UCA Kicks Off Green Week March 15
UCA Environmental Alliance, SGA, and Biology Club are hosting 2010 Green Week the week of March 15. All events will be held in the Student Center courtyard. In case of rain, the events will be held in the Student Center.
Green Week events are:
GREEN BUSINESS/ART DAY
March 16, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Recycled Original Origami
X-Period: Local Bands
Cerro Gordo
Michael Sutterfield & Paul Sammons
NATURAL ORGANIZATIONS & RESOURCES DAY
March 17, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Growing Green! Planting Event
WORKSHOP: Wilderness Survival Skills
ALTERNATIVE TECH/TRANSPORTATION DAY
March 18, 10a.m.-3 p.m.
X-Period: UCA Bike Rental Kickoff
WORKSHOP: CAB led Bike Repair
Recycled Recreations: Practical Plastic Tote Making
Habitat for Human Campus Chapter Meeting March 16
UCA students, staff and faculty who are interested in joining the Habitat for Humanity campus chapter are invited to a meeting on Tuesday, March 16 in the lobby of STATE Residential College at 1:30pm. We welcome anyone who is interested in working with this organization to build housing for deserving local families. For more information, e-mail Dr. Catherine Swift at cswift@uca.edu.
UCA Japanese Student Association Sponsors Sakura Festival
Spring is here and it is once again time for the Sakura (Cherry-blossom) Festival. The Sakura Festival is a Japanese cultural festival featuring traditional dance, contemporary live music, food, Japanese calligraphy, origami, games, and much more! The festival is open to everyone. This festival is sponsored primarily by the UCA Japanese Student Association with a little help from the UCA Japanese Club. It will be held March 18 during X-period in the Student Center Ballroom. For more information, contact J.S. Stansel at JSStansel@uca.edu
UCA Baum Gallery to Host Student Competitive Exhibition
The annual Student Competitive Art Exhibition will be on display at the Baum Gallery in McCastlain Hall until April 1. Hours for the Baum Gallery are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Thursdays from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. For more information, contact Satterfield at (501) 450-5793.
New Staff Orientation Set for March 19
New Staff Orientation is scheduled for Friday, March 19 from 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. in the Student Center in Room 213-214. The orientation is open to new staff employees hired this academic year who have not attended the New Staff Orientation held in October. The program includes information on FERPA, Human Resources, Staff Senate, University Education Seminars, Campus Life, and Purchasing. Lunch and a campus tour are included. To register, send name, department, and ID# to training@uca.edu no later than March 15, 2010. For more information, contact Charlotte Strickland, Education Seminar Coordinator, at 450-5470 or chars@uca.edu.
Limited Funding Available for Faculty Development Workshop
A faculty development workshop on “Chinese Ways: History, Philosophy, Religion, Art, and Medicine” is scheduled for March25-27 at Missouri State University. The workshop is sponsored by the Asian Studies Development Program, which UCA is affiliated as a Regional Center, and is sure to stimulate productive thinking among faculty across disciplines about how to incorporate study about China more effectively into their courses. Limited funding from the Confucius Institute is available to support registration and travel costs. Contact Dr. Jim Deitrick, director of Humanities and World Cultures Institute, for more information at deitrick@uca.edu or 450-5592.
Captured Live from the Met at UCA slated for March 28
Two events remain of the second season of the Captured Live from the Met @ UCA series. William Shakespeare’s famous Hamlet will grace the Reynolds stage virtually on Sunday, March 28 at 2 p.m. An encore showing is scheduled for Monday, March 29 at 7:30 p.m. Approximately 200 seats are available for each performance at UCA. Tickets are $15 for the public and $5 for students with valid I.D.
Davis Schneiderman Reading, Book Signing March 30
Innovative writer and multimedia artist Davis Schneiderman will participate in the University of Central Arkansas’s 2010 Artist in Residence program March 30-31. Schneiderman will give a reading and book signing on March 30 at 7:30 p.m. in Lewis Science Center room 102. On March 31, he will teach two masters classes, at 1 p.m. and 2 p.m., in Winfred Thompson Hall room 331. The first class will consist of various writing games and exercises; the second class will give students an opportunity to interview Schneiderman about his career in creative writing. All events are free and open to the public. For more information, call the Office of the Dean, College of Fine Arts and Communication, at (501) 450-3293 or e-mail smaiden@uca.edu.
Author Charlaine Harris Lecture, Book-signing April 1
New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris will hold a free lecture and book signing at the University of Central Arkansas’s Reynolds Performance Hall on Thursday, April 1 at 7:30 p.m. The book signing will immediately follow the lecture. Harris, a Mississippi native who now lives in southern Arkansas, writes the Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Mysteries novels on which the HBO hit series True Blood is based.
For more information, call the Office of the Dean, College of Fine Arts and Communication, at (501) 450-3293 or e-mail smaiden.uca.edu
University Women Offering Book Scholarships
University Women, a nonprofit campus organization at the University of Central Arkansas, will award three $200 book scholarships to non-traditional women students who can demonstrate a need for financial assistance. Applicants should be at least 23 years old, currently enrolled at UCA with a minimum overall GPA of 3.0, and already must have earned at least 12 hours with no more than nine hours being in transitional classes. Both graduate students and undergraduate students are eligible. Application forms are now available for the scholarships and interested students may pick up these forms at the Graduate Office in Torreyson Library 328, Undergraduate Office in Harrin Hall and Torreyson Library Reference Desk. Completed applications must be received no later than April 9. Please send completed application to University Women, c/o Carol Hanan, Torreyson Library #110. For more information, contact Carol Hanan, president of University Women, chanan@uca.edu.
UCA Smoking Cessation Classes
Smoking Cessation class will be offered to help individuals kick the habit.
All classes will be held from noon to 1 p.m. at the Student Health Center 307. The following classes are scheduled: April 6, Understanding Affects of Nicotine; April 13, Coping Techniques and Strategies; April 20, Preparing to Quit; April 27, Quitting; May 4, Staying Quit; and May 11, Congratulations!
Caputo Lecture Rescheduled to April 7
John D. Caputo, the Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Syracuse University, will present a lecture on April 7 in the Doyne Health Sciences Auditorium. His lecture will be entitled “What is Radical Theology? A Postmodern Proposal.” Caputo is a nationally and internationally acclaimed philosopher of religion, and one of the foremost interpreters of Jacques Derrida’s deconstruction and postmodernism. Caputo’s lecture is co-sponsored by the Department of Philosophy of Religion at UCA, UCA College of Liberal Arts, UCA Honors College, and the Norbert and Carol Schedler Endowment Fund. For more information, contact Dr. Clayton Crockett at 450-5506.
Aramark Conducts Survey to Improve Service
Aramark is conducting a survey to gain valuable insight that can help it improve the overall campus dining experience. The online survey will take 5 to 10 minutes, and your responses are confidential. The survey is available at: http://www.collegesurvey.com/uca
Seminars
Sexual Harassment
Participants have the option of attending a sexual harassment seminar on-site or online at http://training.newmedialearning.com/psh/ucentralarkansas/choice.htm.
An on-site seminar will be held:
- April 15, 9-10 a.m., Student Center Room 214
Diversity
- March 30, 5:30 -7 p.m., Student Center Room 215
To register for an on-site seminar, send name, department and ID# to training@uca.edu. You may reach the Office of University Training by calling 450-5470.