ADA, Okla. – The Global Education Program at East Central University (ECU) will present “A Night on the World: Transforming Lives with Global Education” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, in the Estep Multimedia Center inside the Bill S. Cole University Center.
A Night on the World will serve as a conference for students interested in participating in the Global Education Program. Attendees will hear from current and former students who participated in the program, as well as representatives from ECU’s sister universities.
The tentative agenda features presentations from students and alumni who have participated in international study opportunities through the program. Recent participants include Ava Bolin, who studied at Biberach University of Applied Sciences in Germany during spring 2026, and Carson Dill, ECU’s 2025 Brad Henry Scholar, who attended Swansea University in Wales, United Kingdom.
Additional student and alumni speakers include John Kelso, who studied in the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 2026; Dylan Sterling, who studied for two semesters at the State University of Management in Russia in 2017; Jamie Cluck, who studied at the National University of Linguistics in Kiev, Ukraine in 2013; and Wyas Parker and Mahate Parker, who studied in Ukraine and Russia in 2007 and 2005, respectively. Ben Godwin and Mark Feltz will also share their experiences studying in France.
In addition to former participants, representatives from several international universities will attend the event. These include Prof. Thomas Beyerle of Biberach University of Applied Sciences in Biberach, Germany; Dr. Laurent Bourdier, director of the International Office at the University of Limoges in France; and Prof. Baxtiyor Gafurov and Ms. Olima Vokhidova of Bukhara State Medical Institute named after Abu Ali ibn Sina in Uzbekistan.
Additional speakers will be announced at the event.
ECU alumni who have previously participated in the university’s Global Education Program are encouraged to attend and share your experiences. For more information about the event, contact Dr. Mara Sukholutskaya at msukholu@ecok.edu.
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