Collected posts from Blogs at the University of Central Oklahoma
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 deliver food.
“I almost didn’t want to come out and do . . .
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 of these dreams were laid . . .
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 several Central graduates, . . .
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 more than 1,500 colleges . . .
John Maisch, J.D., associate professor of business law at UCO, died March 3. Maisch earned a business degree from Midland University in Fremont, Nebraska, and a law degree from the University of Tulsa College of Law in 1995. Following a year in private practice, he became an assistant attorney general for the State of Oklahoma. . . .
’69 Steve Shepherd (B.B.A. ‘69) joined The Hughes Group & Associates Inc., an Oklahoma-based business brokerage firm, as a business sales specialist.
’79 Rev. R.P. Ashanti-Alexander, Ed.D., (B.A.Ed. ‘73, M.Ed. ‘79) was named the Education Committee chair for the Oklahoma State Conference . . .
Cora Carter (B.S. ‘15) and Sean Parker were married April 1, 2022, in Oklahoma City.
Hi everyone, my name is Yuyu and I’m from Japan 🇯🇵! A little bit about me, I’m a senior here at UCO studying Marketing. I love fashion and exploring cute cafes around OKC. I also like playing instruments, eating, and trying new things!
So like you guys, when I applied to the university in the US, I had to submit something to prove . . .
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 . . .
In addition, absentee ballots are available for this election, and can be requested here on the “voter services” tab. The deadline to request an absentee ballot is June 13th at 5:00 PM. If you wish to learn more about absentee voting, you can do so here at the Oklahoma state election board’s website.