August 2003 Stories and Features
OBU Students Work to Improve Several Shawnee Communities
August 28, 2003
Oklahoma Baptist University's annual "Serve Shawnee" project saw about 465 new and returning students spread out over the Shawnee area to do clean-up and maintenance Monday and returned to the campus with a new perspective on their…
OBU Students Challenged in First Chapel of Fall Semester
August 27, 2003
Dave Edwards, a minister to youth and young adults, challenged Oklahoma Baptist University students to "Say yes to God with their whole life." Speaking at the Fall Challenge, the university's first chapel of the semester, Edwards used the…
Bells to Begin OBU Recital Season Aug. 28
August 25, 2003
Cellist Richard Bell and pianist Digby Bell will open Oklahoma Baptist University's recital season at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 28, in Raley Chapel's Yarbourough Auditorium. Admission is free. Richard Bell grew up in Norman, Okla., and began…
US News Ranks OBU Second in West for 2004
August 25, 2003
Oklahoma Baptist Ranked Second In West By U.S. News For the 10th consecutive year, Oklahoma Baptist University has received recognition as the top comprehensive college in Oklahoma by the U.S. News & World Report annual rankings of…
W;T Marks Opening of Theatre Season Aug. 28
August 25, 2003
Oklahoma Baptist University's production of Margaret Edson's first play, W;T, opens at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 28, in Craig-Dorland Theatre. W;T presents Vivian Bearing (OBU nursing major Twila Johnson), a renowned professor of English who is…
Pruiett Recital Set for Sept. 4
August 20, 2003
On Thursday, Sept. 4, Kevin Pruiett, assistant professor of music at Oklahoma Baptist University, will present his first recital since joining the OBU faculty in August, 2001. This recital, featuring OBU faculty keyboardists Dr. Ron Davis, Dr.…
Literacy Award Honors Life, Work of Dr. Jimmie Russell
August 14, 2003
The Oklahoma Higher Education Reading Council recently presented Karen Rose, a beginning teacher at Norman's Truman Elementary School, with the first-ever Outstanding Literacy Instruction by a Beginning Teacher Award, an honor created by the…
President Brister Presents Report of Strength to Trustees
August 5, 2003
“OBU is progressing toward a fine and exciting future,” said OBU President Mark Brister at the Board of Trustees meeting July 25. “We have completed an active, purpose-driven year of transition, and it is well with…
Argo Named to New OBU Post
August 4, 2003
Trent Argo, director of admissions at Campbellsville University since 1991, has been named to fill the new position of dean of enrollment management at Oklahoma Baptist University. Argo will be primarily responsible for both…
Curtain Rises on OBU Theatre Season Aug. 28 with W;T
August 4, 2003
W;T, a play by Margaret Edson, will open the Oklahoma Baptist University theatre season Aug. 28 in Craig-Dorland Theatre located in Shawnee Hall. The play runs Aug. 28-29 and Sept. 4-5 at 7:30 p.m. A 2:30 p.m. matinee will wrap up the…