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SAVE THE DATE: UCA Employee Appreciation Week and Faculty & Staff Recognition Celebration! April 14-18, 2025.

Submitted by: Christina Lammers, clammers@uca.edu on 03/08/2025

MONDAY APRIL 14
-Aramark: Executive Coffee at Einsteins (Discount $1.69)
-Bookstore Employee Appreciation 35% Discount with ID
-Bear to Bear – Drop by the Student Center lobby table and write a note of appreciation to a fellow UCA employee 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
-Podcast- Bear to Bear on Air! 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. (Steve Owens, Leigh Ann DenHartog)
-Drop by KUCA in the Student Center and grab the microphone. Share a story about a fellow colleague and/or someone you wish to thank for their impact while working at UCA!
-Pickle Ball tournament – FREE, HPER Center Gym, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Grab a fellow employee and play in the pickleball tournament. Wear athletic gear and bring a pickleball paddle. Questions? Contact Logan Wile, lwile@uca.edu. Register at this link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSems6Gq91EJjeMcahU-R10FNp05tVpHm5PZnIj_IHNR7w1uLQ/viewform?usp=sharing

TUESDAY APRIL 15
-Aramark: Free regular sized fountain drink with purchase of meal – Twisted Taco
-Bookstore Employee Appreciation 35% Discount with ID
-Retiree Luncheon, Noon
-Faculty & Staff Recognition Celebration, X-Period (Ronnie Williams Student Center Ballroom)
-Bear to Bear – Drop by the table at the Celebration and write a note of appreciation to a fellow UCA employee
*UCA Women’s Softball – UCA vs. Arkansas 5:00 p.m.
*UCA Men’s Baseball – UCA vs. Memphis 6:00 p.m.

WEDNESDAY APRIL 16
-Aramark: Five (5) Starbucks free beverage coupons – drawing
-Bookstore Employee Appreciation 35% Discount with ID
-Administrative Professionals Reception, 3:00- 4:00 McCastlain Hall
-Bear to Bear – Drop by the table at the Administrative Professionals reception and write a note of appreciation to a fellow UCA employee

THURSDAY APRIL 17
-Aramark: Five (5) Chick-Fil-A free meal coupons – drawing
-Bookstore Employee Appreciation 35% Discount with ID
-Forever Bear Ceremony X-Period, Amphitheater
-Guest speaker Trace Henley: Realigning with Resiliency
3:00 – 4:15 p.m. McCastlain Hall Ballroom
Speaker Sponsored by Staff Senate
-Bear to Bear – Drop by the table at the special presentation and write a note of appreciation to a fellow UCA employee

FRIDAY APRIL 18
-Aramark: Friday lunch in Cafeteria with ID (Discount $6)
-Bookstore Employee Appreciation 35% Discount with ID
-Zip Lining and Climbing Tower – FREE, Sponsored by HPER 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
-Questions? Contact Robert Stine at rstine@uca.edu.
*UCA Women’s Softball – UCA vs. Lipscomb 3:00 p.m.

*UCA Athletics
1. Visit ucasports.universitytickets.com
2. Register under student/faculty/staff
3. Login using your UCA Credentials
4. Create an account (if you have not already)
5. Select a game & secure your tickets

 

SAAC Swab Drive

Submitted by: Kristen Oitker, koitker1@uca.edu on 03/10/2025

The UCA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee is partnering with Earl Young’s Team to fight against blood cancer! SAAC will be in the Student Center on Wednesday, March 19th and Thursday, March 20th from 9 AM – 2 PM. It takes 5 minutes to potentially save a life!

 

2025 Women’s History Month Calendar

Submitted by: Lyn Gayfield, egayfield@uca.edu on 03/11/2025

Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Percussion Clinic Workshop with Valerie Naranjo, Artist in Residence
1:40 – 2:30 p.m. Windgate Center for Fine and Performing Arts

Japanese Women, Then and Now: Between Empowerment and Marginalization
4:30 p.m.
Integrated Health Science Building (IHSB) 201/203
Facilitated by Dr. Akiko Takeyama, Director of the Center for East Asian Studies, Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, University of Kansas

Colorful Bingo
6:00 p.m. RWSC 223/224
Hosted by Real Beauty

Redefining Consent: Sexual Violence, Justice, and Women’s Emotional Labor in Japan
Keynote Lecture from Dr. Akiko Takeyama
6:00 p.m. McAlister Hall 201

Valerie Naranjo in Concert – Public Event
7:30 p.m. Windgate Center for Fine and Performing Arts Concert Hall
Artists in Residence Series

Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Reassurance Retreat
6:00 p.m. RWSC 223/224
Hosted by Real Beauty

Thursday, March 13, 2025
Lavender Library Re-Opening
1:30 p.m. Old Main 203

Cupcakes for Kindess
1:40 – 2:30 p.m. RWSC Lobby
Hosted by Real Beauty

Friday, March 14, 2025
“For Constance and Ada: Snail Methods of Queer Feminist Archival Praxis”
1:30 p.m. Old Main 203
Facilitated by Phoenix Smithey, Head of Special Collections, University Archivist, UCA
Dr. K. Adele Okoli, Associate Professor of French, UCA

Real Beauty Rodeo
6:00 p.m. RWSC 223/224
Hosted by Real Beauty

Saturday, March 15, 2025
Miss Essence Pageant
7:00 p.m. Reynolds Performance Hall
Hosted by Students for the Propogation of Black Culture

Tuesday, March 18
Women Authors in the Golden Age of Japanese Literature
4:30 p.m. IHSB 201/203
Facilitated by Dr. Zach Smith, Associate Professor of History, Director of the Asian Studies Program, UCA

Thursday, March 20
Unveiling Ceremony – Public Event
4:00 p.m. Windgate Center
Facilitated by Crystal Wagner, Artist in Residence

Lecture
7:00 p.m. Location TBD
Speaker: Stacy J. Lettman, Assistant Professor of English, Florida Atlantic University

Monday, March 31
Bookbinding Workshop – Student Event
3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Windgate Center 105
Facilitated by Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder, Artist in Residence

Please email diversity@uca.edu to add events to this calendar.

https://uca.edu/go/WHM

“Is too Much Economic Freedom Bad for Women and Families?”

Submitted by: Suzanne Massey, smassey@uca.edu on 03/04/2025

Economic Freedom is under fire from both the left and the right; there is a convergence toward greater government intervention in family life. Some argue that families were better off when women stayed home and thus agitate for policies encouraging them to return to a more traditional role of wife and mother. Do these policies, which amount to familial protectionism, empower women and families? Join Dr. Anne Bradley, the George and Sally Mayer Fellow for Economic Education and vice president of academic affairs at The Fund for American Studies, for a lively discussion on how economic freedom impacts families and gives parents choices about how to get the most out of life. WHEN & WHERE: Thursday, March 13, x-period, College of Business Room 100.

https://uca.edu/acre/speakers-series/