Interim President, Executive Staff to Host “CampusTalk”
Join Interim President Tom Courtway and members of the executive staff for coffee and conversation during “Campus Talk” on Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 3 p.m. in Student Center 205. President Courtway will host the informal meetings once a month to give faculty, staff and students the opportunity to ask questions and to provide the campus with information.
Panel Discussion on Gender and Delinquency
The Gender Studies minor program will host a panel discussion on Gender and Delinquency on Thursday, Sept. 29, during at 1:40 p.m. in the Student Center Room 223/224. Guest speakers include Judge Rhonda Wood, Circuit Judge for the 20th District. Faye Shepherd, Community Resource Coordinator and a Juvenile Probation Officer for Faulkner County Juvenile Court. Scott Tanner, coordinator of the Juvenile Ombudsman Division and Luke Ferguson, deputy prosecuting attorney.
Judge Wood will discuss the structure of Juvenile Court, the path from arrest to adjunction and what alternatives are available to a juvenile judge. She will also talk about Families in Need of Services cases. Mr. Ferguson will focus on the basic differences between the types of offences committed by male juveniles and those committed by female juveniles. Mr. Tanner will discuss the route the girls come into the system. Ms. Shepherd will discuss her gender-specific programs to intervene and attempt to change risky behaviors in both genders including a boxing program for boys and a book club for girls. These and other programs are designed to rehabilitate court-involved youth and reduce the chances of their reoffending. She will also discuss what girls’ needs are once they are in the system compared to boys. The UCA Department of Sociology is sponsoring the program.
Torreyson Library Launches New Interlibrary Loan Service
On Aug. 1, Torreyson Library launched “ILLiad,” a new and enhanced Interlibrary Loan service. This service will allow the UCA community to track the progress of requests, receive email notifications of delivery, receive desktop service for e-format articles, and receive more material in pdf format. For more information about this service, please go to the library website at www.uca.edu/libraryor contact the Interlibrary Loan office at 450-5205 or ill@uca.edu.
Homecoming Packets Now Available at Concierge Desk
Homecoming packets are now available at the Concierge Student Services desk or the Student Life office, Room 207 in the Student Center. This year’s theme is “Forever the Royal Purple and Gray.” Along with the traditional Homecoming queen nominees, there will be five Homecoming activities to participate in: Banner Competition, Fight Song Competition, Bear Spirit March, Chant Competition at the Great Bear Spirit Bonfire and the Parade Float. Contact the Student Life office at 450-3137 for further information.
UCA Foundation Accepting Grant Proposals
The UCA Foundation is currently requesting grant proposals from members of the faculty for Foundation funding. The Fall 2011 deadline for applications is Friday, Oct. 21. Please submit the orginal application and six copies to the Foundation Office. Information and grant application forms are available at https://uca.edu/foundation/faculty-grants/
Staff Senate Accepting Employee of the Quarter Nominations
The UCA Staff Senate is accepting nominations for the Employee of the Quarter Award. One recipient will be recognized for each quarter for outstanding job performance, going above and beyond, during that quarter. Any staff member with at least one year of service on July 1, 2010 is eligible to be nominated by faculty, staff, students, or alumni.
This program is sponsored by the Staff Senate and aims to recognize more staff for their contributions to UCA. Nominate someone today that deserves recognition and some great prizes including $150 BearBucks, two tickets to the 2nd annual Night of Distinction, and a reserved parking spot for the following quarter. Nominations must be submitted by Sept. 30, at 4:30 p.m. The nomination form is available at https://www.uca.edu/web/forms/view.php?id=205. For more information, contact Stephanie Hailey McBrayer at smcbrayer@uca.edu.
Faculty Research Proposals Due Oct. 3
Faculty research proposals for funding by the University Research Council are due to department chairs by Oct. 3. Guidelines and application forms are available at https://uca.edu/urc/files/2011/07/URC_Guidelines.pdf. For more information, contact the chair of your college research committee or Patti Hornor (phornor@uca.edu, 450-5064).
Applications for Sabbatical Leave for Summer, Fall 2012 Deadline Oct. 3
Applications for sabbatical leave for summer and fall 2012 are due to department chairs on Oct. 3. Information regarding guidelines for proposals and time line for review can be found at: https://uca.edu/sabbatical/files/2011/07/Sabbatical-Leave-Guide.pdf. Questions may be directed to Elaine McNiece at elainem@uca.edu or Patti Hornor at Phornor@uca.edu.
14th Annual Majors Fair Scheduled for Oct. 6
Mark your calendar and plan to attend the 14thannual Majors Fair on Thursday, Oct. 6 from 12:30 to 3 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom. This gala event is designed to encourage students to get excited about choosing their major/minor as well as network with UCA faculty in an informal atmosphere. Please encourage students to attend.
UCA to Host Second Annual Amigo Cup Soccer Challenge
The University of Central Arkansas will host the UCA Amigo Cup Soccer Challenge on Oct. 8-9 at the Bill Stephens track and soccer complex. The Amigo Cup is a state-wide soccer tournament for Latino teams from across the state. The goals of the tournament are to provide a festive state-wide event for Latinos and to showcase the City of Conway and the UCA campus in an effort to recruit Latino students to the university. The tournament begins at 10 a.m., Oct 8 and at 8 a.m. Oct. 9. The event is free. Please bring lawn chairs and blankets. Seating is limited.
Staff Senate Seek Volunteers for Football and Basketball Games
The Staff Senate requests volunteers each year for football and basketball games in an effort to raise funds that provide scholarships for UCA staff members and their immediate families. There are four vacant volunteer positions that need filled for UCA’s next home game of the season on Oct. 1. If you cannot volunteer for this upcoming game, there are at least three other home football games for which you may volunteer: Oct. 15 – McNeese State, Oct. 29 – Southeastern Louisiana (HC) and Nov. 12 – Texas State. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Andy Faulkner at 450-5067 or afaulkner@uca.edu.
UCA Observatory Nights, Planetarium Shows Schedule Announced
The UCA Planetarium has announced its upcoming observatory nights and planetarium shows. Admission is free. Stairs to the observatory are located in the front lobby of Lewis Science Center. The planetarium is located in Lewis Science Center Room 10.
OBSERVATORY NIGHTS
Oct. 19, 7 – 9 p.m.
Nov.16, 6 – 8 p.m.
PLANETARIUM SHOWS
Oct. 5, 7 p.m.
Nov. 2, 7 p.m.
Dec. 7, 7 p.m.
ArtsFest Kicks Off Fifth Year
This year’s ArtsFest will run through Oct. 2. The Scrap Exchange, from Durham, N.C., will headline the Art in the Park activities on Saturday, Oct. 1. The festival will include a wide variety of events. The Faulkner County Library featuring information on banned books. Also featured during the festival will be a speech debate, outdoor drawing lessons, Conway League of Artists exhibit and Arkansas Art Center’s mobile art unit. For more details and information about Conway’s ArtsFest, visit www.artsfestconway.com/schedule/or contact Judi Moore, ArtsFest chair, at (501) 548-5224 or judimmore@gmail.com.
Cross Town Trio To Perform Sept. 28
The Cross Town Trio will perform at Snow Fine Arts Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 28. The performance is free and open to the public. The chamber music trio is made up of three Conway music professors who have been playing together for 11 years. Dr. Jackie Lamar, professor of saxophone at UCA, plays saxophone for the trio. Karen Griebling and John Krebs, both of Hendrix, play viola and piano, respectively. For more information, contact Lamar (501) 450-5763 or jackiel@uca.edu.
101 Years of Broadway will Open the Broadway Series on Sept. 29
101 Years of Broadway will open UCA’s Broadway Series with a 7:30 p.m. performance on Thursday, Sept. 29 in the Donald W. Reynolds Performance Hall. 101 Years of Broadway recreates the biggest moments from the finest shows of the century. Tickets, available at the UCA Ticket Central Box Office, are $30-$40 for adults, $27-$37 for senior citizens, $25-35 for UCA alumni, $28-$33 for UCA faculty and staff, and $10 for all students. For tickets, call (501) 450-3265, Monday–Friday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. or visit www.uca.edu/reynolds.
Fall Season, 15th Anniversary Set for Baum Gallery
The Baum Gallery of Fine Art’s fall season of exhibitions will be open through Oct. 27. An Artists’ Reception and 15th Anniversary Celebration is set for Oct. 7 from 4:30-7:30 p.m. The exhibitions include Connections: The Fifteenth Year; More Than a Mold: Contemporary Slip Cast Ceramics; and Cloud Control: the devastation of an anchor.
Photographer Keith Melton’s Work Feature for Annual Alumni Exhibition
UCA’s annual Alumni Exhibition will feature work by photographer Keith Melton. For the past year, Melton has been using an iPhone drawing application to create mini-portraits with a drawing-by-subtraction technique, which he explains as being similar to scratching a lottery ticket. The alumni exhibit will be on view in the Fireplace Room adjoining the Baum Gallery from Oct. 7-27. All gallery exhibits and events are free and open to the public and are made possible by the UCA Arts Fee.
UCA Writing Faculty Members to Read from Posthumous Novel Oct. 6
Terry Wright, Mark Spitzer and Tim Thornes, professors with the Department of Writing, will read from Surreal Killerat the Faulkner County Library on Thursday, Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. The book by the late Roy Trask, aka David Arnott, was published by the new local small press Shakespeare & Company, Toad Suck, under the direction of Spitzer. It features cover art by Wright and includes an afterword by Thornes, who described Surreal Killer as “Little Miss Sunshine meets Schindler’s List.” The event is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served. The reading is co-sponsored by the 2011 Arkansas Philological Association Conference. A question and answer session and book signing will follow the reading, and copies of Surreal Killer will be available for purchase. The Faulkner County Library is located at 1900 Tyler Street in Conway. For more information, contact Jeanetta Darley at (501) 327-7482 or jeanetta@fcl.org.
Staff Senate Accepting Applications for Professional Development
The Staff Senate is now accepting applications for fall professional development funding. Applications will be accepted online until Friday, Oct. 7. The link to the application is https://uca.edu/staffsenate/profdevfunding.php
The Staff Senate Professional Development fund was established to assist a staff employee in pursuing opportunities for professional development. Specifically, these funds can be used by a staff member seeking support for a book scholarship-if taking classes outside of UCA, or travel funds for conference attendance. The senate seeks to advance opportunities of continuing education, advanced or higher education, certification programs, or conference participation. All full-time classified or non-classified staff are eligible to apply. The value of the funding depends on the available funds and the number of applicants. For more information, contact Amanda Legate, chair of the Staff Senate Professional Development Committee at AmandaG@uca.edu or staffsenate@uca.edu.
Free Tobacco Cessation Classes this Fall
Free tobacco cessation classes will be offered to UCA students, faculty, and staff this fall. Each class will focus on creating a personalized quit plan. Find out how to get free patches and gum. Classes are scheduled for Oct. 11 at 1:40 p.m. and Nov. 9 at noon in the Student Health Center Room 307. ·For more information or to participate, send an email to jdavidson@uca.eduwith your name, phone number, and class date you plan to attend.
Lecture on Understanding China Set for Oct. 11
Dr. Jeff Allender and Dr. Roger Pauly will lead this free lecture and discussion on Understanding China: Beyond the Economic Miracle of the past 20 years on Tuesday, Oct. 11. The lecture begins at 6 p.m. in the College of Business Room 105. Workshop topics include understanding the disastrous history of Western / Chinese relations throughout the past centuries and why that haunts US-Chinese relations to this day; analyzing the major differences between Chinese and Western cultures and how this produces different global perspectives; and discussing China’s future relations with the US. To register, visit Understanding China.
Free Workshop on Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents Set for Oct. 14
Outreach and Community Engagement has partnered with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Arkansas Children’s Hospital to offer a free workshop on Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents on Friday, Oct. 14. The workshop will be held in Brewer-Hegeman Conference Center beginning at 8:30 a.m.
Dr. Tracie Pasold, an assistant professor at UAMS and director of clinical services at Arkansas Children’s Hospital’s Adolescent Medicine and Eating Disorders Specialty Clinics, and Dr. Maria Portilla, an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and medical director of the Child and Adolescent Eating Disorder Clinic at Arkansas Children’s Hospital, are the presenters. Registration is recommended; however, walk-ups are welcome. Register online at https://uca.edu/outreach/pdcourses/
History Symposium Explores Popular Culture in History
This year’s History Symposium will provide examples of how to use popular culture as a way to teach history. Topics range from America during WWII, Superman as a metaphor, Victorian England and America in the 1950s. The conference is scheduled for Oct. 15 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Brewer- Hegeman Conference Center. The keynote speaker is Dr. Randy Roberts, professor of history at Purdue University. He has authored, co-authored, or edited 16 books in the area of American cultural and social history, on subjects ranging from film to football. He has made more than 50 appearances on television documentaries and films for the History Channel, ESPN, HBO, PBS, and on the ABC, NBC, and CBS networks. Cost for the symposium is $25. For more information, visit 2011 History Symposium website.
Education Seminar Opportunities
Specific questions regarding educational seminars may be directed to the Office of University Training at 450-3135 or Charlotte Strickland, Education Seminar Coordinator at 450-5470 or training@uca.edu.
Sexual Harassment
New staff members are required to attend the sexual harassment and diversity seminars. New faculty receives sexual harassment and diversity seminars through the new faculty orientation program sponsored by the Instructional Development Center. Contact the IDC (idc@uca.edu) or 450-5240 for the designated sexual harassment and diversity seminar dates.
If one cannot attend the designated date, she/he is welcome to select from any of the campus-wide dates. Returning faculty, staff, student workers and graduate assistants are asked to attend the sexual harassment and diversity seminars on an annual basis. All other seminars are available for your professional development on a voluntary basis. To register for training and seminars, visit training@uca.edu. Participants have the option of attending the sexual harassment seminar on-site or online at http://training.newmedialearning.com/psh/ucentralarkansas/choice.htm.
Oct. 4, 9-10 a.m., Student Center #213
Oct.12, 3 – 4 p.m., Student Center #215
Oct.12, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m., Student Center #215
Oct. 25,1:30 – 2:30 p.m., Student Center #215
Diversity
This year’s topic of discussion is disabilities.
Sept. 27, 9 – 10:30 a.m., Student Center #215
Oct. 3, 2 – 3:30 p.m., Student Center #215
Oct. 11, 9:30 – 11 a.m., Student Center #215
Oct. 17, 1:30 – 3 p.m., Student Center #215
Oct. 28, 9 – 10:30 a.m., Student Center #215
New Staff Orientation
(For non-faculty hired as of May, 2011)
Oct. 5, 8 a.m. – 1p.m., Student Center #213/214
Customer Service C.A.R.E.
Voluntary seminar offered to all employees. This seminar looks at the importance of communication, attitude, respect and enthusiasm in the workplace.
Sept. 28, 9 -10 a.m., Student Center # 223/224
Customer Service C.A.R.E. Part II
Oct. 14, 2 – 3 p.m., Student Center # 214
Professional Development Workshops
Oct. 7, 12-1:30 p.m., Student Center #214
Topic: Self-Evaluation
Marilyn Cullum, LPC, Coordinator of Clinical Services, UCA Counseling Center
Ever wonder where self-doubts and insecurities come from? Why you second-guess yourself at every turn, silently berate yourself at every opportunity, or live in constant fear of failure? Why you feed yourself dreams in bite size pieces, fearing you’ll choke if you bite off too much at one time? We’ve all been there at one time or another. Learn cognitive behavioral skills to help recognize, reassess and reframe negative emotional messages that sabotage your sense of self.