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ECU grad student named Oklahoma’s Teacher of the Year

ADA – Oklahoma’s 2021 Teacher of the Year is still in school – at East Central University. Jessica Eschbach, who currently teaches in the Norman school system, received the prestigious honor from the…

CPA society honors ECU alums with prestigious award

ADA – The Oklahoma Society of Certified Public Accountants (OSCPA) announced its 2021 award recipients and two East Central University alums made the short, prestigious list. The OSCPA selected ECU…

ECU to celebrate Watkins legacy, Pi Sigma Alpha centennial

ADA – East Central University will celebrate the centennial of Pi Sigma Alpha in early March, while also honoring the legacy of pioneering ECU instructor Lou Watkins. Founded in 1920, Pi Sigma Alpha…

Black History Month event postponed due to weather

ADA – The East Central University Black Alumni Association (ECUBAA) event scheduled for Thursday, February 18, has been postponed due to inclement weather. The highlight of the event was a panel…

ECU Business students helping Uganda ‘incubate’ success

By GALEN HAWES ADA – Using live poultry as a currency of sorts, East Central University Business students are helping bring purpose and pride to villages halfway around the world. ECU students are…

Linscheid Library keeping ECU, communities linked

ADA – Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, East Central University’s Linscheid Library is keeping up efforts to serve area communities beyond book and information needs, a proud and prioritized tradition of…

ECU professor to participate virtually in Texas poetry event

By GALEN HAWES ADA – An East Central University professor will lend his familiar voice to an upcoming virtual poetry event in Texas. Dr. Ken Hada, professor of English and Languages at ECU, has been…

ECU students challenged to modernize Shakespeare

By GALEN HAWES ADA – Some 400 years after his death, William Shakespeare is still keeping college students awake at night. Dr. Joshua Grasso, associate professor of English at East Central…

Dr. Shirley Mixon named state OKWHE chair

By GALEN HAWES ADA –  Dr. Shirley Mixon, East Central University professor and program director, has been named chair of the executive board of the Oklahoma Women in Higher Education (OKWHE), an…

Panel discussion to highlight Black History Month at ECU

ADA – The East Central University Black Alumni Association (ECUBAA) will host a panel discussion for Black History Month titled “It Takes All of Us – Speak Your Truth.” The event takes place at 7…

ECU Nursing students assisting with Covid-19 vaccinations

ADA – Undeterred by the risk involved, students in East Central University’s Nursing program are answering the bell early and often in an effort to help administer the Covid-19 vaccination to as many…

Visiting professors exhibit ‘Lawn Games’ at Pogue Gallery

By GALEN HAWES ADA – The East Central University Fine Arts department is hosting “Lawn Games and Other Domestic Hazards” now through March 12 in the Pogue Gallery inside the Hallie Brown Ford Fine…

ECU to close for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

ADA – The East Central University campus and all offices will close Monday, January 18, in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Classes will resume and offices will reopen on Tuesday,…

Social Work grant earmarked for classroom renovation

By GALEN HAWES ADA – East Central University’s Social Work program has received a grant from the Child Welfare Professional Enhancement Program (CWPEP) for the second time in the past three years and…

ECU professor honored with prestigious ASCAP award

ADA – East Central University music professor Dr. Nicholaus Meyers has been awarded the prestigious ASCAP Plus Award to honor his compositional works. Meyers was honored by the American Society of…