Submitted by: Amy Whitehead, amyw@uca.edu on 02/27/2024
The UCA Bookstore is taking pre-orders for commemorative UCA Total Solar Eclipse T-shirts. Limited quantities are available, so be sure to place your order today!
Submitted by: Amy Whitehead, amyw@uca.edu on 02/27/2024
The UCA Bookstore is taking pre-orders for commemorative UCA Total Solar Eclipse T-shirts. Limited quantities are available, so be sure to place your order today!
Submitted by: Veneta Fricks, vgraham1@uca.edu on 02/23/2024
UCA employees can earn 16 hours of Staff Senate volunteer hours per calendar year to use any time during that calendar year! You can volunteer at athletic events while cheering on the Bears and Sugar Bears, watch a world-class performance while serving at Reynolds or Windgate, and even be a part of students’ most special day during graduation ceremonies. An additional perk is that you can also submit each of your volunteer activity for 5 point through the BeWell program! Visit the link below for specific details about Staff Senate volunteering.
Submitted by: Veneta Fricks, vgraham1@uca.edu on 02/23/2024
Staff Senate is celebrating its 40th Anniversary with the Leap Back into Senate event for previous and current senators. The event will be held on Leap Day, February 29th from 3:00pm-6:00pm in the Buffalo Alumni Hall. There will be remarks at 3:15pm, refreshments, and fun! Past and current Staff Senators can RSVP for the event and purchase the exclusive Staff Senate 40th Anniversary t-shirt via the link below.
Submitted by: Veneta Fricks, vgraham1@uca.edu on 02/23/2024
UCA Campus Community,
The minutes from the past Staff Senate meeting are now available online.
The next regular meeting for the Staff Senate will be held on Wednesday, February 28, 2024 at 10:00 am in Wingo 315 conference room.
Submitted by: Richard Hammond, rhammond@uca.edu on 02/23/2024
Monday, May 6, 2024 at Nutters Chapel Golf & Country Club
Two flights that will be a 4-person scramble
$75.00/person: Teams of 4 ($300.00)
The entry deadline is Friday, April 26th
Submitted by: Michael Blanchard, mblanchard@uca.edu on 02/22/2024
The UCA Visiting Poet Series will continue Tuesday, March 12, with a campus visit and reading by Hawaii poet Eric Paul Shaffer at 7 p.m. in the McCastlain Art Lecture Hall on the UCA campus. The series is jointly sponsored by the School of Language & Literature and Slant, the School’s international journal of contemporary poetry.
Shaffer’s reading is open to the public and is free of charge. In addition, he will meet with students in two poetry classes the morning of March 13.
A contributor to Slant since 2006, Shaffer is the author of eight poetry books, including his most recent collection, Green Leaves: Selected and New Poems, published by Coyote Arts Press in 2023. Over 600 of his poems have appeared in literary journals in the USA, Australia, Canada, England, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Nicaragua, India, Iran, Scotland, Singapore, and Wales. He published his first novel, Burn & Learn, in 2009.
In 2002, Shaffer received the Elliot Cades Award, Hawaii’s most prestigious literary prize. In addition, he won the Ka Palapala Po‘okela Book Award in 2006 and 2019 and the James M. Vaughan Award for Poetry in 2009.
After a stint living and teaching on the Japanese island of Okinawa, Shaffer moved to the Hawaiian island of Oahu, where he now teaches composition, literature, and creative writing at Honolulu Community College.
For more information on Shaffer’s campus visit, contact Slant editor Michael Blanchard, adjunct professor of English and editor of Slant, at mblanchard@uca.edu.
Submitted by: Veneta Fricks, vgraham1@uca.edu on 02/23/2024
Get caught up with Staff Senate by checking out our newsletter. This newsletter covers Quarter 2 and upcoming initiatives for Quarter 3.
Submitted by: Stephanie McBrayer, smcbrayer@uca.edu on 02/22/2024
UCA Department of Residence Life recently attended the Southwest Association of College and University Housing Officers (SWACUHO) conference in Denton, Texas where they were recognized with the following achievements:
Associate Director for Residence Life, Ricky Harris – SWACUHO MID-LEVEL PROFESSIONAL OF DISTINCTION AWARD
Residence Life Coordinator, Kendra Erickson – SWACUHO NANCY MURPHY-CHADWICK NEW PROFESSIONAL OF DISTINCTION AWARD
Residence Coordinator, Madison Evans – SWACUHO BOB HUSS OUTSTANDING GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD
2024 FRANK CLOUD AWARD OF EXCELLENCE for Professional Staff Recruitment and Retention Initiatives lead by Dr. Craig Seager, Director of Residence Life
Associate Director for Residence Life, Myron Kuykendall – SWACUHO TOP PROGRAM AWARD
Residence Coordinator, Shamal Sullivan was on the team that won the SWACUHO CASE STUDY AWARD and Residence Life Coordinator, Jules Merguie successfully completed the SWACUHO NEW PROFESSIONALS’ TRACK.
Submitted by: Veneta Fricks, vgraham1@uca.edu on 02/23/2024
Do you have an idea for a program or event, but don’t have departmental funds to fund it? Apply for a UCA Foundation Staff Grant.
Each fall and spring semester, the Foundation awards grants to staff to support events or activities that enhance opportunities at UCA. These grants are intended to encourage creative endeavors, programs, and activities that enhance the culture of UCA. Applications should be submitted no later than March 1st.
Would my idea qualify for funding?
The highest priority is given to innovative proposals that positively impact staff and engage other members of the UCA community in a manner consistent with UCA principles.
Proposals are more likely to be funded if:
Requested funds are less than $1,000.
Individuals or units requesting funds have not received foundation funding in the past 3 years.
Similar projects have not received foundation funding in the past 3 years.
(Proposals for equipment, travel, or stipends will generally not be funded.)
Questions?
Please see the FAQ attached below. Contact Staff Senate at staffsenate@uca.edu if you still have questions.
Submitted by: Michelle Stoll, bstoll@uca.edu on 02/22/2024
Daniel J. Smith, director of the Political Economy Research Institute and Professor of Economics at the Jones College of Business at Middle Tennessee State University, will continue the Spring Distinguished Speaker Series, hosted by the Arkansas Center for Research in Economics. His lecture will examine the knowledge and incentive problems faced by monetary authorities during COVID-19, especially in the Fed’s expansion of extralegal monetary facilities, and how they contributed to our recent inflation. Join us Thursday, February 29, at 1:40 PM in the College of Business Auditorium to learn more and ask questions.