06 Apr

An Evening of Jazz and Pop Standards

Event Date
7:30 pm

An evening of Jazz and Pop Standards, April 6, 2015, at 7:30 in Dorothy Summers Theater. Come hear ECU faculty and Ada area local favorites perform standards from jazz and popular repertoire. The concert will feature the music of legendary artists such as Janis Joplin, Elton John, Barbra Streisand, and many others and will be performed by Rudy Lupinski, Benjamin Finley, Melody Baggech, Catie Caton, Alan Marshal, Nathaniel Burman, Doug Laramore, Jamie Davis, Morgan Harper, Nicholas Lee, Deidre Broadie Pennington, Lane Taylor, Ashlie Simpson, and Bronson Warren.

Admission is free.

Melody Baggech, DMA
East Central University
Ada, OK 74820
580-559-5464
mbaggech@ecok.edu

19 Apr

Spring Band Concert - Wind Ensemble

Event Date
3:00 pm

Ada Junior High Auditorium

Wind Ensemble, ECU’s premiere instrumental group, in the Ada JH auditorium at 3pm.  Music will include Scenes from the Louvre by Norman Dello Joio, Endless Rainbows by Brian Balmages, Concerto for Tuba by Ralph Vaughan Williams, featuring Justin Anderson, our 2015 concerto competition winner, and Molly on the Shore by Percy Grainger, featuring 4 marimbas.  Also, the Saied Award winners will be announced and the admission is free.

Program

Wind Ensemble Roster

15 Apr

GSA Bake Sale

Event Date
10:00 am

The GSA will be holding a bake sale on April 15 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. by the Horace Mann Building.

cheesecake, brownies, lemon bars, chocolate chip cookies, frosting sundaes, drinks

Everything's a Dollar!

Proceeds will be used to defray the cost of #EqualiCon2k15.

Contact Christine Pappas, Bruce Hartley, or David Spradling for more information.

23 Apr

Parker Ethics Lecture

Event Date
2:00 pm

Foundation Hall of the Chickasaw Business and Conference Center 

Elaine Dodd will be the speaker for the Parker Ethics Lecture on Thursday, April 23 at 2:00 in the Foundation Hall of the Chickasaw Business and Conference Center. She will be speaking on Fraud Protection for Individuals and will address frauds related to such things as identity theft, social media protection, internet scams and phone scams. She is the Vice President, Fraud Division of the Oklahoma Bankers Association and has been recognized in Oklahoma and nationally for her efforts in fraud prevention. She has a reputation as a very entertaining and knowledgeable speaker.

Another activity associated with the lecture will be the Parker Ethics Luncheon where Elaine Dodd will be speaking on “Protecting your Business and your Professional Life from Fraud.” This presentation will also be in the Foundation Hall and the buffet will open at 11:45. The program will begin at 12:10 and will end by 1:00. The Ada Business and Professional Community is invited to this event and those wishing to attend should RSVP with Julie Bradam at 580-559-5274 or jbradam@ecok.edu. There is no charge for this event, but seating will be limited to the first 100 to RSVP.


Elaine Dodd spent 22 years in law enforcement doing investigative work for the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics, retiring in 1995 as their Director. She was a featured speaker for the DEA and the pharmaceutical industry in conferences across the U.S. Now VP, Fraud Division, Oklahoma Bankers Association, Elaine provides training and investigative assistance for banks and fraud training to thousands of bankers and customers. OBA has helped bank customers and retailers learn how to protect their businesses, savings, and retirements from scammers and their schemes.  Elaine received the OBA Chairman’s Award in 2005 and was a Journal Record Woman of the Year finalist in 2005.  In 2013, she was the recipient of the State Attorney General’s Brad Edwards Consumer Champion award and was inducted into the Oklahoma Women’s Hall of Fame.  Dodd also is the recipient of the 2014 FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award.

She serves on the board of the OK IAFCI, as a sector chief for Infragard (FBI security group), is a charter member of the Coalition Against Financial Exploitation of the Elderly (CAFEE), is an active member of MAFIA (Metro Area Fraud Investigators Association), served on the board of OK Watch  (investigative journalism collaboration making a difference in the lives of Oklahomans), and is an active member of the IT Advisory Committee, OSU Tech Institute.  She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science (criminal justice) from the University of Oklahoma.