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Due to facility issues brought about by unanticipated construction that has affected the proposed course in Enid, the 2014 GAC Cross Country championship will now be hosted by East Central University in Ada.

The course will be the one that was utilized for the 2012 championship and I'm confident that ECU will provide a quality experience for our student-athletes.  The date of November 8 will be unchanged, as will the start times of 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. 

I would like to thank the staff at Northwestern Oklahoma State University for their efforts in preparing for the championship.  Andy Carter, Ryan Kaiser, and cross country coach Jeremy Jones have been working on this event since February.  It's unfortunate that the city's road construction plans changed without warning and affected our meet and multiple Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association regional cross country events.

The decision on moving to East Central centered around a couple of factors.  The cross country championship is held in Oklahoma during even years.  ECU is the only current member that hosts a regular season meet and has ready availibility to a championship quality course.  Also, a sufficient number of hotels have vacancies during that weekend.

Lastly, the October 11 GAC Preview event that was to be held in Enid is obviously cancelled in light of the lack of a course.  

This is obviously not a course of action that we want to take with the season already underway, especially with the time and effort that NWOSU had invested in their first opportunity to host a GAC championship.  However, this is the course of action that will best provide a worthy championship experience for our student-athletes.

We will have more information over the next few days.  Please call or e-mail if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Will Prewitt
Commissioner
Great American Conference
PO Box 863
Russellville, AR 72811
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Foundation Hall of the CBCC

On October 21 at 7:30 p.m. Judicial Candidates Lori Loman and Heather Hammond Wright will speak and respond to limited questions from a moderator.  The moderator will be Koral Heinzman, a senior Legal Studies student.  Both candidates will be available to speak with voters after the Forum.  It will be held in Foundation Hall, Chickasaw Business and Conference Center.

The Forum is sponsored by the Legal Professions Association and the Department of Political Science and Legal Studies.

Light refreshments will be served.

Estep Room

Jonathan W. White is assistant professor of American Studies and a fellow at the Center for American Studies at Christopher Newport University. He is also the author of several books and articles about Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. His most recent book, Emancipation, the Union Army, and the Reelection of Abraham Lincoln, was just published by LSU Press.

From White’s website:

I am an historian of the American Civil War with a particular interest in Abraham Lincoln, American politics, and the U.S. Constitution. My current book projects include Lincoln's Advice For Lawyers (forthcoming with Sourcebooks in March 2015), "The Monitor Is No More": The Final Voyage of the USS Monitor during the Civil War (under contract with Kent State University Press), and Midnight in America: Night, Sleep and Dreams during the Civil War.

My articles have appeared in a wide variety of journals, magazines, and periodicals, including Civil War History, the Journal of the Civil War Era, the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, the Maryland Historical Magazine, New Jersey Monthly, Dickinson Magazine, the Journal of Supreme Court History, Prologue, Military Images, Perspectives on History, Pennsylvania Legacies, and Pennsylvania Heritage. One of my articles in Civil War History won the John T. Hubbell Prize, while one of my articles in Prologue appeared in Yahoo's "Top American Civil War History Websites."

At Christopher Newport University I teach courses in American Studies and also serve as the university’s Pre-Law Advisor. As a fellow with the Center for American Studies I have the good fortune to work with wonderful colleagues, including the Center's co-directors, Nathan and Elizabeth Busch, our postdoctoral fellow, Andy Bibby, and our other resident Civil War scholar, Sean A. Scott.

I owe a great deal of gratitude to the scholars and teachers who have helped me develop my abilities as a professional historian. I began my education at Penn State as a business major, but after taking a U.S. survey course with John Frantz during my first semester, I instantly switched to history. Jackson Spielvogel, Wilson Moses, Bill Blair, and Thavolia Glymph all helped foster my love of American history. In particular, I thank Mark Neely (pictured above while speaking at a Center for American Studies conference in 2012) for investing countless hours in me as an undergraduate, grad student, and now professor. In graduate school at the University of Maryland, I had the good fortune to study under Herman Belz, Ira Berlin, Mark Graber, James Henretta, Al Moss, Keith Olson, Whit Ridgway, Leslie S. Rowland, and others, all of whom had a hand in shaping my career for the better.

Emancipation: The Union Army and the Reelection of Abraham Lincoln by Jonathan W. White

Abraham Lincoln and Treason in the Civil War: The Trials of John Merryman by Jonathan W. White

From Main Street to the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center

Plaza

Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center

Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center

ECU Campus 

Tiger Connection Registration

Have lunch with us on Thursday and listen to Paula Sophia.
It’s at 12:30 on the green between Danley Hall and Horace Mann.

Join us for a Town Hall Meeting on marriage equality at 7:00 in CBCC 221.

Christine Pappas, J.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science
Chair, Department of Political Science and Legal Studies
East Central University  1100 E. 14^th St., Ada, OK 74820
580-559-5640
Oklahoma Bar Association Attorney 30203