Oklahoma City University recently announced and published a new website design intended to provide an enriched online experience for users. The changes incorporate several visual elements, showcasing OCU’s values and vision. University officials worked on the new website for months, partnering with MRW to develop its design and development. The website’s home page has numerous…
Meaningless: Newest Neustadt Lecture Performance
For the 2024 Oklahoma City University Wimberly School of Religion’s Neustadt Lecture, OCU has partnered with the Jewish Theatre of Oklahoma to present “Meaningless,” an interpretation of Ecclesiastes. “Meaningless” is a one-man show performed by Rodney Brazil, an OKC-based actor, director and writer, who helped adapt the book of Ecclesiastes into play format, along with…
Anna Marie Wright Crowned Miss OCU 2024
Miss OCU 2024, Oklahoma City University’s annual beauty pageant crowned a new winner last night in junior musical theatre major Anna Marie Wright. The competition featured 4 onstage sections as well as an interview prior. Competitors compete in an onstage question, health and fitness wear, talent, and an evening wear section. Nine women ranging from…
Harmonious Notes Fill the Night: Wind Ensemble/Wind Philharmonic Concert
The lovely music of the Wind Ensemble and Wind Philharmonic will soon fill Oklahoma City Community College’s Visual and Performing Arts Center, 7777 S. May Ave. This event, expected to begin at 7:30 PM on Tuesday, October 31, 2023, will be a fascinating experience for music lovers and students alike. The rich, warm tones will be heard throughout the hall,…
Lemon Lecture Speaker Hosts Student Session
On September 12, Oklahoma City University hosted author, sociologist, and professor Matthew Desmond as their distinguished speaker in accordance with the Martha Jean Lemon Speaker Series. The Speaker Series features annual events to provide academic enrichment to the OCU community and beyond. Desmond, a Pulitzer Prize winner for Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American…
Stars Week Orientation Introduces New Students to Campus
At the start of every school year, Oklahoma City University hosts a weeklong new student orientation titled “Stars Week.” Stars Week brings together the entire incoming class for a week of information, tradition, and community building that is essential to OCU’s mission, and this year was no different. Stars Week spanned Monday through Saturday with…
Blast from the Past: OCU Nominates Dumbest, Smartest, And More!
Did you know? Feb 11, 1929 – Angered students nearly staged a walkout after finding out their first semester grades were reduced by “too many cuts”. A good number of these students had apparently thought that they had passed only to find failures on their cards due to excessive absences. Feb 21, 1930 – Instruments…
Gallery: Sunrise Movement OCU Rallies at State Capitol
On Wednesday, April 7th, Sunrise Movement OCU met outside the Oklahoma State Capitol building. Demonstrators demanded action by congresswoman Stephanie Bice to sign a Good Jobs For All pledge.
Professor self-quarantines after attending last Thunder game
Andy Gibson is self-quarantining after being present at the March 11 Thunder game.
Mass communications students recognized in national competition
Ten mass communications students and alumni were announced as finalists in the 2019-2020 National Undergraduate Student Electronic Media Competition.
Official creates Mass Comm professional advisory board
The OCU Department of Mass Communications has created a new advisory board called the “communications council.”
