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Beacon Bite Days Held in the College of Education

College of Education Lighthouse Beacons held their 2014 fall semester Beacon Bite Days during the first week of December.

1For two days, Lighthouse Beacons greeted students in the halls with plates of cookies and candy canes as well as copies of the finals week schedule.  Brief conversations also were held to ensure that students had registered for their spring courses.

Lighthouse Beacons are volunteer College of Education (COE) and Professional Education Unit (PEU) faculty and staff dedicated to providing student support services for all undergraduate and graduate students/candidates enrolled in their COE courses to enhance their academic progress and professional development.

2Initiated in 2010, Lighthouse Beacon goals include collaborating with student support services at UCA and in Arkansas communities, enhancing academic understanding, course completion, and program graduate rates of all COE and PEU students, expanding the number and professionalism of educators produce by UCA so the educator population is more inclusive of all people, and lastly, building stronger bridges with educators in all capacities across the state of Arkansas.

3Lighthouse Beacons have metal welcome signs with a lighthouse illuminating the horizon hanging next to their doors.

For more information about the Lighthouse Beacons, please contact Dr. Nancy P. Gallavan at ngallavan@uca.edu or (501) 450-5497.

Student Government Association Newsletter Is Available To View Online

This semester has been a very successful one for the UCA Student Government Association.  The SGA would like to share their newsletter, which summarized this semester as we approach the end of classes.  The SGA would like to thank all the UCA students very much for their support this semester.

UCA Professor Awarded Grant For Course

jbutlerUCA Philosophy professor Dr. Jesse Butler received a National Endowment for the Humanities Enduring Questions grant for the development of a new cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural course on the perennial human pursuit of self-knowledge.

Stemming from the enduring question “Who Am I?”, the course will explore diverse conceptions of self-knowledge and identity across ancient texts from Eastern and Western culture, classic and contemporary works in American literature, and cutting-edge developments in philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience.

The course will be taught for the first time in the upcoming Spring 2015 semester as a PHIL 3395 “Topics” course and is open to all interested students regardless of major.

Dr.  Butler’s article “Knowledge and NOW: What Is the Epistemic Standing of the Present Moment?” was published in the online Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective.

UCA HPER Center Celebrated Grand Opening

hperIf you haven’t seen the HPER expansion, this video highlights all the exciting new features.

The University of Central Arkansas continues to make progress toward fulfilling the goals set forth in the Framework for the Future with the grand opening of the newly-expanded Health Physical Education and Recreation Center.

Approximately 200 students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends were on hand for the ceremony on the basketball courts of the HPER.

The SGA proposed the idea in 2010 as a senior class goal/project, then approved a resolution to begin an architectural feasibility study in fall 2010. The SGA recommended expanding the HPER and the UCA Board of Trustees issued a request for qualifications for an architect in 2011.

Expanding the HPER was part of the Framework for the Future which was introduced in November 2013 during the investiture ceremony for UCA President Tom Courtway. The plan laid out three primary goals with several strategies, deadlines, and responsibilities to achieve the goals. One goal was to “create a campus that attracts and retains the best students, faculty, and staff.”

“It is a pleasure to see the new and improved HPER Center opened once again. It is a fantastic facility for our students, staff, and faculty,” said UCA President Tom Courtway.

 

Bear Tales Video Puts The Spotlight On UCA Alum Micah Abrams

micahUCA alum Micah Abrams was the star of UCA’s newest Bear Tales video.  To take a look, click here!