Recent News

Seven outstanding students at East Central University in Ada have been awarded Chesapeake Cartography Scholarships in the third year of the program funded by Chesapeake Energy Corporation in Oklahoma City.

Dr. Gregory Plumb, professor and chair of ECU's Department of Cartography and Geography, announced the awards, which range from $1,000 to $1,500. The program rewards some of the brightest students majoring in cartography at ECU.

Korean pianist Rira Lim will preview her upcoming performance in New York's Carnegie Hall at 3 p.m. Sunday [OCT. 11] at the Ada Arts & Heritage Center. The concert is part of the East Central University Piano Concert Series. Admission is free.

Wanted: Marching bands, floats, decorated cars or trucks and walking groups to be part of East Central University's Centennial Homecoming Parade at noon Oct. 31 [SATURDAY] on Ada's Main Street.

An intensive self-study of East Central University is about to get underway as part of the requirements for the institution's reaccreditation process, a rigorous evaluation that ascertains whether a university continues to be able to fulfill its purpose.

Audience members got a surprise at East Central University's Centennial show in the new Ataloa Theatre Friday night [SEPT. 25], but they weren't nearly as surprised as student Phoebe Price of Ardmore.

Crystal Hudson, outreach specialist for the Child Care Resource & Referral Agency at East Central University, was part of a panel discussion at a conference Sept. 17-18 in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Cellist Diane Bucchianeri and pianist Stuart Deaver will play sonatas by Beethoven and Rachmaninov Oct. 4 [SUNDAY] at East Central University.

They will perform at 7:30 p.m. in the Ataloa Theatre in the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center. Admission is free.

Registration is still open for a one-day grant writing workshop next week at East Central University. The Fundamentals of Grant Proposal Writing will be offered either Oct. 5 [MONDAY] or Oct. 6 [TUESDAY]. The program will be the same each day.

The cost is $147 per person. The instructor, Robert Bradley, has conducted workshops for state and national conferences, government agencies, non-profit organizations and universities.