PRESS RELEASE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AND COMMUNICATION September 24, 2012 CONTACT: Jerry Biebesheimer, (501) 450-3682; jerryb@uca.edu PUBLIC APPEARANCES SEASON TO CONTINUE WITH RUFUS WAINWRIGHT By Mary DeLoney College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY — Singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright will continue the UCA Public Appearances … [Read more...]
UCA Officials Complete Emergency Response Training
The University of Central Arkansas recently completed training to prepare for possible natural and man-made disasters that may impact the campus. More than 200 UCA staff, faculty and administrators took part in National Incident Management System training. The National Incident Management System (NIMS) is a structured framework used nationwide by governmental and non-governmental agencies to … [Read more...]
Phi Alpha Theta, Mu Chapter, Wins Best Chapter Award for 2012
The University of Central Arkansas’s Mu Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta has received the 2012 Best Chapter Award from Phi Alpha Theta, the American history honor society for undergraduates, graduates, and professors of history. The award is presented to those chapters that excel in promoting the mission of the national honor society at the local level. The Mu Chapter competed in Division IV, which … [Read more...]
CORE Performance Company to be in residence Sept. 26-29
PRESS RELEASE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AND COMMUNICATION September 20, 2012 CONTACT: Dr. Gayle Seymour, (501) 450-3295, gayles@uca.edu CORE PERFORMANCE COMPANY TO BE IN RESIDENCE By Dannielle Douglas College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY – CORE Performance Company, a professional contemporary dance company, will visit the … [Read more...]
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Del McCoury Band to Perform Sept. 30
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band (PHJB) and The Del McCoury Band will perform in the Donald W. Reynolds Performance Hall as part of the UCA Public Appearances season on Sunday, Sept. 30 at 3 p.m. The PHJB was named after the Preservation Hall in New Orleans, a sanctuary constructed to honor the roots of traditional New Orleans jazz. The hall was founded in 1961 by Allan and Sandra Jaffe. Today, … [Read more...]
Duke Neurobiology Professor to Give Lecture Sept. 24
Dr. Owen Flanagan, James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy and professor of neurobiology at Duke University, will give a talk at the University of Central Arkansas on Monday, Sept. 24 at 7 p.m. in the College of Business auditorium. This lecture,.entitled “Human Flourishing: Ideas from Brain Science and Comparative Philosophy," is free and open to the public. Flanagan is one of the most active … [Read more...]
UT political scholar to be in residence Oct. 10-11
PRESS RELEASE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AND COMMUNICATION September 18, 2012 CONTACT: Dr. Jim Hikins, (501) 450-3202, jhikins@uca.edu UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS POLITICAL SCHOLAR TO BE IN RESIDENCE AT UCA By Zachary O’Neal College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY — Dr. Roderick P. Hart, dean of the College of Communication and … [Read more...]
Jackson Receives Southern Regional Education Board Fellowship Award
Damond Jackson, a graduate student in the Interdisciplinary PhD in Leadership program at UCA, has been selected as an Arkansas Scholar for the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Fellowship Award. The fellowship assists minority graduate students interested in pursuing careers in academia. The grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) provides support services from the SREB-State … [Read more...]
The Ying Quartet to be in residence Oct. 3-4
PRESS RELEASE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AND COMMUNICATION September 17, 2012 Contact: Dr. Linda Hsu, (501) 450-5765, lindah@uca.edu THE YING QUARTET TO BE ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE OCT. 3-4 By Paige Turner College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY — The Ying Quartet will be in residence at the University of Central Arkansas Oct. 3-4, … [Read more...]
“Best Of” Screening of UCA Films Sept. 20
The University of Central Arkansas host its first “Best of” Screening, featuring films produced by students at UCA in the last few years, at the Donald W. Reynolds Performance Hall on Thursday, Sept. 20. The 7 p.m. event is free and open to the public. Joe Dull, associate professor of digital filmmaking, notes that UCA students who have directed these films have worked hard and are sure to … [Read more...]
