UCA PD Participates in Taking Back Unwanted Prescription Drugs
The UCA Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration will give the campus community an opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs on April 30. Bring your medications for disposal to the UCA Police Department between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on April 30. The police department is located at W.J. Sowder and Marion Ross Ave. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.
Last September, Americans turned in 242,000 pounds—121 tons—of prescription drugs at nearly 4,100 sites operated by the DEA and more than 3,000 state and local law enforcement partners.
This initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue. Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs.
College of Education Pinning Ceremony Scheduled for May 5
The College of Education will hold its fifth annual Pinning Ceremony on Thursday, May 5 to honor candidates who are becoming teachers. Graduates from December 2010 and May 2011 will be honored along with Masters of Arts and Teaching candidates. Two hundred and thirty-five candidates are eligible to participate in the ceremony. The guest speaker will be Dr. Charlotte Green, a principal at Woodrow Cummins Elementary School in Conway, Arkansas. Dr. Green holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from UCA.
UCA Board of Trustees Meeting Set for May 6
The University of Central Arkansas Board of Trustees will meet in a regularly scheduled meeting at 2 p.m., May 6 in the Board of Trustees Conference Room in Wingo Hall. A printable copy of the agenda may be obtained at www.uca.edu/botagenda.
Spring Commencement Scheduled for May 7
Commencement services for the University of Central Arkansas will be held Saturday, May 7 in the Farris Center.
Exercises are scheduled for 10 a.m. for the College of Health and Behavioral Sciences; 1 p.m. for the College of Education, College of Liberal Arts, the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and University College; and at 4 p.m. for the College of Business Administration and the College of Fine Arts and Communication. More than 1,100 degrees will be conferred during the ceremonies. UCA President Allen Meadors will deliver a charge to the graduates.
Tickets on Sale for Upcoming Season of the Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre
Tickets for the fifth season of the Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre are now on sale. This summer’s festival will feature four shows to be presented from June 16-July 3. The festival will open with four performances of As You Like It (June 16, 17, 18, 19) at The Village at Hendrix (the greenspace adjacent to Panera Bread and ZaZa — in front of Village Books). Those tickets are pay-what-you-can. All festival tickets can be purchased through www.arkshakes.com; UCA Ticket Central at www.uca.edu/tickets or by calling the Reynolds Box Office at 501-450-3265.
UCA Public Appearances announces an Opera Mini-Marathon
Due to a storm related cancellation, Captured Live from the Met @ UCA will conclude with a Mini-Marathon on May 1. The regularly scheduled performance of Il Trovatore will be followed by a special encore presentation of Capriccio, which was originally scheduled for Monday, April 25 but cancelled due to bad weather. Il Trovatore will begin at 2:00 p.m. in Reynolds Performance Hall and is scheduled to end at 4:45p.m.. Capriccio will follow beginning at 5:00 p.m., and is scheduled to end at 7:40 p.m. Tickets for either opera will be honored for the double bill. Tickets are $15 for the public and $5 for students with valid I.D. To order, call UCA Ticket Central at (501) 450-3265 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday or visit www.uca.edu/tickets.
Annual Art in Architecture: Historic Homes of Conway Exhibition May 8
The University of Central Arkansas’s Baum Gallery of Fine Art will host a reception for the sixth annual Art in Architecture: Historic Homes of Conway exhibition on Sunday, May 8, from 1-3 p.m. The reception and opening in the gallery, located in McCastlain Hall, are free and open to the public. The competitive exhibition features artworks by area K-12 students based on historic homes in Conway built between 1875 and 1925. Participating schools include Conway Public, St. Joseph Parochial, Conway Christian, The Art School, Greenbrier, Guy-Perkins, Mt. Vernon-Enola and Vilonia. Juroring on April 23 will finalize the participants. 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 or e-mail barbaras@uca.edu.
STEM Summer Program for High School Students Slated July 18-22
A summer program in STEM areas for high school students is being offered at UCA during the week of July 18-22, 2011. The one-week program is designed for promising 9th, 10th, and 11th grade students in central Arkansas. The objective of the program is to stimulate and enhance interest in mathematics and its applications to the physical, biological, and computer sciences. For more information, call 450-3147.
Silver Moon Cinema to Host “UCA Night” May 14 to Raise Money for the Mary Landreth Scholarship Fund
Silver Moon Cinema is proud to host “UCA Night” on Saturday, May 14th. The movie, Table at Luigi’s, will be shown around 8 p.m. downtown on the corner of Oak and Locust in front of the Toad Suck Store. Table at Luigi’s was filmed entirely in Conway by the Feature Filmmaking class at UCA. Full of food, fantasy, and romance, Table at Luigi’s is a romantic comedy about a Chef (Frank Romeo) who can literally cook up people’s dreams for them. A minimum $1 donation to the Mary Landreth Scholarship Fund will grant you a ticket to view the movie out under the stars. Bring a chair or blanket and come enjoy this wonderful Conway film. Popcorn and drinks will be sold by the charity. Green Cart Deli will also be on site selling the “Silver Moon Cinema” dog. Proceeds will go to the Mary Landreth Scholarship Fund.