When Cameron University assistant professor of art Jack Crouch saw the call for entries for Strata Gallery’s Against the Grain juried art exhibition, he knew he had the perfect submission: an oil painting titled “Onward” that presents his unique take on Jacques-Louis David’s “Napoleon Crossing the Alps.” Juror Stephanie Jacinto included Crouch’s painting in her selections for the exhibition, which focuses on works that in some way resist following current trends within the art world. The exhibition is on display through February 5 at Strata Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Cameron University and Cameron Campus Ministry will present Princess Sarah Culberson as the keynote speaker for the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day observance. Culberson, an American-born princess of the Mende people of Sierra Leone, will present “Building Community: Lessons from Our Past and Present that Shape Our Future.” This virtual event, with two separate sessions, is scheduled for Tuesday, January 18, via Zoom. There is no charge to participate. To register for a Zoom link, go to https://www.cameron.edu/MLK.
Cameron University accounting majors Pilar Jaurena, Shalei Okamura and Colton Williams have been awarded coveted national scholarships for the National Collegiate Leadership Program (NCLP). The three students will travel to Washington, D.C., in February 2022 to attend the National Leadership Training (NLT) sponsored by the Association of Government Accountants (AGA). They are student members of the AGA.
The Vocation Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) division of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has honored Alfred Finch, Cameron University VetSuccess on Campus (VSOC) counselor, as its national VSOC Employee of the Year. Finch began his career with the Department of Veterans Affairs in 2017. When he came to Cameron as VSOC in 2018, the university became the first university in Oklahoma to host a VSOC on campus.
Cameron University is one of three higher education institutions in the state to enter into agreements with the University of Oklahoma to create transfer pathways that will help students earn bachelor’s degrees in select majors.
Cameron University staff members Amy Cintora and Cody Flood are the recipients of the 2021 Pickaxe Awards, which recognize full-time Cameron employees whose performance is above and beyond expectations. Cintora is an administrative assistant in the Athletics Department, and Flood is the university’s concurrent enrollment coordinator. Each received a $1,000 stipend and a commemorative award.
Full-time and reserve certified peace officers have the opportunity to earn three hours of mandatory continuing education credit at Cameron University’s upcoming CLEET workshop, “Disproportionate Minority Contact and Policing in Oklahoma.” Catalogued by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training (CLEET catalog number 21-3954), the workshop is scheduled for Tuesday, January 11, from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the McCasland Ballroom in the McMahon Centennial Complex on the Cameron University campus in Lawton.
Administrative offices at Cameron University will be closed for the holiday season beginning Monday, December 20, and will reopen at 8 a.m. on Monday, January 3, 2022. Classes for the Spring 2022 semester will begin on Monday, January 10.
Renee Roach, assistant registrar at Cameron University, will become the university’s registrar in January upon the retirement of Linda Phillips. The appointment was approved by the University of Oklahoma, Cameron University, and Rogers State University Board of Regents on Thursday.
