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ECU Celebrates Founders’ Day On 107Th-Year Anniversary
Every mill and factory in the town of Ada blew their steam whistles on March 25, 1909, in celebration of the creation of the East Central State Normal School. Oklahoma Governor Charles N. Haskell signed the Ada Normal School bill that day, and 107 ye......
Taylor, Crawford To Be Inducted Into The Gene And Evelyn Keefer Educator’s Hall Of Fame At ECU On March 29
Long after concluding her illustrious 38-year elementary school teaching career in 2005, Ada resident Ruth Ann Taylor has really never stopped instructing. The East Central University graduate has often made presentations in schools, to Boy Scout Tro......
Creative Writers To Gather At East Central University
The 11th Annual Scissortail Creative Writing Festival will draw many creative writers and fans alike to East Central University in Ada, Okla., March 31-April 2, 2016. Authors Naomi Shihab Nye and Dr. Ben Myers will be featured in addition to more tha......
ECU’s Education Building To Be Named In Honor Of Lanoys
Mary Pauline Lanoy, of Coalgate, has a passion for higher education and a love of the teaching profession. It’s only fitting that the Lanoy name - to honor Pauline (who is known as Polly by family of friends) and her late husband Leon - will soon ado......
Literary Heroine Jane Eyre Reimagined At ECU
ECU SCREENS will present the “original, engaging, and unexpectedly funny” (Daily Telegraph) recorded live production of “Jane Eyre” on Saturday, March 26 at 2 p.m. in the Raymond J. Estep Multimedia Center of the Bill S. Cole University Center. Almos......