Oklahoma Christian University presents an emotional love story that is intellectually engaging in its latest production, “Two Rooms,” a fictional account of the Lebanon hostage crisis. The play is a portrait of one man’s life as a hostage and his wife’s refusal to give up hope, set among the suspense of the U.S. government’s interaction with terrorism in the Middle East.
Senior Carly Conklin, a theater major from Tulsa, directs the play and also designed the set....
Oklahoma Christian University will stage “The Tragedy of Tragedies, or the Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great,” a farce by Henry Fielding, Feb. 19-20 and 26-27. The play will begin at 8 p.m. in Judd Theatre on the OC campus.
Fielding’s play remains one of the most lauded satires in English comedy. It focuses on the clichés of epic heroism, using Tom, a knight of very low status and height, as its principal agent. Through a series of mismatched marriages, Tom finds ...
Dr. Philip Patterson, distinguished professor of mass communication at Oklahoma Christian University, will be honored as Teacher of the Year by the Oklahoma Pro chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists at a ceremony on February 20. The award is given annually to a high school or college teacher who has had an exceptionally positive impact on their journalism students.
Joshua Bam, a recent journalism graduate of Oklahoma Christian, said, “Dr. Philip Patterson was one of the ...
Through the years, mission work and evangelism have taken the Hobbes family all over the world – from Washington, D.C., to Oklahoma City … from Guatemala to California.
Today, sharing the Gospel remains a big part of the family tradition. Pancho, who spent 12 years as a missionary in Guatemala, is the mission minister at an inner-city congregation. His wife, Lera, helps with the women’s ministry there. And their four children regularly go on mission campaigns.
But now, when ...
Five mass communication students at Oklahoma Christian University received top awards in national and regional competitions during the spring semester.
Clinton Corley won an honorable mention award in the video sports news category at the National Broadcasting Society’s Undergraduate Electronic Media Awards. The competition recognizes students for accomplishments in audio, video, film, scriptwriting, web development, as well as academic research and writing. The awards were announced at...
After years of testing students in basics such as reading, writing and math for “The Nation’s Report Card,” the National Assessment of Educational Progress will turn its attention to the technological prowess of the nation’s students, and Oklahoma Christian University professor Philip Patterson will serve on the panel that will shape the questions.
Patterson will be representing the approximately six million children in private schools and the outcome of the panel&...
The Oklahoma Christian University theater department will stage its original 10-minute play competition on December 5-6.
The second annual competition is co-sponsored by both Alpha Psi Omega, the theater honors society, and Sigma Tau, the English honors society. All plays are original works that address a spiritual aspect of “Identity Crisis,” the theme of the competition.
A panel of faculty judges selected the top seven scripts among 15 student submissions. Both judges and ...
Andrew Patterson, alumnus of Oklahoma Christian University, recently won a national video competition by the Tax Foundation to explain the problem with the tax code on small business owners. View his video below.
When you ask most fairy tale gurus they can tell you a story about a rather peculiar duck turning into a swan, but Oklahoma Christian University’s theatre department will put a new spin on this classic fairy tale to open the theatre season. OC theatre will present The Ugly Duckling, one fairy tale that has nothing to do with ducks.
This fractured fairytale by A.A. Miline, the author of Winnie the Pooh, tells the story of Princess Camilla and her parents will for her to marry. The only ...
Dr. Phillip Patterson, Professor of Communications at Oklahoma Christian University, will be the private school representative on a panel that will be formulating questions for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (the “Nation’s Report Card”) and their first ever attempt to assess American students on their knowledge of history in 2012. His role will be to represent the 8 million private school student community on this government panel. NAEP is under the department...
Dr. David Lowry, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, announces the recipients of this year’s Dean’s Award. The Dean’s Award is given at the end of the school year to recognize outstanding students from each department. A small reception for faculty, family, and friends was held on Friday, April 11, at 4:00 p.m. to honor these students.
Art & Design
The Art & Design Department has selected two recipients to receive the 2008 Dean’s Award.&...
On March 22, OC student Brian Trumbly attended the National Broadcasting Society Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. He received the 1st place award in the Show Opener category and the 2nd place award in the Documentary category.
In the state OAB/OBEA awards ceremony on March 28, Brian Trumbly received the award for 1st place in the Feature News Story category. Marcus Ross received the award for 1st place in the Commercial category. Titus Ellis received the award for 2nd place ...
When she drove onto the campus, an unexpected wave of emotion swept over her. She had to stop and take in the moment. She was very sentimental about all that had happened the last few years of their lives, but she was also very happy. The whirlwind of the last few months had swirled around even faster than their normal pace of hectic. A graduation. A wedding. Another graduation. Now, their youngest is heading to college. The empty nest looms ahead. “I guess I’ll just go to work, ...
