launches ECU Screens’ Spring Season

ECU SCREENS kicks off its spring season with “Yerma,” Simon Stone’s radical reimagining of Spanish playwright Federico Garcia Lorca’s dramatic masterpiece. Recorded live at the Young Vic Theatre in…

ECU To Close Monday, Jan. 15 In Observance Of Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday

East Central University will be closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 15. ECU offices will reopen Tuesday at 8 a.m. That will also be the first day of classes for the 2018…

ECU Wind Ensemble To Conduct Free Concert On Jan. 16

The East Central University Wind Ensemble, along with the Dale High School Concert Band, will be performing a free concert on Tuesday, Jan. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the Ataloa Theatre of the Hallie Brown…

Broadway Tonite Live! Set To Perform At ECU On Jan. 19

Take a journey and experience a vast array of Broadway shows as East Central University hosts Broadway Tonite Live! set for Friday, Jan. 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Ataloa Theatre of the Hallie Brown Ford…

ECU Spring Semester Classes To Begin Jan. 16

East Central University classes for the 2018 spring semester are scheduled to begin on Tuesday, Jan. 16 and enrollment is still open by appointment or online. First-time transfer students, first-time…

Ford Promoted To Vice President Of Institutional Advancement At ECU

Amy T. (Garcia) Ford, a 1996 East Central University alum who has spent the almost 11 years as ECU’s assistant vice president and director of communications and marketing, has been called upon to…