GREETINGS, The passing of time, anniversaries and significant moments – these are all occasions, which call us to look back. Looking back may be our heart’s response to something we’re feeling today, or it may be the current of life sparking reflection before moving forward. As the torchbearers of transformative learning, we embrace reflection as […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Impact of Leroy Coffman THE TRADITION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA was a deeply rooted one for Leroy Coffman. From his early days in Cement, Oklahoma, he was a strong believer in learning and sought to remove barriers to education. Those principles only strengthened during his lifetime. Coffman came from a family that included […]
UCO Moves Up to Top 10% in National Social Mobility Ranking CollegeNET ranks UCO among the top higher education institutions in the nation for social mobility according to its national ranking. Social mobility measures how well an institution accepts students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds and graduates them into well-paying jobs. Central ranked 150 out of […]
Alumni Marion Curtis Thompson (B.S.Ed. ‘57) Murl Dean Ergenbright (B.S. ‘59) Robert Brent Johnson (B.A. ‘62) Susan Leona (Maurer) Dixon (B.S.Ed. ‘63) Aletia Darlene (Gregory) Beachler (B.S.Ed. ‘65) Deborah Jeane (McWhirter) Bruce (B.A. ‘67) Joseph W. Kelso III (B.A. ‘68) Velma Grossman Buck Rogers (B.A. ‘70) George Richard Lineberry (B.B.A. ‘71) Janelle Elizabeth Ramsey Freeman […]
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 […]