Campus e-clips, 06/28/2006

              Oklahoma Higher Education's Campus E-Clips Newsletter - June 2006
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IN OTHER NEWS JUNE 28, 2006 EVENTS
Professors named 2006
DaVinci Fellows
Scholarship honoring
Henry Bellmon
announced at OSU-Tulsa
UCO to become state's
only Green Power
Partner
Four Redlands graduates
serving together on
Clinton police force
OU receives historic
estate gift
State Regents allocate record appropriations
throughout state system
Most of higher education’s $130 million in new state appropriations for
fiscal year 2007 will be used to shore up the operating budgets of
Oklahoma’s 25 public colleges and universities, the Oklahoma State
Regents for Higher Education announced recently. Read more.
Oklahoma colleges to enter 2006-07 with new
presidents
Several key appointments have taken place recently across
the state system with the announcement of three new college
presidents who will lead their respective institutions into the
2006-07 academic year.
Long-time employee Dr. Terry Britton has been named the
next president of Rose State College, Midwest City,
while long-time senior administrator and accounting professor Dr.
Janet Cunningham was recently named the next president of
Northwestern Oklahoma State College, Alva.
Dr. Richard Rafes, a long-time university attorney,
administrator and educator, has been named president
of East Central University, Ada.
The three new presidents will begin their new duties
effective July 1. Read more.
Cheyenne-Arapaho tribal college being
established at SWOSU
Southwestern Oklahoma State University and the Cheyenne-Arapaho
Tribal College Board have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU)
to establish a tribal college on the Weatherford campus.
SWOSU President John Hays and Tribal College Board Chairman
Lawrence Hart signed the agreement that is effective through May 31,
2009. The College Board is affiliated with the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of
Oklahoma. Read more.
Cameron improves campus safety with addition
of security call boxes
Out of thousands of colleges and universities in
United States, Cameron University ranks among the
top 35 safest campuses. This week, Cameron officials
added a safety measure that will provide CU students
even more security and services.
Cameron’s physical facilities crew, working with the
university’s Office of Public Safety, installed 13 call
boxes across campus. The self-contained, solar-powered
units stand 10 feet tall and enable students
immediate contact with the Office of Public Safety by
pressing a button. Read more.
August 5-13 - World
premiere of 'Te Ata' set
for USAO
Faculty art on exhibit at
Redlands CC
OSU-OKC Farmers' Market
moves to downtown OKC
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