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UCA’s Big Event!
The Big Event supports the campus as well as the surrounding community by expressing gratitude through philanthropy and service.
University of Central Arkansas students, staff, faculty, and alumni unite for ONE BIG DAY of service to say “Thank You!” to the Conway community.
Link for volunteer sign ups: https://orgsync.com/54962/forms/130812
Link to our SGA website for more information: http://ucastudentlife.orgsync.com/org/sga/Big_Event
Deadline to sign up is February 26, 2015!
UCA Presented At American Occupational Therapy Association
Haley Harris, a graduate occupational therapy student, and Dr. Tina A. Mankey, have been accepted for a poster presentation at the American Occupational Therapy Association conference.
The presentation is entitled, Producing Roots: A Therapeutic Gardening Experience in a Rural Community Environment.
Producing Roots was an intergenerational gardening program designed to bring a rural community together to increase socialization and opportunities for leisure exploration and participation among its members.
The program was implemented with approximately twenty-five participants who were of varying ages and abilities throughout the summer one day a week. Participants were responsible for planting, plowing weeding and general care of the plants.
Participant feedback indicated opportunities for increased knowledge of gardening, greater socialization with peers in the community, broaden perceptions of other generations, increased physical levels of activity, and access to the produce. Overall, the program was a great success and was meaningful to the rural community.
Dr. Tina A. Mankey also recently published an article entitled, Exploring Funding for Occupational Therapy in Transition Services, in the Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools, & Early Intervention. This article discusses funding sources in transition services with the state of Arkansas as an example. It also discussed the available occupational therapy services within school environment and adult services, as well as the surrounding reimbursement issues.
UCA Nursing Chair Leads Conway Regional Board
Barbara Williams, chairwoman of the UCA Department of Nursing, is the new Conway Regional Health System Board Chair.
Barbara is the first nursing leader and is only the fourth woman in the hospital’s 78-year history to rise to the level of Board Chair.
UCA Dean Of Writing Published Online
Queen Mob’s Teahouse, an art, literature, and culture magazine based in London and Seattle, has published an article featuring 26 of Terry Wright’s original artworks.
Wright is the Dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication and a professor of writing here at UCA.