Professor Rebekah Scallet, who teaches in the theatre program in the Department of Mass Communication and Theatre and serves as Producing Artistic Director of the Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre, received a Performing Arts Individual Artist Award in the area of Theatrical Directing from the Arkansas Arts Council.
UCA Professor Named In List of Visionary Arkansans
UCA ArtProfessor David Bailin in the Department of Art recently won the Grand Award in the prestigious Delta Exhibition.
The Delta Exhibition was sponsored by the Arkansas Arts Center.
This is Bailin’s fourth award, and he was named to a select list of “Visionary Arkansans” by “The Arkansas Times.”
Arvest Bank Partners With UCA Bear Essentials Food Bank
Arvest Bank will be conducting their annual 1 Million Meals campaign from Wednesday, September 3, 2014 through Saturday, November 1, 2014. This year all nonperishable goods will be donated to the UCA Bear Essentials Food Pantry (www.uca.edu/foodbank).
In the past Arvest donated all their proceeds (monetary and perishable items) to the Arkansas Food Bank. We welcome Arvest’s support in their fight against hunger.
In addition to donating directly to the Bear Essentials Food Pantry, which is located on campus in Main 108, you, your family, and your friends may also donate at any of the five Arvest locations in Conway.
Arvest Locations:
621 Oak Street
2590 Donaghey Avenue
2850 College Avenue
3700 Dave Ward Drive
812 Oak Street
If you have any questions please contact Reesa Ramsahai (reesar@uca.edu).
5th Annual Amigo Cup Soccer Challenge Begins September 21, 2014
On Sunday, September 21, 2014, UCA will sponsor the 5th Annual Amigo Cup Soccer Challenge. This year’s tournament will be divided into two parts. First, in the morning we will host a children’s (10 and under) Latino soccer team tournament. In the afternoon, we will host a soccer tournament for Latino students attending high school.
This will be a festive event that will include soccer games, Latino music, food vendors, campus tours, and live stream broadcasts of the tournament. There will be hundreds of Latino youth, family members and friends on the UCA campus participating and watching the tournament. UCA will receive statewide media coverage – especially in Latino households – about the tournament.
Student Awarded Honorable Mention For Outstanding Student Award
Kendra Anderson, a Counseling Psychology doctoral student, will be awarded Honorable Mention for the Outstanding Student Award from Division 18 (Psychologists in Public Service) of the American Psychological Association. Anderson was selected from among doctoral students from all over the country, and this award speaks highly of Ms. Anderson and the UCA doctoral program.