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Bright Leaders for a Brighter Future
Bright Leaders for a Brighter Future – UCO students overcome challenges, solve problems and reach higher. The result – a brighter future for our campus and our community. Pictured, UCO student Beyonce Hammond was named a Truman Scholar – one of the nation’s most prestigious and selective academic honors. Photo by Lauren Bieri.
Fleeing for a Brighter Future
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA GRADUATE SANG REM WEEPS as she recounts her story. Rem recalls the moment she first imagined the future she is living today. The year was 2007. Rem was 14 and her family had just taken the first steps in escaping an increasingly oppressive military regime in her home country of Burma, […]
When Art Meets Science
WHEN THE DONALD BETZ STEM RESEARCH and Learning Center opened on the Central campus in 2018, the building made an immediate impact for two distinct reasons. First, it became a think tank for the university’s interdisciplinary research efforts, housing the UCO College of Mathematics and Science programs and providing a space for symposiums and academic […]
Relationships Matter
Reasons Relationships Impact Leadership Development HAS A KID EVER ASKED YOU why they had to learn something in school when they could just Google it? When information is available at the push of a button, what we learn and how we learn it should be reevaluated and reimagined. But as any seasoned educator could tell […]
Ready to Change the World
“I WAS CHECKING MY EMAIL every single moment of the day.” That’s how UCO junior Beyonce Hammond, a political science major from Moore, Oklahoma, described the excruciating wait to see if she would be named a Truman Scholar—one of the nation’s most prestigious and selective academic honors. But the answer wasn’t in her email. Instead, […]
Cheer and Dance: 25 Years of Central Spirit
During homecoming 1996, on the lawn to the west of the communications building, Central students performed their best stunting, jumping, cheering, tumbling and dancing skills all in the hopes of being declared cheer and dance champions. What originally started as a one-night, homecoming event has now morphed into a two-night, stand-alone event where the Central […]
Brains, Books and Bronze
A UCO Alumnus’ Journey to Authorship WRITING A BOOK CAN BE A LIFELONG ENDEAVOR for many authors— pouring countless hours into writing, editing and publishing their work. This makes UCO alumnus Henry Hoffmann’s story even more incredible. At age 24, Hoffmann has traveled across the globe, earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree and become a […]
Lost and Found
Central Alumnus Reunites with Class Ring Missing for 50 Years FIFTY-FOUR YEARS AGO, HOWARD CAPLINGER WAS LOOKING forward to his future. He was a new graduate of Central State College (CSC) and had recently married his middle school sweetheart. To celebrate his academic achievements, Howard purchased a class ring that he wore with collegial pride […]
Student Spotlight: Christian Coleman
EVERY YEAR, GENEROUS DONORS AND ALUMNI CHOOSE to provide funding for a variety of scholarship opportunities at Central. These scholarships are awarded to students who have gone above and beyond in their education and involvement within UCO and the community – like Christian Coleman. Recent UCO graduate Christian Coleman was a first-generation college student pursuing […]
Dashing Through the Snow and Ice
Persistence Pays Off for UCO’s Ethan Williams ON HIS FOURTH DAY OF WORKING as a DoorDash driver, UCO senior Ethan Williams had to choose between making deliveries in hazardous, icy conditions or miss out on extra income. Knowing many Edmond residents would be stuck indoors due to wintry weather, he opted to venture out to […]
20 Years of Live Entertainment in the Heart of Edmond
THE CROWD GATHERS, HUDDLED AROUND TABLES while the lights dim, and the performers take the stage. This scene has been repeating at the University of Central Oklahoma Jazz Lab now for two decades. It took a convergence of dreams that came together 20 years ago to make the UCO Jazz Lab a reality. The foundations […]