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August 2009

OCU Creating Legacy Plaza

A new brick plaza in the heart of the Oklahoma City University campus will celebrate the legacy of faculty, staff, alumni, and donors. Legacy Plaza will feature 4x8 inch and 8x8 inch bricks. Brick sales will support the OCU Alumni Association and its Legacy Scholarship.

Standard 4x8 inch bricks, ... [read more]
Alumni Tours

Visitor Relations will now be offering specialized campus tours for any alumni that would like to visit the campus. These tours will include a brand new video that describes all the amazing things that OCU offers our students every single day. After the video, participating alumni will be taken on a ... [read more]
OCU Alumni are ‘Wicked' ‘Oz'-Some

Three Oklahoma City University alumni followed the yellow brick road to Tulsa for the traveling production of "Wicked."

The cast list for the popular musical includes Lauren Linville, a 2006 OCU graduate, Jeremy Duvall, 2001, and Nathan Peck, 1997.

"Wicked" is a modern precursor to the "Wiza ... [read more]
Chenoweth Lands Second Consecutive Emmy Nomination

Alumna Kristin Chenoweth has received her second consecutive Emmy Award nomination for her work on ABC's critically acclaimed but short-lived series "Pushing Daisies." Winners of the 61st Prime Time Emmy Awards will be presented on Sept. 20 in a live CBS broadcast.

Chenoweth, who studied voice a ... [read more]
Washington National Opera Names Coburn 2009 Artist of Year

Sarah Coburn, an Oklahoma City University graduate, was named 2009 Artist of the Year by the Washington National Opera (WNO). The award was announced by Plácido Domingo at the opera company's annual Board of Trustees dinner.
Coburn received her master's degree in music from the Bass School of Music ... [read more]
Alumna Releases ‘Honor Killings' Book

A Mass Communications graduate and distinguished alumna from the Petree College of Arts and Sciences is preparing for the release of her book in June.
The book "Murder in the Name of Honour" by Rana Husseini will be released in the United Kingdom May 28 and in the U.S. June 26. The Arabic version o ... [read more]
Alums Making the Most of Their OCU Educations

Ann Lacy School of American Dance and Arts Management alumna Gabrielle Ruiz, '07, is set to make her Broadway debut later this month in the production "In the Heights."
Ruiz recently completed the role of Diana Morales in the first national tour of "A Chorus Line." Her first appearance on the Broad ... [read more]

Professor Wins National Award for Extraordinary Claims Blog

OCU Professor Bryan Farha's extraordinary claims blog was one of several NewsOK blogs to earn national honors for public service from the Society of Professional Journalists. Farha's blog, "Smoke and Mirrors," is part of the "Know It" family of blogs found on NewsOK.com, the Web site of The Oklahoma ... [read more]
Philosophy Professor to Release Book Translation

A book translated from French to English by an Oklahoma City University philosophy professor will be released this month.
Scott Davidson, associate professor and chair of the Philosophy Department at OCU, translated the book "Seeing the Invisible: On Kandinsky" by French philosopher and novelist Mi ... [read more]
First American Indian Scholars Class Graduates from Oklahoma City University

The first group of students to earn college degrees through Oklahoma City University's American Indian Scholars program will graduate Saturday.

During their four years at OCU, the inaugural AIS class has taken an active role in campus life and in their local community.

"Each of these student ... [read more]
McDaniel, Christensen Anchor Key West Summer Program

Professor Jan McDaniel and Dr. William Nield Christensen, members of the voice faculty of the Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University, are featured artists at the 2009 Key West Symphony Young Artist Program.

This year's session, which runs from June 1-26, will feature performances of 44 ... [read more]
Basketball Camp Shoots for Life Skills

To many youngsters, there isn't anything more important than playing basketball. When watching Kobe Bryant or LeBron James move up and down the court, it's fun to imagine having the skills and lifestyle of a professional basketball player.
A camp at Oklahoma City University this summer seeks to en ... [read more]

OCU Breaks Ground on Devon Boathouse

Oklahoma City moved closer to becoming an international venue for rowing, canoeing and kayaking when U.S. Olympic officials and civic leaders joined at the Oklahoma River on Monday June 1st, to break ground for the Devon Boathouse.

Construction of the $10 million, 33,000-square-foot boathouse has ... [read more]
OCU to Add Pom Team

Oklahoma City University will start a pom team to begin competition in the 2009-10 school year.

The pom team will be under the direction of OCU cheerleading coach Brandy Corcoran, who started OCU's competitive cheerleading program in 2008-09. This creates opportunities for students seeking qualit ... [read more]
OCU Takes the Helm of Another Water Sport — Sailing

In the wake of tremendous success with its rowing program, Oklahoma City University has launched another nautical sport — sailing.

The OCU Sailing Club is not yet a full-fledged competitive sailing team, but founding member and coach Glede Holman said the course is charted for quick growth at it ... [read more]
OCU takes SAC Cup for ninth time in 10 years

Oklahoma City University captured the 2008-09 Sooner Athletic Conference Cup for overall excellence in athletics within the conference.
OCU took the award for the ninth time in 10 years. The Stars finished with 375 points to win the title. OCU's biggest points came from its conference and national ... [read more]
Tolliver of OCU first NAIA player taken in MLB Draft

Ashur Tolliver, Justin Harper and Brent Weaver of Oklahoma City University have been selected on Wednesday in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.

Tolliver, a junior left-handed pitcher from Sherwood, Ark., became the first player selected in this year's draft competing on the NAIA ... [read more]
OCU's Abbott named SAC athletic director of year

Oklahoma City University athletic director Jim Abbott has been named Sooner Athletic Conference athletic director of the year.

Abbott is the conference's nominee for 2008-09 NAIA athletic director of the year. Abbott earned this award for the second year in a row. OCU took the SAC Cup for excelle ... [read more]
OCU athletes excel in classroom

Oklahoma City University student-athletes achieved an overall grade-point average of 3.074 with nine teams eclipsing the 3.0 mark for 2008-09.
The OCU women's soccer team posted a department-high 3.588 cumulative GPA, while the volleyball team had a 3.459 and softball compiled a 3.412. A total of 1 ... [read more]
OCU's Sholer gets berth in LPGA event

Former Oklahoma City University golfer Ashley Sholer earned an exemption to play in her first LPGA Tour event.
Sholer captured one of five spots available in the CN Canadian Women's Open on Sept. 3-6 at Priddis Greens in Calgary, Alberta, Canada by finishing in a tie for ninth in the CN Canadian Wo ... [read more]
OCU Wins Fifth Straight NAIA Women's Golf Title

Oklahoma City University's women's golf team finished the season with its fifth consecutive national championship Friday at Meadowbrook Golf Course in South Dakota.
Sydney Cox captured the NAIA individual women's golf championship, while Ashley Sholer took runner-up honors as Cox finished three str ... [read more]

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