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  • Halie Hilburn appears on American Idol

    Halie Hilburn is "going to Hollywood" on American Idol after she advanced out of the Oklahoma City auditions. The Oklahoma Christian University alumna's audition aired on American Idol's January 31 broadcast. It featured both Halie (Swan) and her "dog" Oscar, who unfortunately didn't get a thumbs up from American Idol's resident "dawg," Randy Jackson, or fellow judges Mariah Carey, Keith Urban or Nicki Minaj. Halie, a 2008 OC graduate, hails from Vernon, Texas. Thanks to "HumanSlinky" for ...

  • OC says 'Hooray for Love' at Valentine Cabaret

    The Oklahoma Christian University Music Department will present the 24th-annual Valentine Cabaret dinner theater Feb. 14-16. This year’s Cabaret theme is “Hooray for Love: Highlights from the Great American Songbook.” Fourteen pieces written by George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart, Duke Ellington, Harold Arlen and Burt Bacharach will be performed. Classics include “The Man I Love,” “I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good),” and “If I ...

  • Mercy opens clinic on OC campus

    Mercy Clinic has opened a permanent location, called Mercy Clinic at OC, on the Oklahoma Christian University campus. “We remember what it’s like to live on campus,” said Mercy Clinic at OC Medical Director Dr. Melinda Cail (OC alumna and daughter of Dr. James Cail, beloved retired Oklahoma Christian University psychology professor who taught for more than 30 years at OC). “Students have enough to worry about, so we want to make health care as simple ...

  • Former Enterprise Square director passes away

    The OC community mourns the loss of Bob Rowland, who served the university from 1971 to 1990. Rowland was president of OC’s American Citizenship Center, then served as executive director of Enterprise Square USA. “I was conducting Freedom Forums and seminars in a five-state area, and I would reach maybe 5,000 students and teachers a year,” Rowland once said. “I thought, ‘What if you built yourself a museum of some kind, an educational attraction that would attract ...

  • Mount Everest awaits OC alum

    By Steve GustThe original version of this article appeared in Edmond Life & Leisure Reaching the summit of Mount Everest is probably the most irresistible and monumental dare known to climbers, and this spring an Edmond woman will be one of the adventurers. Valari Wedel, a 1982 OC graduate, will venture to Asia and the Himalayan mountain range in March. The quest is dangerous, expensive, and one that Wedel is anxiously awaiting. "I had decided it was time for me to pursue this dream," said ...

  • OC hosts 'The Rock & The Rabbi'

    The popular musical “The Rock & The Rabbi” returns to Oklahoma City Feb. 1-2 at Oklahoma Christian University. The musical is based on the friendship between Peter and Jesus as told in the Bible. The show will be staged in Hardeman Auditorium on the OC campus. Performances will be Feb. 1 at 7 p.m. and Feb. 2 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. In its 14th year of touring, this mix of original acoustic music and storytelling has entertained audiences from Tampa to Dallas to New York City. ...

  • OC pays tribute to Lou Phillips

    Lou Phillips, longtime executive assistant at Oklahoma Christian, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 6. She was surrounded by family and she passed peacefully. Visitation will be Friday, Jan. 11 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Matthews Funeral Home (601 S. Kelly) in Edmond, Okla. Her memorial service will be Saturday, Jan. 12 at 10:30 a.m. at Memorial Road Church of Christ. Please remember Lou's family in your thoughts and prayers. *As requested by the family, in lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent ...

  • Oklahoma Community Orchestra performs Christmas Concert Dec. 11

    The Oklahoma Community Orchestra celebrates the holidays Dec. 11 at Oklahoma Christian University. OCO’s concert will feature two traditional orchestral pieces in the first half, as well as holiday selections in the second half. This second concert of OCO’s 29th season will include Mendelssohn’s Scherzo from Midsummer Night’s Dream and Symphony #8 (Unfinished) by Schubert. Oklahoma Christian music professor John Fletcher will conduct the concert, which will include guest ...

  • Former OC president to sign new book at basketball games

    Former Oklahoma Christian University president J. Terry Johnson will be on the OC campus Thursday to sign copies of his latest book, Be of Good Cheer. He and former OC first lady Marty Johnson will be available to greet friends in the Payne Athletic Center lobby before the women’s and men’s basketball games against Mid-America Christian University. The games start at 6 and 8 p.m., respectively. Although the official release date for Be of Good Cheer is in early 2013, copies ...

  • OC presents 36th-annual 'Cocoa and Carols'

    Oklahoma Christian University’s 36th-annual holiday gift to the community, “Cocoa and Carols,” will feature a masterwork by the Baroque composer, Claudio Monterverdi, as well as much-loved Christmas music. This year’s event will be on Tuesday, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. in Hardeman Auditorium, located in the Garvey Center on the OC campus. Admission is free. A wide variety of holiday selections will be performed by more than 200 students and faculty of OC’s Department of ...

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