Liberal Arts News and Events

UCO Foundation and Alumni Engagement recently honored UCO College of Liberal Arts alumnus Ben Odom at the 2023 Distinguished Alumni Awards. Odom made history as the first Broncho to win the prestigious Truman Scholarship. With 39 years of legal experience, Odom is a senior partner of the Norman firm, Odom & Sparks, and has tried […]

UCO Professional Media major Mark Lowe from Lawton, Olahoma, was awarded the Gene Dillehay/William “Bill” Thrash Scholarship from the Oklahoma Education Television Authority (OETA). Lowe was nominated for the scholarship by UCO Mass Communication faculty and he was selected after being interviewed by the OETA scholarship committee. Lowe plans to be a news or sports […]

The University of Central Oklahoma will host local, national and international speakers at the annual student-run Media Ethics Conference from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 3, in the Communications building, located on Central’s campus and via Facebook Live. The theme of this year’s conference is “The War on Truth: Confronting Deception in the Media.” The […]

In the summer of 2023, UCO criminal justice and forensic science senior Jimmi Winn participated in a prestigious eight-week Criminal Justice Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program funded by the National Science Foundation. Jimmi was selected to attend from hundreds of exceptional students from across the nation. The REU project took place at University of […]

Students from the UCO Mass Communication Department’s Health Communication and Promotion course visited with professionals around the Oklahoma City metro to learn about the field of health and safety communication. Students participating in the fall intersession course spent class time exploring health communication case studies, theory, and campaign planning. However, the highlights of the course […]

UCO students Emma Stewart and Alexis McKernan, and Lindsey Churchill, Ph.D., director of the UCO Women’s Research Center and the BGLTQ+ Student Center, will help digitize eight-track tapes from activist and former producer Trella Laughlin’s television program “Let the People Speak.” Laughlin interviewed individuals who have been marginalized or discriminated against because of their race, national […]

Jaime Burns, Ph.D. has accepted the position of interim director for the University of Central Oklahoma School of Criminal Justice. The previous director, Elizabeth Maier, Ph.D., accepted the position of interim Dean for the UCO College of Liberal Arts. Burns is a professor in the School of Criminal Justice. Throughout her tenure at UCO, she […]

UCO Department of Mass Communication professional media students won Best Newscast and Student Broadcaster of the Year at the 2023 Great Plains Journalism Awards in May. Ben Anderson, a professional media spring 2023 graduate from Edmond, Oklahoma; Trey Guzman, a professional media spring 2023 graduate from Tulsa, Oklahoma; and, Kelly Merka, a professional media fall […]

University of Central Oklahoma student Melissa Rosenfelt, a graduate student in the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program from Shawnee, Oklahoma, took top honors at the 15th annual L. Frances P. Liddell Student Policy Debate — part of the Conference of Minority Public Administrators (COMPA). The theme for this year’s conference, “Unmasking the Complexities of […]

The University of Central Oklahoma has named five students as Class Marshals of their respective colleges for the spring 2023 commencement ceremonies, recognizing them for their academic excellence. Students earn the title of Class Marshal for achieving the highest academic records within their colleges during their time at Central.F irst presented in 1994, the Class […]