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…
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.
Mass Comm senior planning to pursue civic engagement
Trae Trousdale, mass communications/political science senior, is pursuing his passion for non-profit work and civic engagement. Trousdale said he applied for two graduate programs and was accepted into both. Trousdale was accepted into the master’s in public administration and the Native American studies program at University of Oklahoma, as well as the master’s in non-profit management…
Student Civic Engagement Committee now active on campus
A student-run, student-operated committee recently formed on campus to keep the campus community civically involved.