Students Present Undergraduate Research to State Legislators

Posted on February 29, 2012

More than 80 students from Arkansas four-year public and private colleges and universities gathered at the State Capitol Rotunda on Feb. 15 to present cutting-edge undergraduate research to state legislators.

Students shared their work in the areas of natural sciences, computer science, engineering and mathematics.

Students who participated in “Arkansas STEM Posters at the Capitol” were from Arkansas State University, Philander Smith College, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, University of Central Arkansas, Southern Arkansas University, Henderson State University, Harding University, Hendrix College, Arkansas Tech University, Lyon College, University of Arkansas at Monticello, Ouachita Baptist University and John Brown University.

“I felt strongly this program would fly in Arkansas because I know there exists around the state a strong culture of undergraduate research at public and private schools. This is especially true in STEM disciplines,” Dr. Patrick Desrochers, organizer and chemistry professor at the University of Central Arkansas. “This February’s session is the result of conversations shared with STEM colleagues around the state and the commitment of these individuals to support their students in original research at their schools.”

Desrochers hopes the poster presentation becomes an established program for the State Capitol.

“This should become something the legislators and public anticipate, a showcase of the best and brightest students from around the state involved in exciting and innovative projects. In the end, this should advocate for the good work these students and faculty do at their schools,” he said. ” Hopefully, this poster session will help it become widely known that outstanding educational opportunities are available right here in Arkansas in highly technical, exciting, challenging, and sometimes financially lucrative fields, following undergraduate and graduate training. Arkansans should know these opportunities exist at schools throughout the state.”

Watch the video of the STEM at the Capitol.

Departments Receive Funding from Conway A&P Commission

Posted on February 29, 2012

Several UCA programs were among the more than 30 programs to receive funding from the Conway A&P Commission.

Programs receiving funding are UCA Public Appearances, $7,500; homecoming, $7,500; the Amigos Cup, a soccer tournament aimed at Hispanic participants from around the state, $2,500; and the Community Development Institute, a summer training program, $2,000.

The purpose of the Conway A&P Commission grant is to stimulate tourism and produce a positive economic effect on the business of the city of Conway.

Walker Foundation Endows UCA Science Education Scholarship

Posted on February 29, 2012
The Willard and Pat Walker Charitable Foundation, Inc. has given $50,000 to endow a science education scholarship at the University of Central Arkansas.

The Willard and Pat Walker Bachelor’s in Science Education Scholarship Fund will aid the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in recruiting and retaining students who wish to become science teachers. Students who plan to teach in the life sciences or physical sciences are eligible for the scholarship.

The science education scholarship was established in 2010 with contributions from current and retired faculty and staff within the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. The $50,000 gift from the Willard and Pat Walker Charitable Foundation Inc. will enable the university to make scholarship awards from this fund in perpetuity.

“The ability to give greater financial support to these students than we can currently offer will go a long way toward helping us achieve our goal of increasing the number of science and mathematics teachers who graduate from UCA,” said Dr. Steve Runge, interim provost and former dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. “Our K-12 schools in Arkansas need more teachers in these areas and we are going to do everything possible to ensure that our graduation numbers go up and that the science and mathematics teachers that we send out into the schools are of the highest caliber. We greatly appreciate the Walker Foundation for supporting us in our science education efforts.”

The scholarship with be awarded for the first time this fall. Students interested in applying for the scholarship should contact the Office of the Dean in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at (501) 450-3199.

 

 

UCA Staff News

Posted on February 29, 2012

Kelly Lyon

Tim Atkinson

Kelly Lyon, director of UCA’s Center for Community and Economic Development, and Tim Atkinson, assistant provost and director of sponsored programs,  participated in the 2012 Proposal Development Workshop sponsored by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ Grants Resource Center.  The event was held Feb. 23-25 in Washington D.C.

Lyon and Atkinson described the steps they have taken to move from theory to proven success in building a network of internal and external partners invested in the institution and the region.

Lyon discussed the ways UCA used a collaborative assessment rubric to identify the roles of existing and potential collaborators, build a strong pipeline of partners, and present a compelling picture of a resource network that has garnered the support of local stakeholders, regional foundations, and federal sponsors.

Lyon and Atkinson also took part in a web conference on “A Successful Failure: Turning a Rejected Grant Application into an Asset,” a case study on the challenges and benefits of developing a multi-sector partnership in pursuit of federal community development funding.

Reising’s work featured in 501 Magazine

Dr. Robert Reising, a supervisor in the Academic Success Center, was featured in the February 2012 issue of 501 LIFE. The magazine article was about the medical biography of Dr. “Moonlight” Graham that Reising is co-authoring with Dr. Paul Mueller, head of Internal Medicine at the Mayo Clinic.

Amphitheater Project Moves to Bid Phase

Posted on February 29, 2012

The University of Central Arkansas Board of Trustees authorized the administration to proceed with bid requests for the construction of an amphitheater . The 200-seat amphitheater will be located between the Student Center and Ida Waldran Auditorium. UCA officials plan to have the project completed by the opening of the fall semester.

The design included an elevated grass area, three brick columns, cast concrete seating and landscaping. Architects have identified deductive alternatives if bids are over budget, said UCA President Tom Courtway. Items removed from the project can be added when funding is available.

Initial cost for the project is estimated at $268,000.The board allocated $112,500 from the Board of Trustees Fund for the project. Trustee Rush Harding donated $112,500 and additional funds were given by the SGA and the Department of Housing.

The amphitheater project is a part of “Think Big! Project,” a Student Government Association initiative that allows students, faculty and staff to submit proposals that would benefit the UCA community.

The administration will come back to the board for approval of the bid, Courtway said

IDC Hosts Mini-Conference on Teaching and Learning

Posted on February 29, 2012

Teaching and learning took center stage during a mini-conference hosted by the Instructional Development Centeron Monday, Jan. 9. Faculty representing every college and a diverse cross-section of departments came together to share insights, experiences and best practices related to classroom instruction and student learning.

Kicking off the event were keynotes by veteran educators Sondra Gordy, professor of history;  and Paul Krause, a professor of chemistry.   The luncheon, held in the Presidential Dining Room, was sponsored by the Hunt-Farris Faculty Development Fund through the UCA Foundation.

Primed for an afternoon of learning and sharing, participants were then treated to a medley of timely topics ranging from the classroom learning climate to instructional technology tools and Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.

Patty Phelps, IDC Director, was pleased with the event. She expressed appreciation to those who presented sessions as well as all who attended the mini-conference.

“For much less than it would cost one faculty member to attend a conference, we were able to provide a half-day professional development experience for over 40 faculty,” Phelps said.

Honors College News

Posted on February 29, 2012

Faculty Accomplishment: Allison Wallace

Associate Professor Allison Wallace’s essay on “The Place of Drawing in Place Journaling” has been accepted for publication in Honors in Practice.

In Honors seminars on American nature writing and the history of environmental activism, Wallace’s students must each choose an outdoors location on campus to visit weekly and to compile a “place journal” about it. The goal is for students to become astute observers of nature, partly by writing (i.e. developing the necessary vocabulary to describe what they encounter) and partly by drawing. Artistic skill is not necessary, but a good-faith effort to really see and to record these close observations is important, and tends to yield greater understanding of the natural world than students initially believe possible in this assignment. Dr. Roger Bowman of UCA’s art department has been instrumental in helping Wallace to prepare students for the drawing requirement in these courses.

Craftin’ for CASA

Associate professor Donna Bowman’s Honors seminar “Craft Wisely: The Past, Present and Future of Handmade” wanted to make a splash with handcrafting both on campus and off. Partnering with Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of the 20th Judicial District, they found a cause for their knitted and crocheted winter accessories: children in the custody of local courts, who have been removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect. For twenty-one of these children, the class of 14 students, a teaching assistant, and an instructor created custom hats, scarves, mittens, toys, blankets and comfort objects, made with love and in the children’s favorite colors. But the class wanted to do more than give their work to the clients; the students wanted to contribute to the important work of CASA. They committed to a fundraising sale on campus in which their handmade headbands, hats, scarves, decorations, blankets and bags were paired with the items made for the children CASA serves. Customers who bought a paired item took home one, and donated the other.

See Video of the project.  

On December 1, the Craftin’ for CASA Buy One, Give One sale went live on “the block” between Snow Fine Arts and Short-Denney. Scheduled to run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., the last item was sold around 2 pm and the clotheslines were empty. Thanks to the generosity of the campus community — students, faculty, staff and visitors — the class was able to present an $876 donation to CASA of the 20th Judicial District along with the 21 gifts handmade for its clients. Tess Fletcher, Executive Director for the Children’s Advocacy Alliance, commented: “While we are grateful for the items and the financial support, what has overwhelmed our staff has been the dedication and passion to our mission that the students have shown.  They, Dr. Bowman, and the entire UCA campus should know that through not only their actions, but through their compassion, a message of hope has been sent to the abused and neglected children in our community.” Reflecting on what she learned through the service project, a student in the class wrote: “Because people see us contributing to the world, performing craft-activism, attempting to make a difference and pay it forward … maybe someday they will remember our efforts and do the same.”

Featured Student: Destiny Davis

Destiny Davis

Destiny Davis is a senior Biology major and Honors minor focused on plant research. Her involvement in biological research began fall of 2010 with her work in Dr. J.D. Swanson’s laboratory exploring trichome development in blackberries as a model for cell signaling and differentiation. Her work involved genetic transformation to ascertain the function of a particular gene in trichome development. This being her first introduction to the world of scientific research, she attributes much of her confidence to the “shared experience of working alongside other students in Dr. Swanson’s lab.”

Besides her work in biology, Destiny is also involved on campus through the Student Government Association. She has served on SGA since her junior year and is currently representing the students as both a senior representative and as Chair of the Green Initiatives Committee. Through her involvement in SGA, she is able to serve the students by “making sure the students are heard in every conversation which involves them across campus.” Her main goals with SGA this semester are to “inspire others to carry on the tradition of activism at UCA, regarding green initiatives in particular, and ensure the continual inclusion of students in all UCA matters.”

Destiny also had the opportunity to travel abroad after her sophomore year. In the summer of 2010, she was awarded a Travel Abroad Grant from the Honors College to study abroad in New Zealand for a month. The trip was largely focused on the unique ecology of the two islands with activities including museum visits, hikes, guided nature tours, as well as university visits to hear lectures from prominent, New Zealand biologists. An experience, she says, afforded her a sense of community in science in particular.

The following summer Destiny was selected to participate in Arkansas’ IDeA Networks Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) summer outreach program. The program is designed to encourage students to pursue careers in science by pairing them with faculty researchers on an independent research project. During the ten-week program, Destiny (mentored by Dr. Grace, Associate Professor of Biology at UALR) explored the light effects on antioxidant synthesis in tomatoes. With two different genotypes under two light conditions, she used gene expression data as well as metabolic analysis in order to correlate the production of a specific antioxidant with the expression of eight particular genes. At the conclusion of the program, she presented her research at both the INBRE research day at UAMS and the fall poster symposium in Fayetteville—where she received 1st place in the Biology oral presentation competition. Destiny also presented her research poster at the Arkansas Plant Powered Production (P3) (a consortium of plant researchers focused on collaboration across college campuses and building a strong basis for plant biology research in Arkansas) summer conference where she won 1st place in the undergraduate poster competition. Destiny also incorporated her research into her Honors College thesis entitled: “Biotechnology of Tomatoes: A Genetic and Metabolic Approach to Nutritional Improvement,” completed in the fall of 2011.

Destiny plans on attending graduate school next fall in pursuit of a Ph.D. in Plant Biology focusing on how the molecular biology of a plant dictates physiology (specifically how the plant interacts with the environment). She was selected for on-campus interviews at Pennsylvania State University (in March) and University of California, Davis (in February) where she will meet with faculty to discuss potential research projects.

Destiny describes her time at UCA so far as “enlightening and enriching in all senses of the words. I have gained much from being a part of the UCA community through the Honors College, SGA and being a student in general. I understand the importance of continual inquiry and exploration as a true life-long learner and I am constantly surprised of how these ideas shape and connect all aspects of my life. I am also grateful for the experiences I have had working with the faculty and my peers. As my time at UCA comes to close, I realize how much I have grown in the four years since I took my first college class. I welcome the challenge that awaits me in graduate school and I have the UCA community to thank.”

Featured Alumnus: Laci M. Rogers

Laci Rogers

After a lifetime as a student, you’d think I would be ready to leave school. Instead, my days at UCA formed my ambition to become a professor so that I could stay in college forever. To this end, I completed a Bachelor of Business Administration with an Honors minor (Class of ’06) at the University of Central Arkansas and a Master of Business Administration at Florida State University. During summer 2011, I completed my dissertation and earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration with an emphasis in Organizational Behavior at Florida State University.

My mother often says “if you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life.” So far, I have to agree. I’m really enjoying my first academic position. In August 2011, I became an Assistant Professor of Management at the University of Southern Indiana in Evansville, IN. There are three main parts to life as an academic: teaching, research, and service. I teach three management classes a semester. My research focuses on mentoring and career development, organizational politics, and cross-generational interactions at work. I’m currently focused on publishing out of my dissertation research. For my service responsibilities, I am leading the International Case Competition Team which will compete at Royal Roads University in Victoria, BC. Top business undergraduates analyze business cases and then present their recommended solutions to panels of executives. The competition is a chance to apply academic knowledge to real-world scenarios.

When I’m not working, I love to spend time with my husband, Derrick. We have been together since I was a sophomore at UCA, and we finally got married last October. We love sports, being outdoors, food and spoiling our pit-mix, Davie. I recently rediscovered my love of reading and watching crime dramas. A good story helps to break up all the academic reading and papers that need grading. My Honors experiences helped define my passions and gave me the foundation to build a great career and a great life.

College of Education News

Posted on February 29, 2012

UTeach Project Planning Grant Awarded to UCA

Dr. Gary Bunn, assistant professor in the Department of Teaching of Learning, and Dr. Stephen R. Addison, professor and chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, recently received a planning grant to explore the replication of the UTeach Program at the University of Central Arkansas.  Through the College Access Challenge Grant Program within the United States Department of Education, the Arkansas Department of Higher Education funded $26,705 of the award. and the Arkansas Science and Technology Authority funded an additional $12,000.

UCA hopes to join 25 other universities across the United States that are implementing the UTeach Program in the preparation of teacher candidates to teach mathematics and sciences.  The UTeach Program, which began at the University of Texas at Austin in 1997, offers students majoring in mathematics and sciences unique opportunities to earn their teaching credentials while completing their bachelors of science degrees.  The UTeach Programs in Arkansas are a part of Gov. Mike Beebe’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Works initiative that was announced in August of 2011.  To date, more than $2 million have been committed to the Arkansas program.

Kappa Delta Pi Presents the 2011 Fall Semester Awards

The Pi Beta Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, the international honor society for education majors in the UCA College of Education, proudly presents two awards every fall and spring semester.  One award is given to the KDP Intern of the Semester, and one award is given to the KDP Mentor of the Semester.  Nominations are submitted by teacher candidate interns, classroom teacher mentors, and university field placement supervisors; both undergraduate and MAT graduate teacher candidates are eligible for nomination.  KDP officers and counselors select the award recipients.  Kappa Delta Pi officers for the 2011-12 academic year include: Sarah Martin, President; Rachel Tyler, Vice-President; Catherine Bausom, Secretary; April Martin, Historian; and Starla Ritter, Membership Chair.  Chapter Counselors are: Ms. Mara Cawein, clinical instructor , and Dr. Nancy P. Gallavan, professor, both in the Department of Teaching and Learning.  Many deserving nominations for the 2011 fall semester were submitted and competition was intense.

The recipient of the KDP Intern of the Semester is Kerry Hawkins.  Kerry was nominated by Ms. Debbie Headley, music specialist and National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certified teacher at Baseline Elementary School, Little Rock.  Ms. Headley stated that “Kerry taught me how to access various computer and smart board sites” and took on a “leadership role in the building by heading the Artist in Education Arkansas Arts Council project.”  The principal at Baseline Elementary School is Dr. Eleanor Cox-Woodley; the UCA supervisor for Kerry Hawkins was Dr. Ryan Fisher.

The recipient of the KDP Mentor of the Semester is Ms. Peggy Paxton, fifth-grade teacher at Ruth Doyle Intermediate School, Conway, Ark.  The UCA supervisor, Ms. Brenda Linn, who nominated Ms. Paxton, described her as “an administrator’s dream.”  Ms Paxon’s intern, Violeta Canarillo, added that Peggy was “full of ideas, energetic, helpful, patient, kind, and thoughtful.”  The principal at Ruth Doyle Intermediate School is Debi Avra.

 

 

Dr. Mary Ellen Oslick Shares Her Love of Children’s Literature

Dr. Mary Ellen Oslick,  an assistant professor in the College of Education in the Department of Early Childhood/Special Education, brings a wealth of knowledge about children’s literature as shown in her recent array of publications and presentations.  During the 2011 fall semester, Dr. Oslick authored the article “Criminal Justice in Children’s Literature” in the Florida English Journal.  Additionally, she recently learned that two manuscripts have been accepted for publication.  “Experiencing Diversity through Children’s Literature: Reflecting on the 2010-2011 Notable Books for a Global Society List” co-authored with R. M. Lowery, Q. Liu, P., M. Rodriguez, and L. Thibodeaux, will be published in the Florida Reading Journal.  “’Gotta Love Technology!’” Preservice Teachers’ Transformation in a Blended Online Multicultural Literature Course,” co-authored with R. M. Lowery, will be published in Dragon Lode.

Dr. Oslick presented “’Gotta Love Technology!’” Preservice Teachers’ Transformation in a Blended Online Multicultural Literature Course with her co-authors at the annual conference of the Literacy Research Association in Jacksonville, Fla.; “’Good Books Please:’” Preservice Teachers’ Transformation in Multicultural Literature Discussions at the annual conference of the National Council of Teachers of English in Chicago, Ill.; and Notable Books for a Global Society at the annual conference of the Southeastern Regional Association of Teacher Educators in Savannah, Ga.

 

Letia Wyatt New Coordinator of Student Activities at Reinhardt University

Reinhardt University welcomed UCA graduate Letia Wyatt as its new coordinator of students activities this month.  Reinhardt University is a comprehensive university with approximately 1,200 undergraduate and graduate students, grounded in the liberal arts, founded in 1883. It is located in Waleska, Ga., about 45 minutes northwest of Atlanta, Ga.

Letia earned her master of science degree in College Student Personnel Administration from the College of Education, Department of Leadership Studies.  In the summer 2008, Letia earned her bachelor of science degree in Mass Communications and Print Journalism with a minor in Writing from the College of Fine Arts and Communication, Department of Mass Communication and Theatre.  Not only has Letia earned two degrees from UCA, while a graduate student Letia worked as a Graduate Assistant in the College of Education, Department of Teaching and Learning.  Dr. Tammy Benson, Chair of the TL is shown in the photograph with Letia.

College of Fine Arts and Communication News

Posted on February 29, 2012

Garry Powell

Garry Craig Powell, an assistant professor in the Department of Writing, has had his novel-in-stories Stoning the Devil accepted for publication by Skylight Press, a British publishing house. The book will be published on both sides of the Atlantic this autumn. In addition, Powell’s story, “The Jinni Crouching Behind Her”, published in the 2011 edition of REAL (Regarding Arts and Letters) has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

 

 

Stephanie Vanderslice

Dr. Stephanie Vanderslice, an associate professor in the Department of Writing, and several colleagues had two essays published in the Huffington Post. Here’s the link to “Creative Writing Can Be Taught: Creative Writing Professors Answer More Important Questions” and  “What is Creative Writing.”

 

 

 

Robin Becker

Robin Becker, an instructor in the Department of Writing, has had her short story “The Ultimate” accepted for publication by Necessary Fiction. You can view it online here. She also recently received a Sally A. Williams Artist Fund grant from the Arkansas Arts Council to attend the Association of Writing Programs Conference in Chicago.

 

 

 

Tim Thornes

Tim Thornes, assistant professor of Linguistics, delivered a guest lecture at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville as part of the annual Native American Symposium under the theme of “Sustainability and Native American Identity.”  He also presented the paper “Semantic and pragmatic uses of the Northern Paiute applicative” at the annual Linguistic Society of America conference in Portland, Oregon. His chapter entitled “Functional underpinnings of diachrony in relative clause formation: the nominalization-relativization connection in Northern Paiute” is to appear next month in a volume entitled “A Typological Overview of Relative Clauses in Languages of the Americas,” edited by Bernard Comrie and Zarina Estrada-Fernandez and published by John Benjamins (Amsterdam-New York).

 

College of Liberal Arts News

Posted on February 29, 2012

Jeff Allender

Dr. Jeff Allender, a professor in the Geography Department, has been selected as one of six U.S. faculty to participate in the Association of Regional Centers for Asian Studies (ARCAS) study of the Chinese Diaspora in Southeast Asia. Funded by the Luce foundation, it is a six week project/grant that will look at the assimilation and/or isolation of Chinese communities in Southeast Asia. The six academics from around the US and two ARCAS directors will be spending two weeks in both Indonesia and Malaysia, and a week each in Singapore and Honolulu. The intent of the project is both to better understand how Chinese communities have been so economically successful in their new host nations, yet remain rather isolated culturally, and to create curricular content to enhance and expand the global content of their classes.

 

Dr. Dwayne C. Coleman’s essay “Talking Heads in Hell: Dante’s Use of Severed Heads in Inferno” has been published as part of the book collection Heads will Roll: Decapitation in the Medieval and Early Modern Imagination edited by Larissa Tracy and Jeff Massey. The volume was released Feb. 10 by Brill Academic Publishing. Coleman is an assistant professor in the English Department

UCA  Site of  Arkansas Political Science Association Annual Meeting

The UCA Political Science Department sponsored the annual meeting of the Arkansas Political Science Association on Feb. 24 – 25. The meeting drew approximately 100 political scientists and students from Arkansas and surrounding states. Participants discussed a variety of topics including the 2012 presidential and congressional elections, the Arkansas court system and judicial decision-making, the causes of the Middle Eastern Revolutions, education policy and civic education.

Undergraduate and graduate students also presented their research in American politics and public policy, international relations, comparative politics and political theory. The Arkansas Political Science Association (ArkPSA) is a professional association of university and secondary political science educators, graduate and undergraduate students, practitioners and others interested in the scientific study of government and political behavior.

College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics News

Posted on February 29, 2012

Dr. Debra Burris, associate professor of physics and astronomy, and students Matt Hankins, Jacob Teffs and Tristan Odekirk presented results of their research at the 219th meeting of the American Astronomical Society held in Austin on Jan. 9-12. Hankins presented preliminary findings on an archaeoastronomy project looking for astronomical alignments at the Point Remove Mound Complex outside of Morrilton. He is conducting this work as part of his Honors College thesis. Teffs and Odekirk presented results of correlations of light to heavy neutron capture elements including implications of the trends they found on the potential sites for the proposed secondary rapid n-capture process. While at the meeting, the group was also able to spend time working with their research collaborator, Chris Sneden, who is on faculty at the University of Texas in Austin.

 Dr. Andrew Mason,  an assistant professor in the  Department of Physics and Astronomy, recently had a paper published in Physical Review – Special Topics: Physics Education Research, in collaboration with Chandralekha Singh of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pittsburgh. The paper is titled “Assessing expertise in introductory physics using categorization task” and was published Oct. 21, 2011.

 UCA Receives Grant to Recruit Women to Technology Field

The National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT) and Microsoft Research announced the winners of the most recent NCWIT Academic Alliance Seed Fund awards on Jan. 10, which provide U.S. academic institutions with start-up funds to develop and implement initiatives that recruit and retain women in computing and technology fields of study. UCA is among the five winners together with Claremont Graduate University, Fisk University, Union College and the University of Virginia. This round of the NCWIT Academic Alliance Seed Fund will provide $10,000 to each of the five institutions. This project was proposed by Karen Thessing, Yu Sun and Chenyi Hu, faculty of the Department of Computer Science. The project will build a female friendly environment for computing majors by recruiting a first-year cohort of women and retaining them with opportunities for learning, research, service and leadership.

Data-Tronics Corporation Donates $500 to the Computer Science Scholarship Fund

Fort Smith based Data-Tronics Corporation has continued its generous support of computer science students through a $500 contribution to the Computer Science Scholarship fund for the spring semester of 2012. Data-Tronics has continuously employed graduates from the UCA Computer Science Department. In his letter, Lee Easley, Manager of Information Systems of Data-Tronics Corp., wrote: “We appreciate your work at UCA.”