Cameron University is inviting alumni to return to campus next week to join current students in celebrating its 2026 homecoming, “Road to Gold.” Student activities will run Monday, Sept. 28, through the following weekend, with alumni activities taking center stage on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 2-3.
The cast of “They Promised Her the Moon,” the first theatrical presentation of Cameron University’s 2026-2027 academic year, has been announced. Performances of Laurel Ollstein’s play are set for 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1-3, with a matinee finale at 2 p.m. Oct. 4, all in the University Theater, 27th and A Avenue.
Cameron University’s Lectures and Concerts Series will present CU music professor Dr. Hyunsoon Whang and guest violinist Victoria Stjerna on Oct. 6 as they perform a trio of Johannes Brahms’ sonatas for piano and violin. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in the McCutcheon Recital Hall of the Louise D. McMahon Fine Arts Complex, located at the intersection of University and Aggie drives in Lawton. The concert is free, but reservations (obtained by calling 580-581-2346) are required.
Author and research Angus Fletcher believes that there are many things that humans do better than machines. That human advantage will be the subject of his visit to Lawton on Sept. 17 for Cameron University’s 13th academic festival, “Being Human in the Age of AI.”
Fletcher will visit Cameron on the afternoon of Thursday, Sept. 17, to speak to CU students, followed by a community presentation at 7:30 p.m. in the University Theater, 27th and A Avenue. His presentation, “Primal Intelligence: What Distinguishes Us from AI,” is open to the public.
Dr. Joe Williams has been named interim clinical director of the Cameron Psychology Clinic. Williams, an assistant professor of psychology at Cameron University and a licensed marriage and family therapist supervisor, assumed his duties Aug. 10.
Longtime Cameron University professor Dr. Aubree Walton has been appointed the Virginia Brewczynski Endowed Chair in the McMahon School of Business. As the endowed chair for the Brewczynski program, Walton is charged with cultivating tomorrow’s business leaders by educating Cameron students to be globally oriented, technically up-to-date, customer focused, cost-efficient and effective, competitive, and culturally and environmentally sensitive.
Cameron University will dismiss classes on Monday, Sept. 7, to give students a day off to enjoy Labor Day.
Former Oklahoma Congressman Brad Carson – now president of an advocacy group calling for regulations on artificial intelligence – will visit Lawton and Duncan later this month in the next installment of Cameron University’s academic festival, “Being Human in the Age of AI.” Carson will visit Cameron’s Lawton campus on the afternoon of Thursday, Sept. 10, to speak to CU students on ethical uses of artificial intelligence. He will then travel to Duncan to deliver a community presentation in the Simmons Center. His presentation, “Ethical Dilemmas of Artificial Intelligence,” begins at 7:30 p.m. and is open to the public. Although the evening session is free, tickets must be reserved in advance. To reserve a ticket online, visit www.cameron.edu/festival-tickets.
Cameron University’s enrollment is up and trending in a positive direction for the Fall 2026 semester, President Shane Hunt noted on Monday. It was census day, the day that colleges and universities finalize their numbers after enrollment closes.
