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Submitted by: Kristen Oitker, koitker1@uca.edu on 03/02/2025

SB vs Illinois State – 12 PM Shock Stadium
BSB vs Evansville – 1 PM Bear Stadium

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Submitted by: Bryttani Montgomery, bbmontgomery@uca.edu on 02/27/2025

The University of Central Arkansas (UCA) is excited to announce the launch of a comprehensive campus-wide survey designed to gather input from students, faculty, and staff to guide the university’s next strategic plan. The survey will play a critical role in identifying priorities that will help the institution continue to thrive and build a sustainable future aligned with the needs of its diverse community.

As UCA embarks on a new phase of growth and transformation, the strategic planning survey is an essential tool for gathering feedback on what matters most to the campus community. Focusing on student success, innovation, community engagement, and sustainability, this survey will help shape the university’s development over the next ten years.

The university is dedicated to utilizing the survey results to prioritize initiatives and create actionable goals that will promote academic excellence, enrich campus life, and reaffirm UCA’s position as a leader in higher education—with an ongoing emphasis on improving access to education and ensuring affordability for all students.

The survey will be open from Wednesday, February 28, 2025, to Friday, March 7, 2025, and all UCA students, faculty, and staff are strongly encouraged to participate. The responses will be anonymous and will help guide decision-making for the university’s strategic objectives moving forward.

To participate in the survey, please visit uca.edu/go/strategicsurvey2025.

All respondents can enter their email in a prize drawing for a $100 UCA Bookstore gift certificate. Five prizes will be awarded.

For more information about the survey or the strategic planning process, visit uca.edu/strategic.

https://uca.edu/strategic/feedback/

Submitted by: Zach Smith, zsmith@uca.edu on 02/27/2025

Arkansas NCTA presents its third annual Women’s History Month series for Arkansas teachers, offered Tuesdays in March and focused on women in Japan. This workshop series provides teachers and education students with essential context, classroom resources, and practical strategies for understanding women’s history in Japan, from the transformational authors of the medieval Heian period, to the “Good Wife, Wise Mother” ideal of the Meiji era, through to the pioneering women of contemporary Japan. The series is free and open to ALL UCA students and faculty interested in Japan.

March 4, 4:30pm: UCA Integrated Health Sciences Building Rm 201
Women in Japanese Ladies’ Comics: Understanding Japan through Manga
With Prof. Kinko Ito, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

March 11, 4:30pm: UCA Irby Hall Rm 215
Japanese Women, Then and Now: Between Empowerment and Marginalization
With Prof. Akiko Takeyama, University of Kansas

March 18, 4:30pm: UCA Irby Hall Rm 215
Women Authors in the Golden Age of Japanese Literature
With Prof. Zach Smith, University of Central Arkansas

https://www.arncta.com/news-events/women-s-history-month-series-japanese-women-in-manga-law-and-literature

Submitted by: Michelle Wynn, mwynn@uca.edu on 02/28/2025

The Center for Global Learning and Engagement invites all UCA faculty to participate in the fifth Annual Global Learning Institute, May 19-20, 2025. The first day’s training is on COIL, or Collaborative Online International Learning, and will be led by Dr. Riva Brown, former UCA Professor of Public Relations and Executive Director of the American Red Cross of Greater Arkansas. Dr Brown completed numerous COIL collaborations while at UCA. The second half-day will include a faculty panel on integrating the UN SDGs in the classroom. Faculty who register receive a stipend of $100. COIL truly is a powerful methodology for engaging students with other cultures in a 5 week collaboration. The target semester for your COIL collaboration would be spring 2026, although fall 2025 is also possible if we can find you a partner before the end of May. You can either ask an international colleague whom you know to work with you, or CGLE will help you look for a partner. COIL courses offer a great opportunity to enrich UCA students’ learning by asking students to collaborate with students from another country.

See this online list of COIL universities: https://coilconnect.org/

Read more about the UCA COIL initiative and previous Global Classrooms at UCA: https://uca.edu/global-learning/coil/.

Apply for the Global Learning Institute at: https://uca.edu/cetal/global-learning-institute/

Deadline March 14, 2025

For more info. contact Phil Bailey at phillipb@uca.edu

https://uca.edu/global-learning/coil/

Submitted by: Michelle Wynn, mwynn@uca.edu on 02/25/2025

As part of UCA’s SDG Action and Awareness week we are offering what promises to be a powerful program dedicated to keeping the stories of Holocaust survivors alive. Three UCA students — Torrie Herrington, Cooper Horton, and Brenna Metts — recently named Lesaper Fellows (“Lesaper” is Hebrew for “to tell.”) through the Teach the Shoah organization will be sharing the stories of three Holocaust survivors crafted from in-person interviews.

 

Submitted by: Lindsey Shurley, losborne@uca.edu on 02/25/2025

The Student Orientation Staff is a group of 90 currently enrolled student leaders who volunteer to make the transition to college as smooth and as fun as possible for first-time entering freshmen. We are looking for mature, hard-working, friendly and value-driven leaders to represent UCA at SOAR sessions this summer and Welcome Week in August.

If you know students who would be a good fit, please encourage them to apply. If they are interested in learning more or have questions, encourage them to attend our interest meeting Tuesday, March 4th at x-period (1:40pm) in Student Center 215 or reach out to us at ucasosorange@gmail.com

https://uca.campuslabs.com/engage/submitter/form/start/670866

Submitted by: Lori Hunt, vhunt1@uca.edu on 02/25/2025

The University of Central Arkansas will host Bear Biographies in the UCA Torreyson Library (2nd floor) on the UCA campus on Tuesday, April 8th, from 12-4 p.m. The drop-in event is free and open to the public.

The Bear Biographies program is inspired by The Human Library, which UCA has hosted annually since 2019. Bear Biographies will create a safe framework for personal conversations that can help challenge prejudice and contribute to greater human cohesion across social, religious, and ethnic identities. Individuals volunteering as “human books” are people who have volunteered to represent a stigmatized group in the community and share their personal experiences through 20-minute conversations with participants or “readers.” Books can answer questions from readers and help challenge stigmas and stereotypes through dialogue. UCA students, faculty, staff, and community members have volunteered to talk about their unique experiences, such as holding public office, experiences with immigration, surviving an eating disorder, and more.

https://uca.libguides.com/BearBiographies/

Submitted by: Jennifer Bell, jbell15@uca.edu on 02/25/2025

Wednesday, March 19th @ 3:00 p.m.

 

Submitted by: Alexandria Smith-Todd, asmith75@uca.edu on 02/25/2025

Its time to Get Up & Get Moving with Staff Senate!!! Line Dancing provides an awesome way to be active/exercise in a fun stress-free environment and opportunities to meet/mingle with colleagues!

Line dancing has become an increasingly popular trend, so don’t get left behind! Staff Senate is here to help and we can’t wait to see you. Classes will be bi-weekly this semester and you will receive a calendar invite after you sign up.

Line dance classes will begin on Monday, March 3rd at 5:00 pm in the Farris Center Room 210

 

Submitted by: Sarah Brackett, sbrackett1@uca.edu on 02/27/2025

The College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences invites you to a celebration at the Artists in Residence 25th Anniversary Reception, happening March 3 at 3:30 PM in the Baum Gallery, McCastlain Hall. Immerse yourself in a world of creativity as you walk a labyrinth, add your hopes to a “Wish Tree” inspired by Yoko Ono’s iconic Imagine Peace project, and experience the powerful United: The Acorn Project, an art installation honoring the Suffrage Centennial. Be captivated by a 3-D mapped video with original score, Imagine If Buildings Could Talk, which brings the rich history of Little Rock Central High School to life. Enjoy a live performance by the UCA Chamber Singers and stroll through an anniversary exhibit that celebrates 25 years of artistic expression on campus. Charcuterie will be served, and remarks will begin promptly at 3:45 PM. Join us for an afternoon of art, history, and community!

https://uca.edu/cahss/artists-in-residence/