Student Government Association will host the second Senior King and Queen Ceremony: Seniors’ Biggest Night later this month to honor senior achievements.
The event will be at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26 in Petree Recital Hall in Kirkpatrick Fine Arts Center. Seniors and their families will be honored at the free event, which is open to the public.
Terrance Craft, SGA’s secretary of public relations, created the ceremony last year as a means of honoring four years of hard work and dedication from the graduating class.
Craft said he organized a similar event at his high school and was disappointed that there was no formal recognition of the seniors by the OCU student body.
“It’s a night to show the seniors that they’ve all done great things and left their mark on OCU,” Craft said.
The centerpiece of the night will be the announcement of the senior King and Queen. All student organizations on campus had the opportunity to nominate one senior member whose hard work and dedication to their organization was exemplary.
Twelve women and 11 men were nominated for the title of Queen and King. All fraternities and sororities, OCU Pom and Cheer, the women’s wrestling team, TriBeta, the Marketing and Management Club, OCUpella, Relay For Life, United States Institute of Theatrical Technology, OCU Generation Blessed, the men’s soccer team, the men’s rowing team, Clara Luper Scholars, and the Rotaract Club submitted nominations.
Students, faculty and staff can vote for their picks for king and queen Feb. 24 and Feb. 25 through their OrgSync accounts. The seniors with the most votes will be announced as king and queen at the awards ceremony. They will be honored with the traditional crowns, certificates of achievement signed by OCU administrators, and a hand-cut crystal star. Sen. David Holt (R-Oklahoma) will crown this year’s king and queen.
An additional senior nominee will be given this year’s Legacy Award. The award is determined by most participation from the nominee’s organization. SGA will track “likes” on their OCU Senior King and Queen 2014 Facebook page and attendance at the ceremony itself.
SGA also encourages organizations to write reflection letters detailing their organization’s nominee’s memories and accomplishments. These letters can be submitted to the SGA office in Tom and Brenda McDaniel University Center.
The organization with the most member participation, calculated by percentage, will help their nominee to win the Legacy Award.
Craft encourages all students and faculty on campus to attend the event.
“We really wanted to make sure it wasn’t just seniors celebrating seniors,” Craft said. “We want to recognize their hard work, and all organizations can be involved in that.”
Tabitha Rooney, acting senior and nominee from Phi Mu, said she is honored to be nominated for the event.
“My time here at OCU has been everything I could have wished for, and I’m so honored to top it off with joining an amazing sisterhood that nominated me for Senior Queen,” Rooney said.
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