The University of Central Oklahoma is the oldest institution of higher learning in Oklahoma dating back to Dec. 24, 1890, when the Territorial Legislature voted to establish the Territorial Normal School. The Territorial Legislature located the new school in Edmond, provided certain conditions were met. First, Oklahoma County had to donate $5,000 in bonds, and […]
The Oklahoma Broadcast Education Association (OBEA) recently honored University of Central Oklahoma Professional Media students at its annual student broadcast competition, with MCOM students receiving 13 awards for student-produced radio and television broadcasts. Twelve Oklahoma universities and colleges participated in the OBEA student competition, which generated nearly 230 entries. Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Enid, Woodward and […]
University of Central Oklahoma senior Kalen Russell, a strategic communications major from Muskogee, Oklahoma, recently earned recognition as one of Campus Compact’s 2018 Newman Civic Fellows. Campus Compact, a Boston-based nonprofit organization, working to advance the public purposes of higher education, announced 268 students, including Russell, who comprise the organization’s 2018 cohort of Newman Civic […]
As Oklahomans, we have become all too familiar with natural disasters and the aftermath that follows. As a consequence, we have also developed a keen sense of caring and empathy for those affected. We have been the benefactor of the generosity of others many times in the past and it is now our turn to […]
University of Central Oklahoma was the winner in the Tai Pei Frozen Asian Food Summer Madness Bracket! Thank you to everyone who voted over the past few weeks. It has been quite a journey with Tai Pei Frozen Asian Food as the client this year. The student team, advised by Sandra Martin, competed and won […]
Dr. Andrew Magnusson published a chapter on “Zoroastrian Fire Temples and the Islamization of Sacred Space in Early Islamic Iran,” in the volume Islamisation: Comparative Perspectives from History, edited by A.C.S. Peacock (Edinburgh University Press, 2016). Dr. Katrina Lacher published “Where’s the Beef . . . From: Boycotting Burger King to Protect Central American Rainforests,” […]
Between July 16 and 30, 2017, five faculty members from the College of Liberal Arts attended an interdisciplinary faculty work shop sponsored by the Undergraduate International Studies Foreign Language (UISFL) program funded by the Department of Education at the East West Center on the campus of the University of Hawaii-Manoa. Dr. Peter Hershock, director of […]
Leadership Oklahoma City recently named Catherine Webster, Ph. D., dean of the College of Liberal Arts, to its Signature Program Class 36. The Signature Program is 10-month series of classes, each focusing on a different community issue. The program’s aim are: to develop leaders for civic service through education about OKC’s needs, resources, and opportunities; […]
Kudos to UCO Mass Communication’s American Advertising Federation (AAF) Team on competing in the National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC) in New Orleans, Louisiana! The team presented its campaign for this year’s client, Tai Pei Frozen Asian Food. The team placed first at the AAF District 10 competition in Fort Worth, Texas in April, competed in […]
Dr. Sarah Kyle received a Franklin grant from the American Philosophical Society to support archival research in Venice during her sabbatical in the 2017-18 academic year. Additionally, in early April, Dr. Kyle presented her recent research in a paper entitled “An Experiment in the Collection of Knowledge: the Roccabonella Herbal as ‘Laboratory’” at the Renaissance […]
