School briefs

Published: December 2, 2008

Fundraising workshop

A workshop next month at Oklahoma City University is to help members of nonprofit organizations improve their fundraising efforts.

Foundation Fundraising will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 10 at the campus library, 2501 N Blackwelder. Cost is $125. The workshop is organized by Foundation Center, a group of more than 600 foundations that help nonprofit agencies obtain grants and promote philanthropic projects.

Luz Rodriguez will be the workshop instructor. Rodriguez is the training coordinator for the Foundation Center’s New York branch. To register, go to

www.okcu.edu/library and click on "Foundation Center."

Midwest city

MIDWEST CITY — Rose State College will present its production of "Inspecting Carol” in the H.B. Atkinson Theatre on campus,

The production will be 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free for Rose State College students, faculty and staff. Cost is $3 for general admission.

"Inspecting Carol” is about an amateur actor who is seeking a role in a production of "A Christmas Carol” when he is mistaken for an inspector with the National Endowment for the Arts. For more information, call 733-7430.

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University of Central Oklahoma professor Robert Terrell, right, was named the "2008 Oklahoma Professor of the Year” by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Terrell, an accounting professor at UCO’s College of Business and Administration, was selected from nearly 300 professors throughout the U.S. The U.S. Professor of the Year program honors accomplishments of undergraduate professors in each state.

Terrell began teaching full time at UCO in 1985 after teaching part time at the university since 1975. He currently teaches auditing, ethics and financial accounting, and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Institute of Internal Auditors and the Oklahoma Society of Certified Public Accountants.

EDMOND — Patrons and students have two days left to reserve their spot for a music recital at Deer Creek High School.

The school’s vocal department will host the first Madrigal Dinner at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 13 in the school’s cafeteria, 6181 NW 206.

Tickets for the event must be reserved by 5 p.m. Thursday. The cost is $15 for adults and $12 for ages 12 and younger.

Billie Thomas, the school’s vocal director, said the recital will be non-traditional because the event will be a dinner theater. The school’s cafeteria will be decorated to resemble a medieval castle, complete with a king, jesters and other courtiers.

Guests will be treated to a three-course meal and, true to medieval standards, there will be no silverware. Between courses, the students will perform songs.

The dinner theater concept is a first for Deer Creek High School, Thomas said. Proceeds will be used to pay for the production. Thomas said she hopes it will become an annual event.

For more information or to reserve a ticket, call 348-5720 ext. 117 or e-mail Thomas at

thomasb@deercreek.k12.ok.us.

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