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Faulkner County Museum Will Host Open House With Help From UCA

Faulkner County Museum
Faulkner County Museum

 

UCA director of public history internships Dr. Kim Little and UCA resident master for STEM Residential College Dr. Faith Yarberry, along with their students, will be participating in the Faulkner County Museum’s 12th Annual Holiday Open House on Saturday, November 1, 2014 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

UCA’s STEM Residential College students will be demonstrating some traditional skills, including woodworking, Dutch-oven cooking, needle arts, corn-husk doll making, rope making, spinning and weaving, and blacksmithing as a service-learning project.

UCA’s EDGE program funded this project through a grant to pay for the demonstration supplies and food.

This event is free to the general public, but donations will be accepted.  For more information, contact the museum at fcm@conwaycorp.net or call (501) 329-5918.  The museum is located at 801 Locust Street, Conway, AR 72034.IMG_1255 copyIMG_1257 copy

UCA Student Awarded Arkansas Mental Health Counselors Association Scholarship

UCA Mental Health Counseling student Katelyn Bates-Coney was awarded the Arkansas Mental Health Counselors Association Scholarship.  She is currently in her second year, working on her Masters of Science in Mental Health Counseling and she is working on a National Institute of Health grant with UCA studying bullying.

http://www.armhca.org/2014/10/katelyn-bates-coney-armhca-2014-scholarship-winner/

Dr. Travis Langley, Author Of “Batman And Psychology: The Dark And Stormy Knight” To Present At UCA

Slide1 copyPsi Chi International Honor Society and the Psychological Society present Dr. Travis Langley, author of the book “Batman and Psychology:  The Dark and Stormy Knight”, which has been described as “a journey behind the mask and into the mind of Gotham City’s Caped Crusader, the Dark Knight who inspires fear in evildoers everywhere.”

Why does this superhero without superpowers fascinate us?  What does that fascination say about us?  The book gives fresh insights into the complex inner world of Batman and Bruce Wayne, and the life and characters of Gotham City.

This event will be held Mashburn 202 on Thursday, October 30, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. and is free to the general public.

Attendees are encouraged to wear their Halloween costumes.  Dr. Langley’s book will be available for purchase at this event.

UCA Spanish Professors Present Findings From Study Concerning “Truth”

Dr. Parrack
Dr. Parrack

On Tuesday, October 21, 2014, at the inaugural installment of the Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures’ Faculty Symposium, Associate Professor of Spanish Dr. John Parrack raised some provocative questions:  “How can (and should) language teachers respond when students make astute observations about the language and ask “why”? Do they tell the truth?”

He argued that despite objections that giving a “truthful” answer takes away valuable class time better spent on activities in the target language, responding truthfully can, in fact, positively impact learner motivation, intuition, confidence, and interest. He presented some of the preliminary findings from a quantitative study he is conducting alongside UCA Assistant Professor of Spanish, Dr. Travis Sorenson, to an audience of 20 students and 11 faculty members.  His study offers an intriguing suggestion: non-communicative historical linguistic activities, when incorporated in a structured and deliberate manner, can have communicative outcomes.

Ultimately, Dr. Parrack’s presentation, “Telling the Truth: Historical Linguistics, Learner Motivation and Outcomes in Beginning Spanish,” sparked larger, fruitful discussions between students and faculty regarding both students’ and instructors’ considerations in the language classroom—discussions that will, no doubt, continue to shape how UCA faculty approach language teaching.

For more information concerning the events in the World Languages Department, contact Phillip Bailey at phillipb@uca.edu or at (501) 450-5645.

UCA To Host 2014 Fall Career Fair

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The 2014 Fall Career Fair will take place in the Student Center Ballroom on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.  There will be recruiters available to network with candidates, so bring your resumes and dress for success.

This event is free and is open to the general public.  For more information, call 501-450-3134.