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Cameron University to be partner in project to preserve legacy of rock star, Lawton native Leon Russell


Arts for All, Inc., has announced that the Leon Russell Archive Project has received a major grant from the McMahon Foundation that will fund the preservation, cataloging, public research and access to the musical production and career archives of Leon Russell. The project brings together a coalition of partners, including the Arts for All Foundation and Cameron, alongside the Leon Russell estate with the support of the Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture. Together these partners are working to preserve the archive and build public programming, education, and entertainment components celebrating Russell’s influence on American music.


Cameron to host area youngsters for ‘MIGHT Night’ science fair


Cameron University will welcome as many as 75 youngsters from kindergarten through eighth grade next week for “MIGHT Night,” an event that will showcase their science talents. The two-hour event begins at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, July 23, on the first floor of the CU Sciences Complex, 2800 W. Gore Blvd. in Lawton.


CU offers day camp for aspiring engineers


The Department of Chemistry, Physics and Engineering will host the two-day camp from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. on July 29-30 in the Sciences Complex on Cameron’s Lawton campus. Only a limited number of campers will be accepted.


Cameron cadets receive commissions, graduate and get branch assignments


Nine cadets in Cameron University's Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program have received their branch assignments. The cadets received commissions as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army during an afternoon ceremony before being presented their degrees at Cameron’s Commencement on May 8. Maj. Gen. Hope Rampy, commanding general of the U.S. Army Human Resources Command and a graduate of Cameron University herself, provided keynote remarks at the commissioning ceremony.


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