More than 50 students have been named to Who’s Who Among Students at Cameron University, a competitive and prestigious award. These students were nominated by faculty and staff on campus and then evaluated, based on their leadership, involvement and academics. After receiving a nomination by faculty or staff, students submit an application outlining their collegiate career, including membership in student organizations, campus and community involvement and grades. In order to be eligible, students must have completed at least 60 hours.

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Cameron University students, alumni, staff and faculty members were honored by Phi Kappa Phi during the university chapter’s annual induction ceremony and awards presentation. Membership is by invitation only to the top 10 percent of seniors and graduate students and the top 7.5 percent of juniors. Faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction also qualify. Inductees are expected to attain superior scholarship in all academic disciplines, promote intellectual life and the academic prestige of the university and promote the elements of character that would stimulate others to pursue excellence.

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Cameron University’s Office of Campus Life presented awards to students, faculty and staff during a recent ceremony on the CU campus. The event included the announcement of the Top 20 Students, comprised of outstanding juniors and seniors, and the Top 10 Non-Traditional Students, made up of outstanding juniors and seniors over the age of 25. Students are selected based on excellence in leadership, community service, campus involvement and academics.

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For the 10th consecutive year, Cameron University celebrated Earth Day with a tree planting made possible by the Lawton Northeast On-Line Branch Lions Club, a branch of the Lawton Northeast Lions Club. Allen Granger, club founder/past president of the Lawton Northeast On-Line Branch Lions Club, and members of the club were on hand to celebrate the planting of an Eastern Redbud adjacent to Cameron’s Aggie Gym.

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Applications are now being accepted for the 2018 Cameron University Engineering and Applied Mathematics Summer Academy, a residential science academy that is open to Oklahoma high school students at no charge. The academy will focus on green engineering is slated to take place from June 10 to 15. To learn more or to apply, visit www.cameron.edu/engineeringandmath. The deadline for applications is Monday, April 30.

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Cameron University students were recently honored for their creative writing at the Department of English and Foreign Languages’ banquet. The fiction, non-fiction, and poetry award winners will be published in “The Gold Mine,” Cameron’s literary arts magazine.

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The Cameron University Department of English and Foreign Languages honored its outstanding writers with receptions at CU’s main campus in Lawton as well as at Cameron University–Duncan. The annual event was held to honor outstanding freshman composition students. Cameron’s English composition professors selected students for the honor based on their overall performance.

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The Choral Program of the Cameron University Department of Art, Music, and Theatre Arts will present a combined performance featuring the Cameron University Concert Choir and the Centennial Singers on Thursday, April 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the Cameron University Theatre. Two vocal ensembles from Lawton High School, the women’s choir and the combined choir, will also perform. Admission is $10 for adults and $8 for students/senior citizens. Cameron faculty, staff and students are admitted free with CU ID. Tickets can be purchased at the door. For more information, contact the Cameron University Department of Art, Music, and Theatre Arts at 580-581-2346.

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Cameron University's Delta Rho Chapter of Phi Sigma Iota, the Foreign Language International Honor Society, welcomed new members during its recent Initiation Banquet. Phi Sigma Iota recognizes outstanding ability and achievement in the study or teaching of academic fields related to foreign language, literature or culture. Inducted into the Delta Rho chapter and granting permission for publication were CU students Nicholas Gautier and LeiLani Roman, Lawton.

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The Cameron University Guitar Ensemble will present its final concert of the season on Friday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m. in the McCutcheon Recital Hall. Directed by Dr. Kirsten Underwood, the ensemble is made up of Cameron music majors Damian Alvarado, Aaron Brenneman, Trevor Campbell, Hannah Esquer and Joshua Rushing, Lawton, and Samuel Phillips, Sallisaw. Traditional classical selections as well as arrangements of folk music from around the world will be featured. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for senior citizens, military and middle/high school. CU students, faculty and staff are admitted at no charge with CU ID.

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The Cameron University Concert Band and Fort Sill's 77th Army Band will present a combined concert on Tuesday, April 24, at 7:30 p.m. in the Cameron University Theatre. The concert will feature a combination of American military band classics and other popular concert pieces. Admission is free.

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Cameron University will hold its annual Arbor Day observance on Wednesday, April 18 at 12:30 p.m. Members of Dr. Mike Dunn’s Botany class will be on hand to assist with the planting of a Blue Spruce on the north side of the Sciences Complex. The ceremony is open to the public.

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In conjunction with Cameron University‘s current academic festival “American Identities in the 21st Century”, Cameron University is pleased to present “Choosing America: Freedom and Human Rights,” a panel presentation focusing on why the United States of America continues to be the country of choice for immigrants. The panel will take place on Monday, April 23 at 5:30 p.m. in the CETES Conference Center and is open to the public at no charge.

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Cameron’s University’s Festival X Reading Series, held in conjunction with the university’s current academic festival, “American Identities in the 21st Century,” concludes on Saturday, April 21, with poet Iliana Rocha. Rocha will read selections from her works at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Lawton, 816 W. Gore Blvd., starting at 6:30 p.m. Following her reading, there will be an open mic opportunity for others who wish to read their work. The event is open to the public at no charge.

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Cameron University’s Iota Sigma chapter of the Delta Mu Delta (DMD) International Honor Society in Business recently inducted 17 new members. Delta Mu Delta recognizes and encourages academic excellence to create a DMD community that fosters the well-being of its individual members and the business community through lifetime membership. Dr. Greg Treadwell and Dr. Aubree Walton serve as faculty advisors to the chapter.

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The Cameron University Department of English and Foreign Languages recently welcomed seven new members to the Beta Omicron chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the international English honor society. Sigma Tau Delta strives to confer distinction for high achievement in English language and literature in undergraduate, graduate, and professional studies.

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The Cameron University Department of Art, Music and Theatre Arts concludes its 2017-2018 Theatre season celebrating “American Identities in the 21st Century” with “Legally Blonde,” based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the hit 2001 film. The musical comedy will be presented in the University Theatre from April 19 through 22. The curtain goes up on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $18 for adults, and $12 for senior citizens, military, Cameron faculty and staff, and non-Cameron students. CU students receive one free admission with their CU I.D. Tickets can be reserved by calling 580-581-2478.

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The Hon. Emmit Tayloe, a Cameron University alumnus and judge for Oklahoma’s Fifth Judicial District, will deliver the commencement address to Cameron’s Class of 2018. The annual graduation ceremony is slated for Friday, May 4 at 7:30 p.m. at Cameron Stadium. Following Tayloe’s address, CU’s 2018 graduates will receive their diplomas. A fireworks display will cap off the occasion. The public is invited to attend free of charge. No tickets are required.

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In conjunction with Cameron University‘s current academic festival “American Identities in the 21st Century”, Cameron University is pleased to present “Farmland and the American Dream: Who Will Farm America and Why It Matters,” a presentation focusing on the dream of land ownership. Cameron alumna Chelsey Simpson, drawing on her experience with the National Young Farmers Coalition and the National Farm to School Network, will explore the topic. The presentation will take place on Thursday, April 12, at 5 p.m. in Room 127 of the Academic Commons. The presentation is open to the public at no charge.

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Elementary school students from kindergarten through fifth grade who have created winning projects at their elementary school science fair are invited to participate in Cameron University’s 2018 Young Learners Science Exposition. The science fair, hosted by the CU Department of Chemistry, Physics, and Engineering, takes place on Tuesday, April 24 in the McCasland Ballroom. The entry registration deadline is Wednesday, April 18. There is no charge to enter. To register an entry, contact the Cameron University Department of Chemistry, Physics and Engineering. For more information, contact Dr. Clint Bryan at 580-591-8006 or via email at clintb@cameron.edu

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In conjunction with Cameron University‘s current academic festival “American Identities in the 21st Century”, Cameron University is pleased to present “Diversity in the Military,” a panel discussion featuring military veterans who received their U.S. citizenship through military service, are recent immigrants or are descendants of recent immigrants, and veteran community leaders. The presentation will take place on Tuesday, April 17, at 4 p.m. in the CETES Conference Center. The presentation is open to the public at no charge.

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Cameron University accounting students Aubreann Champ and Chelsea Marks were selected to attend the National Leadership Training (NLT) in Washington D.C. The event is coordinated by the Association of Government Accountants, which selects only 10 students nationwide. During the training, Champ and Marks met and connected with potential employers and was assigned a mentor.

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In observance of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, Cameron University continues its partnership with the national It’s On Us Campaign to bring awareness, educate and challenge the community to take action in standing up against sexual assault. This year’s theme, “Ownership, Understanding and Application through the Arts,” will be highlighted on Wednesday, April 18, during a community event featuring an Art Gala as well as a return visit from Dr. Kimberly Dickman, Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Analyst for the U.S. Air Force Academy. Dickman spoke at CU’s inaugural It’s On Us event in 2017. The event will start at 7 p.m. and will take place in the McCasland Ballroom of the McMahon Centennial Complex. There is no charge to attend. Due to limited seating, tickets must be reserved in advance at www.cameron.edu/itsonusaggies/reservations. For more information, call 580-581-2209.

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Cameron University’s Upsilon Xi Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, the international honor society in education, welcomes 24 new members. An induction ceremony for 16 students recently took place on the Cameron campus. An additional eight students who are pursuing degrees through Cameron’s elementary education program at Rogers State University in Claremore took place on April 11.

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The Cameron University Department of Sports and Exercise Science will host the Fifth Annual Outdoor Youth Expo in Medicine Park on Saturday, April 14. The family friendly event lasts from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and is geared toward children from kindergarten through eighth grade. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Participation is free. The event is coordinated by students in CU’s Outdoor Recreation class. For additional information, call the Department of Sports and Exercise Science at 581-2400.

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In conjunction with Cameron University‘s current academic festival “American Identities in the 21st Century”, Cameron University is pleased to present “The Politics of Science,” featuring Dr. David Jones, Member and Program Chair, Functional & Chemical Genomics Research Program and Jeannine Tuttle Rainbolt Endowed Chair in Cancer Research, at the Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Research. The presentation will take place on Friday, April 13, at 2:30 p.m. in the Johnson Auditorium, Room 111, of Ross Hall. The presentation is open to the public at no charge.

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Employers from throughout Southwest Oklahoma are invited to Cameron University’s Job Shadow Meet, Greet & Network event, which will feature a panel discussion about the benefits of job shadowing and interning. The event is set for Thursday, April 12, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the CETES Conference Center. Following the panel discussion, which will feature local employers and CU students, attendees will have the opportunity to meet with Cameron students to discuss job shadowing and internships. For more information and to register, visit www.cameron.edu/jobshadow or call 580-581-2209.

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Cameron University’s Office of Veteran Affairs will host a variety organizations that can assist veterans, military service members, and their dependents with information regarding various services available. The CU Veterans Resource Fair will be held Wednesday, April 11, and Thursday, April 12, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the first floor of the McMahon Centennial Complex.

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The Cameron University Department of Computing and Technology will host a Computing and Technology Day on Tuesday, April 10 with a series of presentations and student competitions. All presentations are open to the public at no charge.

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Cameron University’s George D. Keathley Department of Military Science presented awards and scholarships to members of the Comanche Battalion, Cameron’s Army ROTC Unit, during a ceremony held last week. The Comanche Battalion annually recognizes cadets for meritorious performance in the areas of military science, academics, physical fitness, personal achievement and leadership. Awards are sponsored by the Department of the Army; national and local societies, organizations, businesses and private individuals.

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