UCO History and Geography

02/20/2026

Be sure to join us for the next installment in the Making Meaning in the American West Lecture Series, Tuesday, February 24th from 12:30-3:00pm in the College of Liberal Arts Lecture Hall (L01)
See the flyer for details!

10/29/2025

We hope you will join us for our Native American Heritage Month programming in November!
Please see the attached flyers for details on the following events:

Native American Heritage Month Kick-Off Event featuring keynote speaker, Walter Echo-Hawk (Pawnee)
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 1-3pm, Nigh University Center Ballrooms A&B

Discussion with author and journalist Rebecca Nagle (Cherokee)
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 3-4:30pm, Liberal Arts Lecture Hall, LAS 101

Film Screening of "Comanche Academy: A Healing Journey" and panel discussion
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2-4:30pm, Liberal Arts Lecture Hall, LAS 101

06/07/2024

Congratulations to Braden Melton who successfully defended his graduate project today!
Braden’s exhibit, “Serving a Nation, Building a Community” will be on display at the Edmond History Museum until June 23rd.

04/24/2024

Congratulations to Amanda Barnette on the successful defense of her thesis. Congrats and well done, Amanda!

04/23/2024

Congratulations to John Sadler! He successfully defended his thesis today!!! ⛳️

04/22/2024

Introducing a new exhibit about Edmond leaders who fought in the Civil War prior to moving to Oklahoma Territory. Familiar names you might have seen on buildings and streets around Edmond include: John L. Mitch, Charles Townsend, Aaron Fretz, and Richard Thatcher. The exhibit was created by Braden Melton, a UCO Museum Studies Student, as his graduate project.

04/16/2024

Congratulations to Meghan Nguyen who successfully defended her thesis today! 👏

Well done, Meghan! We can’t wait to see what you do next. 💙💛 🐴

04/11/2024

Congratulations to Ashlan Johnson for passing her MA comprehensive exams today!

Way to go, Ashlan!

04/11/2024

What a wonderful afternoon to learn about “Islam, Ancient Persia, And Tolerance: Lessons for the 21st Century.”

Thank you for sharing your research, Dr. Magnusson!

Congrats and well done! 👏

03/16/2024

02/16/2024

02/09/2024

Attention high school students! Explore a future at the UCO College of Liberal Arts on Thursday, Feb. 15. Tour our beautiful campus and discover your passion in the liberal arts.

The event is free to attend, but registration is required. Register at go.uco.edu/quest.