When students at the University of Science and Arts apply for one of the more than 75 scholarships available from the USAO Alumni Association, they will have two new scholarships available for the next academic year.

Chickasha community leaders Harold and Kay Jackson and USAO Alumni Hall of Fame recipient Merenda O'Bar established two scholarships to benefit education majors at the college.

USAO students have until April 30 to apply for scholarships through the Alumni Association for the fall 2009 and spring 2010 trimesters. Scholarships are available in every major field of study. Scholarships require a minimum of a 2.5 GPA and full-time enrollment.

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Chickasha community leaders Harold and Kay Jackson (top) and USAO Alumni Hall of Fame recipient Merenda O'Bar and her husband Jesse established two scholarships to benefit education majors at the University of Science and Arts. The scholarships are available through the USAO Alumni Association. The Association awarded more than $50,000 in scholarships to USAO students in the 2008-09 academic year.

Although it was probably the coldest and windiest day in the 20 year history of the Montmartre chalk art competition, more than 900 artists bundled up to participate in the April 2 event at the University of Science and Arts.

In all, more than 1,700 students participated in Montmartre, the statewide high school Scholastic Meet and the Droverstock music festival -- also known as the Spring Triad.

Artists from elementary schools, high schools and colleges across the state created more than 340 original works of art in four hours as artists created six-foot square drawings canvassing the entire oval. Students represented nearly 70 Oklahoma schools.

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Lindsay Wallace, Brandon Ruble, LaShay Henderson and Jasmine Williams from the Oklahoma School for the Deaf took home the Best of Show award during the 2009 Montmartre chalk art competition at the University of Science and Arts. Artists from elementary schools, high schools and colleges across the state created more than 340 original works of art in four hours canvassing the entire oval.

As the world's attention continues to be centered on the global economic crises, a group of scholars, researchers and faculty will narrow their focus to poverty in Africa during the Symposium on Africa at the University of Science and Arts on April 9.

The symposium will explore the economy, politics and global impact of the continent. The event will be in the Davis Hall Amphitheater at USAO. It is free and open to the public.

Poster presentations, video and music will be on display beginning at 8 a.m., followed by the symposium from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

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Dr. Stephen Kandeh, assistant professor of sociology, and other USAO faculty host the Symposium on Africa April 9 at 8 a.m. in the Davis Hall Amphitheater. Special guest researchers, scholars and university faculty join to discuss Africa’s past, present and future and its affect on the globe, America and society as a whole. The symposium is free and open to the public.

Two talented music groups will be featured in one night of entertainment during the Spring Concert of the Concert Wind Ensemble and The Key Players at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma. The performance is scheduled April 7 at 7:30 p.m. in Te Ata Memorial Auditorium on the USAO campus.

"The Wind Ensemble will present a colorful and challenging program with the music of Leonard Bernstein, Dmitri Shostakovich, Howard Hanson, Vaclav Nelhybel, James Curnow and Anne McGinty," said Dr. Dan Hanson, professor of music and director of both groups.

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“A delightful hour of distinctively rousing, raucous and unusual entertainment” is how Dr. Dan Hanson, professor of music at USAO, describes the Spring Concert of the Concert Wind Ensemble and Key Players April 7 in USAO’s Te Ata Memorial Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public.