Siobhan Gale, musical theatre senior, and Nicholas Haas, musical theatre and vocal performance freshmen, sing a love duet during a rehearsal for “The Coronation of Poppea”, directed by Prof. Karen Coe Miller. The opera runs Mar. 6, 7, and 8 in The Burg Theater in the Kirkpatrick Fine Arts Center. Photo: Ali Wonderly
The cast from “The Pirates of Penzance” sing about the celebration of pirate “Frederic’s” 21st birthday on Feb. 26 in Kirkpatrick Auditorium in Kirkpatrick Fine Arts Center. The Gilbert and Sullivan operetta follows the misadventures and romance of Frederic, an apprentice to a bumbling band of singing and dancing pirates.
Students enjoy SGA’s “Midnight Breakfast” held Mar. 3 in the cafeteria. Volunteer members of the Student Government Association served chicken and waffles from 11pm to 1am. The event started shortly after the announcement that campus would be closed on Mar. 4 due to the impending weather. Photo: Ali Wonderly
Snow began to fall on the campus around noon Feb. 27. Photo: Ali Wonderly
Austin Nale, cell & molecular biology senior, and Victoria Renard, dance management senior, were crowned the 2015 Senior King & Queen at the third annual ceremony hosted on Feb. 25 in Petree Recital Hall in the Kirkpatrick Fine Arts Center. Photo: Courtney Beyer
Lizzie Foreman (Jessie), acting junior, and Emily Hawkins (Momma), acting senior, rehearse for OCU Stage II’s “Night Mother”, an experimental production directed by acting professor Lindsay Beamish. The production ran Feb. 19-22 in the Black Box Theater in the Bass School of Music. Photo: Amy Webb
The ladies of Alpha Phi gather around their newly crowned “King of Hearts”, entertainment business senior Dan Grix, at their annual pageant held Feb. 20, during Women’s Heart Health Week. The pageant featured 7 OCU students competing in three categories: swimwear, formal wear, and onstage question. Photo: Ali Wonderly
The men’s basketball team huddles before the Feb. 19 game against St. Gregory’s. The men defeated the Cavaliers 94-85. Photo: Ali Wonderly
The OCU Distinguished Speakers Series welcomed American soldier Brian Turner and Iraqi Dunya Mikhail in an open dialogue on Feb. 18 in Petree Recital Hall. Both guests shared some of their respective works as accomplished poets/memoirists, followed by a conversation about history, politics, and human conflict. Photo: Ali Wonderly
Kay Frazier, vocal performance sophomore, Bridget Davis, musical theatre freshman, and Janey Illgen, music senior watch as Atticus Marker, philosophy senior, cooks pancakes during the Wesley Center’s “Flat Tuesday” event on Feb. 17 in the Watson Lounge. Photo: Ali Wonderly
The campus speckled with snow early Monday morning, Feb. 18. The school declared a snow day due to icy road conditions. Students took advantage of the day to sleep in and play in the snow. Photo: Ali Wonderly.
Monica Hiller, elementary education freshman, and Abby McBroom, music freshman, warm each other up in a hammock outside of the Tom and Brenda McDaniel University Center. OCU declared a snow day on Monday, Feb. 16, due to icy road conditions. Photo: Ali Wonderly
Liz Ramirez, mass communications/Spanish senior; Edith Bueno, business administration sophomores; and Karina Salazar, accounting and finance sophomore, slide together on an inflatable Jan. 27. The event was a “surprise” from university housing, where students enjoyed music, inflatables and socializing during the nice weather. Photo: Ali Wonderly
The School of Law moved into its new building in downtown Oklahoma City during the first weeks of the Spring 2015 semester. The building features five floors of classrooms, study space, libraries, and communal spaces for law students and professors. It also features a full-size courtroom. Photo: Emily Wiley
Students in the Wanda L. Bass School of Music greet each other during the first week of the new semester. Classes began on Monday, Jan. 12, with many auditions and tryouts quickly following. Photo: Ali Wonderly
President Robert Henry discusses pizza with Savannah Jackson, acting senior, at the Pizza with the President event on Dec. 9. President Henry took over the pizza line in the cafeteria of the Tom and Brenda McDaniel University Center during lunch. He made his own pizzas, while spending time with students and staff. Photo: Amy Fuhrman
Deck the halls
A tree decorated in blue and gold stands tall outside the caf in the Tom and Brenda McDaniel University Center. The university has been decked out for the holiday season, with public spaces decorated with trees, garland, ribbons and more. Photo: Anna Ediger
Dancers from the American Spirit Dance Company rehearse the annual Home for the Holidays show on Nov. 24 in the Edith Kinney Gaylord Center. More than 100 dancers will be featured in this year’s production, which runs Dec. 11-14 in Kirkpatrick Auditorium. Photo: Anna Ediger
Members of the American Spirit Dance Company rehearse Nov. 24 in the Edith Kinney Gaylord Center. The “Home for the Holidays” dance show opens Dec. 11 and runs through Dec. 13 in Kirkpatrick Auditorium.
Lincoln Korver and Cole Smith, acting freshmen, enjoy the snow on the quad. The campus closed for a snow day on Monday after a heavy snow storm hit the OKC area on Sunday, Nov. 16. Classes resumed as usual on Tuesday, Nov. 18. Photo: Ali Wonderly
Nuns gather and gossip during the OCU Opera and Music Theater Company’s production of “Suor Angelica.” The opera was performed over the weekend of Nov. 14 in Kirkpatrick Auditorium of the Kirkpatrick Fine Arts Center. Photo: Anna Ediger
Members of the Phi Mu sorority work on their homecoming window painting Nov. 2 in Tom and Brenda McDaniel University Center. Photo by Prisca Lynch
Savannah Jackson and Tanner Bradshaw, acting seniors, hug after being crowned Homecoming Queen and King Nov. 9 in Henry J. Freede Wellness and Activity Center. Photo – Ali Wonderly
Volleyball team supports breast cancer awareness
The OCU women’s volleyball team supported Phi Mu’s breast cancer awareness campaign with a Pink Out game on Thursday, Oct. 30. The game was dedicated to senior Kelley Shiel’s grandmother, Sandra Allen, who passed away from breast cancer this year.
OCU students dance during the Miss OCU pageant on Saturday, Oct. 25 in the Kirpatrick Auditorium. Fifteen students competed for the title, which was awarded to Veronica Wisniewski, mass communications senior. Photo: Anna Ediger
Raising Awareness
OCU employee Sonja Rhodes scans StarCards during lunch Oct. 23. The caf went pink for a day, supporting Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Sonja’s station was decorated all month as she prepared for Oklahoma City’s Race for the Cure, which was Oct. 18. Sonja participated in the campus Relay For Life last year to help raise…
