Recent News

Concert pianist Petronel Malan, a multiple Grammy nominee and gold medal winner of several international piano competitions, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 16 [THURSDAY] at the Ada Arts & Heritage Center, 14th and Rennie.

Ada's Sante Fe Steakhouse will hold a fundraiser dinner Thursday [SEPT. 9] for East Central University's Guard Officer Leader Development (GOLD) Program, part of the Oklahoma Army National Guard. The dinner will be served from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Chickasaw Community Center, 700 E. Mississippi.

Dr. Clarence G. Oliver, a long-time educator and superintendent of Broken Arrow Schools, has established the Vinita June (Shirley) Oliver Centennial Fine Arts Endowment at East Central University in honor of his late wife. Both are graduates of ECU.

Two opportunities to learn how to write winning grant proposals will be offered in September at East Central University.

Participants can enroll in the Fundamentals of Grant Proposal Writing workshop either Sept. 20 [MONDAY] or Sept. 21 [TUESDAY]. Instructor Robert Bradley has taught the course for state and national conferences, universities and colleges, government agencies and non-profit organizations.

Kristy Watson of Pauls Valley, an East Central University senior pursuing a bachelor's degree in both cartography (with a geotechniques concentration) and biology, will give a presentation Sept. 21 [TUESDAY] about her experiences as a summer intern at the NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif.

A one-day Healthy Homes and Energy Efficiency Workshop will be offered twice, on Sept. 14 or Sept. 15, at East Central University in Ada.

Sixteen ECU students have been awarded funding under the NASA National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program for the 2009-2010 academic year.

The awards are competitive and applications are reviewed by a committee on campus. Awards are in the form of scholarship and research stipends and range from $350 to $2,000 for the academic year.

Bert Miller, chief of East Central University's Police Department, was one of 24 law enforcement executives from across the country selected to participate in a National Campus Law Enforcement Leadership Institute on Violence Against Women in Austin, Texas.