Submitted by: Arian Story, arians@uca.edu on 05/30/2024
Classes start June 3.
*Must be a current summer term student or purchase a summer membership.
Submitted by: Arian Story, arians@uca.edu on 05/30/2024
Classes start June 3.
*Must be a current summer term student or purchase a summer membership.
Submitted by: Jacob Christie, jchristie1@uca.edu on 05/31/2024
Hello UCA! Starting June 3rd, Tutoring Services will be open for Summer I and Summer II to assist your students in their courses. We offer tutoring in specific content in areas like biology, chemistry, math, and physics, but can also assist with note-taking skills, exam preparation, study strategies, and more! We will be open for tutoring from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Please encourage your students to make an appointment with us through Navigate, or come by and see us in Torreyson 223. We look forward to assisting your students!
Submitted by: Fredricka Sharkey, fsharkey@uca.edu on 06/03/2024
Fredricka Sharkey, director of media relations, graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi in May. Sharkey earned a Doctor of Education in higher education administration.
Submitted by: Julia Winden Fey, juliawin@uca.edu on 05/28/2024
Incoming first-year students are invited to participate in UCA’s summer bridge program, Summer Start, August 11-16, 2024. Apply online now.
Submitted by: Global Learning, globallearning@uca.edu on 05/29/2024
Seven faculty members recently completed the fourth Global Learning Institute, hosted by the Center for Global Learning and Engagement and the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Academic Leadership at the University of Central Arkansas.
During the May 20-21 event, faculty learned about Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
The participants also engaged with two panels featuring international and UCA faculty members who recently completed COIL projects. The international faculty focused on communication and cultural differences, while the UCA faculty addressed COIL student learning outcomes and course design.
Institute participants (left to right):
–Jennifer Rospert, Associate Professor, Art & Design
–Sun Kim Thao, Associate Professor, Communication Sciences & Disorders
–Evan Faidley, Assistant Professor, Leadership Studies
–Jia Zhu, Associate Professor, School of Language and Literature
–Stefanie Sorbet, Assistant Professor, Elementary, Literacy, and Special Education
–Sarah Malloy, UCA alumna, EdTech Ventures
–Samira Nichols, Assistant Professor, Computer Information Systems & Analytics
–Brigid Appiah Otoo, Assistant Professor, Computer Information Systems & Analytics
Since spring 2022, 11 UCA faculty members from four colleges have collaborated with international partners from 10 countries on five continents. Six faculty members have earned the Distinguished COIL Fellow designation for completing two or more COIL projects.
The four colleges with faculty who have completed COIL projects are the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, College of Business, College of Education, and the Honors College.
https://uca.edu/global-learning/2024-global-learning-institute/
Submitted by: Lyn Gayfield, egayfield@uca.edu on 05/23/2024
Institutional Diversity and Inclusion is updating its website to highlight diversity, belonging, inclusion, and equity (DBIE) dissertations, publications, presentations, and creative activities.
If you would like your DBlE-related scholarly work mentioned on the website, please send the APA style citation to idi@uca.edu.
For examples, please visit the following link.
HAPPY SUMMERTIME!
Submitted by: SCOTT AUSTIN, saustin@uca.edu on 05/22/2024
Griffin Planetarium shows this Friday May 24 and Saturday May 25 at 7:00pm: The one-hour shows this week include a tour of the current sky, and the full-dome movie “Secret Lives of Stars” narrated by Patrick Stewart. The planetarium is located in the Conway Corporation Center for the Sciences. Seating starts 10 minutes before show time. Admission is free. Seating limited to the first 94. No admission after the shows begin. No food or drink allowed.
Submitted by: Lyn Gayfield, egayfield@uca.edu on 05/20/2024
Institutional Diversity and Inclusion is updating its website to highlight diversity, belonging, inclusion, and equity (DBIE) dissertations, publications, presentations, and creative activities.
If you would like your DBlE-related scholarly work mentioned on the website, please send the APA style citation to idi@uca.edu.
For examples, please visit the following link:
uca.edu/go/DBIEsa
HAPPY SUMMERTIME!
Submitted by: Tracy McGarrity, tracym@uca.edu on 05/20/2024
The Bear Essentials Food Pantry will be closed for the observance of Memorial Day on Monday, May 27, 2024. We will reopen on Tuesday, May 28th at 11 am.
Submitted by: Jennifer Brewer, jbrewer1@uca.edu on 05/14/2024
Cross-listing and other Blackboard Course Changes
Requesting changes to your Blackboard course is quick and easy. Visit this page to access the Blackboard Course Change Request form.
Using this form, instructors can request that two or more sections of the same course be cross-listed, allowing course content to be posted once for all sections to access. (Read more about cross-listing Blackboard courses here, including some things to consider before making that request.)
There’s no need to submit a separate form for each cross-listing requested. Each request can be included on the same form.
In addition, to requesting that courses are cross-listed, this same form can be used to:
If needed, there is also an Additional Information text box at the bottom. You can add any other details/questions/comments there. If, for some reason, more information is needed from you before the request can be processed, you will be contacted.
Most requests are processed quickly. However, it can take time for those changes to show in Blackboard. Please be patient and let us know if you have any questions: DESupport@uca.edu.