ECU EARNS CERTIFIED HEALTHY CAMPUS STATUS BY OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

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East Central University has been selected as a Certified Healthy Campus by the Oklahoma State Department of Health.

There are three levels of certification: basic, merit and excellence. ECU received merit certification with the help of its new tobacco-free campus policy.

“I’m very proud to be part of a campus which promotes health and wellness,” said Holli Witherington, executive director of East Central University’s Brandon Whitten Institute.

ECU Vice-President for Student Development Dr. Jerry Forbes also serves as the campus’ Tobacco Free Task Force Director.

Six standards make the certification possible including: integration with the learning mission of higher education, collaborative practice, cultural competence, theory based practice, evidence based practice and professional development and service.

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HARPER EARNS BOB BENNETT FINE ARTS SCHOLARSHIP

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East Central University student Morgan Harper (center) is the recipient of the new Bob Bennett Fine Arts Scholarship. The scholarship is named in memory of ECU alum Bob Bennett, who practiced law for 50 years and was an avid guitarist. Harper is a junior sacred music major from Comanche. The centennial scholarship comes from donations made by friends and family of Bennett. Also pictured are: Phyllis Danley (left), executive director of the East Central University Foundation, and Sally Bennett, widow of Bob Bennett. Both Sally and Bob earned bachelor’s degrees from ECU and Bob received his law degree from the University of Oklahoma.

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