As part of Cameron University’s strategic planning process, the university will host a listening session for community members on Wednesday, November 19, at 5:30 p.m. The session will take place in the Mary Lou and W. Carey Johnson Auditorium, Room 111 in Ross Hall.
The McMahon Foundation has awarded Cameron University $3 million to enhance its business program. The Board of Regents for the University of Oklahoma, Cameron University and Rogers State University formally accepted the gift and approved the naming of the school earlier this week. The McMahon School of Business is the first “named” school in Cameron University history.
Cameron University student Makaila Payne, a senior from Mountain View, has been designated as a Brad Henry International Scholar, a prestigious program that will see Payne, a Sports and Exercise Science major, spending the Spring 2026 semester at Swansea University in Wales.
The Cameron University Concert Choir and the Gold Notes, CU’s jazz choir, will present “Sound of the Season,” an evening of festive and inspiring music to welcome the holidays. The concert is slated for Thursday, November 20, at Lawton’s First Presbyterian Church, located at 1302 S.W. A Ave. The 7:30 p.m. concert is open to the public at no charge.
The Cameron University Percussion Ensemble will take the stage in the University Theatre on Monday, November 24. The 7:30 p.m. concert will feature an eclectic program of contemporary music that range from groovy to primal to joyful, according to Dr. Cy Miessler, director of the ensemble.
The Bill W. Burgess Jr. Business Research Center at Cameron University will examine rural health care in southwest Oklahoma during a forward-looking business forum. The event will gather policymakers and health care providers for a discussion on the future of health care in southwest Oklahoma, including expanding telehealth to underserved rural areas, building the rural health workforce and in-person patient care. The discussion will take place on Thursday, November 20, at 12:30 p.m. in the Mary Lou and W. Carey Johnson Auditorium, Room 111 in Ross Hall, and is open to the public at no charge.
When Cameron University’s Dr. Ann Nalley took a seat in the Johnson Auditorium for a faculty meeting last week, she had no idea she would be called to the front of the room by President Shane Hunt. Hunt wanted Nalley to be front and center when he announced the establishment of the Dr. Ann Nalley Endowed Lectureship in Chemistry, which will benefit CU faculty and students in perpetuity.
The Cameron University Department of Art, Music, and Theatre Arts continues its 2025-26 season, “Resilience and Reverie,” with Ian Johnston’s 2005 translation of “Antigone,” the classic Greek tragedy by Sophocles. The production will be presented from Thursday, November 20, through Sunday, November 23, in the Black Box Theatre (located inside the University Theatre.) The curtain goes up on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday at 2 p.m.
Cameron University’s Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (CU BJJ) Club proudly represented the university at the Southwest Conference Championships, hosted by the National Collegiate Grappling Association (NCGA) at Sam Houston State University on October 25. The event brought together top collegiate grappling teams from across the region — including competitors from The University of Texas, Texas A&M, and Sam Houston State University — to compete in both men’s and women’s divisions.
