Oklahoma City University Petree College of Arts and Sciences

Incoming Stars, join us July 14-15 for our virtual Stars 101 session! 🌟

Stars 101 is our admitted student pre-orientation event. Incoming students can meet with a financial aid counselor, review enrollment status, and much more.

Register today! 🔗 www.okcu.edu/stars101

Ready to take the next step in your educational journey? We are hosting a virtual Computer Science Graduate Program info session on Wednesday, July 8th. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear from program director Jeff Maxwell. Register today!

📆 July 8 @ 5:30 pm:
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/5cfj3kve

At the Epworth Villa senior living community, the writing workshop doesn't follow a syllabus. There are no frantic students pulling all-nighters or grading rubrics.

Instead, there is what Oklahoma City University English professor Rob Roensch calls a "meaningful, ceremonial sharing." The workshops Roensch has led since 2017 allow residents to get to know one another while pursuing a passion post retirement.

Read more: https://tinyurl.com/vsf2ah6b

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Did you hear the news? OCU was selected to serve as the Satellite Village for the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games! More than 170 Canoe Slalom and Softball athletes, as well as officials from participating countries, will call the OCU campus home in the summer of 2028.

Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/ss64bmfb

Congratulations to the art department seniors who showcased their capstone work in an exhibition titled, A Brush with Technology. The exhibition featured digital, paint, and print work. Great job, Stars! 🌟

OCU is now offering a Military and Federal Worker tuition discount! The initiative provides qualifying active-duty military members, National Guard members, military reservists, military spouses and federal workers with significant tuition discounts on a variety of OCU graduate programs.

Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/r7cfvd5j

Petree College student Alanna LaDeaux was recently named a Udall Scholar, the first OCU student to receive the award in nearly 30 years. The Udall Scholarship is one of the most prestigious awards in the country, granted to students who demonstrate future leadership in tribal policy, health care or the environment.

LaDeaux, a member of the Rosebud Sioux tribe, will start at the OCU School of Law next year. In the future, she plans to focus on the Indian Child Welfare Act. "It’s this idea that any time a child is removed from their biological family, they still have priority with tribal families to preserve their heritage. It’s important that we continue working toward those things."

That commitment to preserving tribal lineage has now earned Alanna a place in OCU history. Congratulations, Alanna! 🌟

Read more: https://tinyurl.com/5n7ef3xc.

It's not too late to enroll in the OCU Teacher Development Academy for alternative or emergency certified teachers! Teachers can earn credit for both the Classroom Management AND Pedagogy courses required by the Oklahoma State Department of Education for certification.

Plus, TDA gives participants the opportunity to meet and network with colleagues from across the metro. Classes begin June 1. Register today! 🔗www.okcu.edu/tda

There are two new exciting shows now on display in the OCU Norick Art Center. A new exhibition, Signal Convergence, by artist Leticia R. Bajuyo is on display in the Hulsey Gallery. This exhibition features three theremin stations placed throughout the gallery. During performance, their sounds travel through horns made from thousands of CDs and DVDs, meeting at a shared point where the sound overlaps, grows stronger, and breaks apart.

Stayed Too Long at the Fair by artist Sharon Kyle is now on display in the Hall Gallery. Kyle's work explores the quiet beauty that emerges through time, decay, and transformation. Using rusted metal, weathered wood, and discarded fragments, she creates mixed media assemblages that reflect the aging of women — shaped and strengthened by nature and experience.

The OCU Norick Art Center is open Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., through July. Admission is free!