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Thank you: Bear Bottoms Drive

Submitted by: Maria Negrete Padron, mnegretepadron1@uca.edu on 10/14/2025

Thank you to everyone who donated and helped spread the word about our Bear Bottoms Diaper Drive! Your generosity and support make a real difference in the lives of UCA parenting students.

Through the Bear Bottoms Program, eligible parenting students can receive one pack of diapers or pull-ups and one container of wipes each month, as long as supplies are available. We are located in Bernard Hall, Suite 207. Your kindness helps ensure that our student parents have one less thing to worry about as they balance school, family, and life.

 

CALC Speaker Series: Dr. Tim Strikwerda, “Re-Animating the Sacred Forests: Ecology and Nationalism in Miyazaki Hayao’s Filmography”

Submitted by: Zach Smith, zsmith@uca.edu on 10/14/2025

Re-Animating the Sacred Forests: Ecology and Nationalism in Miyazaki Hayao’s Filmography
With Dr. Tim Strikwerda (Asst. Professor of Japanese, UCA School of Language and Literature)
When: Monday, Oct 27 from 6 – 7pm
Where: Schichtl Hall Rm 115 (Agora)

Description:
Miyazaki Hayao, the co-founder of Studio Ghibli, has received global praise for the ways his animated films depict Japanese nature and spirituality. Studio Ghibli films have been a major conduit for transmitting ideas about Shinto, Buddhism, and animism to audiences (and college students) around the world. This presentation explores the ecological and political ideas that influenced some of Miyazaki’s most famous films, including My Neighbor Totoro and Princess Mononoke. Using both media analysis and archival research, Professor Strikwerda will highlight how Miyazaki drew from postwar theories about Japanese agriculture and neo-nationalist ideas concerning Japanese prehistory to shape the diegeses of the aforementioned films.

 

Leadership Speaker Series

Submitted by: Heather Harmon, hharmon3@uca.edu on 10/14/2025

UCA’s College of Health and Behavioral Sciences will be hosting the inaugural event for a new Leadership Speaker Series on Tuesday October 28, 2025, in the Brewer-Hegeman Conference Center, Room 112/114.

The event will be from 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., with questions at the end and refreshments to follow. The speaker for the event will be author and former longtime UCA executive administrator Dr. Ronnie Williams. The theme for the event is “Essentials of Leadership.” The event is free, open to the public.

Limited to 75 attendees. Register today to secure your spot!

http://uca.edu/go/LeadershipSpeaker

University Committee on Committees Information

Submitted by: Amy Whitehead, amyw@uca.edu on 10/14/2025

The University Committee on Committees will meet on an as-needed basis for academic year 2025-26.

Are you the chair of a university committee? Please visit uca.edu/committeesto review your committee page and make sure it is up-to-date. If you need to make a change to your committee’s charge, structure, or membership, please contact me so I can schedule a time for you to meet with the University Committee on Committees.

Want to learn more about the University Committee on Committees? The committee charge and handbook can be found at: uca.edu/committees/university-committee-on-committees/

Thank you!

Amy Whitehead
Chair, University Committee on Committees
Chief of Staff, Office of the President

 

T-Rec Area Closures

Submitted by: Anthony Fillippino, anthonyf@uca.edu on 10/13/2025

Wednesday, October 15: Basketball Courts
Thursday, October 16: Basketball Courts, Indoor Track, Golf Simulator, and Racquetball Courts

 

Homecoming Parade – Signup today!

Submitted by: Rachel Ross, rross6@uca.edu on 10/13/2025

The UCA Homecoming Parade is a spirited campus tradition, featuring floats, marching bands, student organizations, and community groups winding down Bruce St and throughout campus. Join us on Saturday, November 1, at 1:30 pm as we celebrate Bear pride and the excitement of Homecoming weekend before the big game! Want to be part of the fun? Sign up to have a parade entry at uca.edu/go/Parade25

 

Shumaker-Wright Mentorship Award

Submitted by: Patricia Smith, psmith@uca.edu on 10/13/2025

Nominations are now open for the Shumaker-Wright Undergraduate Mentorship Award. This award recognizes faculty members for their role in supporting, encouraging, and promoting a positive and inclusive scholarly and teaching environment, and for contributing to the professional and personal development of undergraduate students. Mentoring involves not just successfully directing projects, theses, and dissertations, but also guiding and motivating in the context of students’ interests, passions, and personal circumstances. Student mentorship combines the areas of teaching, scholarship, and service which are held as the cornerstones of academia. This award will recognize faculty members who devotedly advise and work one-on-one with students on personalized, creative, enriching projects.

Please see the attached nomination form. Nominations are due on October 24. Direct any questions to Dr. Patricia Smith.

https://uca.edu/honors/files/2025/10/2025-2026-Mentorship-Award-Nomination-Form.docx.pdf