Special Events

Chickasaw Business & Conference Center

The Water Fest will have 11 water-related agencies and organizations on campus, featuring 18 different educational stations with hands-on activities as well as visual demonstrations for the 538 fifth graders from all schools in Pontotoc County to learn about the importance of water. The event will be held on ECU’s Centennial Plaza. 

Oklahoma Room

2nd Floor in Linscheid Library

Celebrate student's creativity in writing and visual art.

Students enrolled in EDUC 4632: Educational Technology will be hosting an App Smash Open House from 11am-1pm in the Lanoy Education Building. During this time friends, family, teachers, faculty, and community members are invited to come learn about apps, devices, and programs that they can use for learning, in their classrooms/courses, or in their personal lives. Punch and cookies will be served.

Ataloa Theatre of the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center

This is ECU’s final concert of the semester by the Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble. The Symphonic Band will be conducted by our student conductors. Their program will include:
In tantum, lux by Todd Stalter
Yellow by Robert W. Smith
First Snow by Christopher Bragg
Winds of Change by Randall Standridge
Can’t Stop the Feeling, aranged by Paul Murtha
and Skydive by Chris Bernotas

The Wind Ensemble program will include:
Children’s March, “Over the hills and far away” by Percy Grainger and edited by Dr. Mark Rogers
Concertino for Trombone and Wind Orchestra by Ferdinand David and arranged by Denis Wick
and Armenian Dances, Part I by Alfred Reed

Estep Multimedia Center & Bill S. Cole University Center

For more information, contact Mara Sukholutskaya at msukholu@ecok.edu or 580-559-5293.

Presentations from 11 a.m. to 12:15 in the Estep Multimedia Center. ECU partner universities' exhibits & ECU Showtime in the Bill S. Cole University Center from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

 Veterans Upward Bound will be hosting an academic boot camp for veterans and military service members who are interested in going to school, vocational school, 2 or 4-year college.

Contact Angel Bartholow at (580) 599-5807 or through email anglbar1@ecok.edu for more information and registration.

Ataloa Theatre, Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center

East Central University will be hosting a private screening for ECU students and employees to watch the Chickasaw Nation’s movie Te Ata. Many Oklahomans had the opportunity to participate in the movie as it was filmed locally. There are familiar faces and locations in the film. The Chickasaw Nation is privileging us with the opportunity to show this major motion picture to our employees and students. As with other ECU events, family members may also attend with a valid ECU ID.

Te Ata is based on the true story of Mary Thompson Fisher, a woman who traversed cultural barriers to become one of the greatest Native American performers of all time. Mary took the stage name Te Ata, which means “Bearer of Morning” in the Chickasaw language. As a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation, Te Ata was an accomplished actor and teller of Native American stories and overcame various obstacles to perform in front of President Roosevelt, the King and Queen of Great Britain and stages across the United States. A movie trailer is available at http://www.teatamovie.com.

This film will be screened in Ataloa Theatre. Ataloa was another renowned Chickasaw artist. She and Te Ata were not only cousins, they attended USAO and remained great friends for many years thereafter.

This event is sponsored by The Chickasaw Nation, ECU Screens, NASA and ECU. Screening is only for ECU Students and Employees. Please email aford@ecok.edu or call 580-559-5725 for more information.

Fentem Hall (former location of child development center)

Fundraiser to support Rain Bear and her daughter Dakotah, who will be going to the Mayo Clinic. The lunch will ocnsist of an Indian Taco, desert and drink. Donations will be accepted.