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UCA Wins Four Awards At PRSA Award Ceremony

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UCA received a total of four PRISMs at the annual Arkansas Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) award ceremony on September 18, 2014. In fact, UCA won every category for which we were nominated. The Arkansas Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America recognizes exceptional public relations programs and the skills of the state’s practitioners, companies and organizations at the annual Prism Awards. Thank you to Luis Gonzalez, formerly of CJRW, who was the overseer of all those materials.

Awards:

Winner, Brochure “UCA Viewbook”
Winner, Community Relations “Framework for the Future”
Winner, Ad Support TV “Front and Center”
Winner, Ad Support Print “Front and Center”

Jazz Ensembles To Perform Tribute Concert

The University of Central Arkansas Jazz Ensembles will perform a tribute concert for Dr. Jerry Manion, Wednesday, September 24, 2014 in the Snow Fine Arts Center Recital Hall.

The concert is free and open to the public and will begin at 7:30 p.m.

Two UCA student bands will perform: Jazz Ensemble I and the Dixieland Band.

The bands will pay tribute to Manion, a member of the UCA Dixieland Band for more than 35 years and chemistry professor at UCA, who died on July 18, 2014.

“We want to honor him and have a tribute concert for him,” said Dr. Jackie Lamar, professor of saxophone and director of the Dixieland Band.

Lamar has made plans for “a photo-montage” of Manion to be showing on a television screen in the lobby.”

The Dixieland Band performance will include songs from the traditional New Orleans-style era. Lamar said the band would play “Oh, Didn’t He Ramble” by Will Handy, “Just a Closer Walk With Thee” a traditional gospel tune and most popular New Orleans funeral dirge, “Hard Hearted Hannah” by Jack Yellen, “St. James Infirmary” by Joe Primrose and “Swing Low Sweet Chariot/When The Saints Go Marching In” by Luther Presley and Virgil O. Stamps.

Alumni members of the band are encouraged to participate in the performance of the band’s traditional version of “Swing Low Sweet Chariot” and “When the Saints Go Marching In”.

Songs by Jazz Ensemble I, directed by Larry Jones, include “Struttin’ with Some Barbecue” by Louis Armstrong, “King Porter Stomp” by Jelly Roll Morton, “Basie’s Buddy B” by John LaBarbara, and “Hunting Wabbits” by Gordon Goodwin.

The UCA Dixieland Band was formed in the fall of 1975 by now retired UCA music professor Patrick Hasty. The group performs concerts on campus as well as provides music for cultural and civic events in the surrounding area. The ensemble blends all styles of Dixieland music, from Early New Orleans Style to Chicago Style and beyond.

For more information, contact Lamar at (501) 450-5759 or jackiel@uca.edu.

The UCA College of Fine Arts and Communication includes the Departments of Art, Communication, Mass Communication and Theatre, Music and Writing. The college’s primary mission is the preparation of the next generation of artists, educators and communicators. For more information about CFAC, visit www.uca.edu/cfac or call (501) 450-3293.

UCA Alumna and Conway Artist Receives Award in Delta Exhibition

Jessica Camp, Fall 2013 BFA Studio Art: Painting Emphasis, had work accepted for the 2014 Delta Exhibition at the Arkansas Arts Center. Camp is a UCA alumna and her work was exhibited in the Baum Gallery. The work selected was Weeping Lamentation from her BFA Senior Exhibition. She won an honorable mention award in the 56th annual Delta Exhibition at the Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock.

UCA Chapter of ArMHCA To Host Mental Illness Equality Event

In honor of mental health awareness week, the UCA chapter of ArMHCA (Arkansas Mental Health Counseling Association) is hosting an event, Tuesday October 7th, 2014 during X-period in Ida Waldron Auditorium. The title is Equality For All: Removing the Stigma of Mental Illness. Speakers are Angie Bowen- LPC, President of Arkansas Mental Health Counseling Association and Annette Woodruff- LCSW, C-ASWCM, Former President of Arkansas Social Workers Association.

For more information, contact Sarah Lohnes at slohnes1@uca.edu or (501) 730-8682.

UCA Professor and Students Participate In Model United Nations Event

UCA Professor Dr. Mark Mullenbach, along with students Kayla Close and Katelyn Wilkins, participated in a Model United Nations event at Little Rock Central High School. Around 50 students and teachers from LRCHS, Mills University Studies H.S., J.A. Fair H.S., Pulaski Academy, and UALR participated in the event, which included sessions on writing position papers, developing resolutions, participating in committees, committee topics, and parliamentary procedures. Following a luncheon, the students participated in mock sessions of UN committees.

This is just one of a number of activities in the run up to the Model United Nations conference that UCA hosts every November. High school delegations from all across Arkansas and from as far away as Nashville, TN and the panhandle of Florida attend. The number of participants routinely exceeds 300. Next year’s conference will be the 50th annual meeting.

Please contact Dr. Mark Mullenbach at 501-450-5693 for more information.

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