When the Texas Society of Mammalogists issued a call for research presentations, Cameron students Teanna Doleman, Solomon Meraz, Honey Peters and Ivette Sarbia answered the call. The four biology majors, along with their research mentor, Dr. Dana Lee, an associate professor in the Department of Agriculture, Biology and Health Sciences, attended the organization’s annual conference in late February along with more than 60 students from universities throughout Oklahoma and Texas.
Dr. Leslie Cothren, currently Director of Events and Activities (formerly known as Campus Life) at Cameron University, has been selected as the university’s Dean of Students. The University of Oklahoma, Cameron University and Rogers State University Board of Regents approved Cothren’s appointment earlier this week. The appointment is effective immediately.
Dr. Shane Hunt will be the next president of Cameron University.
The Board of Regents for the University of Oklahoma, Cameron University and Rogers State University announced Hunt’s selection today during its regular meeting in Norman. Hunt – who will be Cameron’s 18th president since its founding in 1908 – will begin his duties July 1.
The legacy of Dr. J. Mickey Cooper’s service to Cameron University has been commemorated with the dedication of the university’s herbarium in the late faculty member’s honor. Cooper, a respected educator who was a member of CU’s faculty for 37 years, established the herbarium in 1964.
More than 360 students from eleven southwest Oklahoma high schools converged on Cameron University recently to participate in the university’s 43rd Interscholastic Contest. The academic meet offered events in more than 45 categories ranging from accounting and biology to woodwind instruments and world history.
Cameron University professor Dr. Sarah Eppler Janda will be inducted into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame on Thursday, March 20, during a ceremony at the Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma City. Instituted in 1993, the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame is the highest honor awarded by the Oklahoma Historical Society. This honor recognizes distinguished and long-term contributions to Oklahoma history through demonstrated excellence.
Cameron University is ready to host hundreds of high school students from across Oklahoma to the university’s annual FFA Interscholastic Meet, which takes place on Friday, April 11. The event helps agriculture students to hone their skills in areas ranging from practical animal science and agronomy to leadership and business while it prepares the students for the state competition. Cameron began hosting an ag-related interscholastic meet in 1947.
Now that mid-term exams are almost over, Cameron University students can look forward to Spring Break from March 17-21. No classes will be held during this time, and administrative offices will be closed. The Eugene D. McMahon Library will be closed from March 17-23. Classes will resume and administrative offices as well as the library will re-open for normal business hours on Monday, March 24.
What role did western movies and film noir play in the success of film studios during the Golden Age of Hollywood? Author and education Dr. Wyatt D. Phillips will examine that question as well as the role those film genres play in entertainment today, with his lecture “Singing Cowboys and Femme Fatales: Film Genre and the Economic Vernacular of the Hollywood Studios.” The lecture takes place at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 27, in the McCasland Foundation Ballroom in the McMahon Centennial Complex. The event is open to the public at no charge and is made possible by the Holmes, Morris, and Newell Endowed Lectureship for Classic Film.
