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Submitted by: Teresa Burton, tlb90003@uca.edu on 02/20/2026

Dining with Staff Senate- March 6, 2026- 11-1 Executive Dining Room at Christian Cafeteria.

 

Submitted by: Christina Lammers, clammers@uca.edu on 02/23/2026

The UCA Veterans and Military Resource Center will be hosting a special event called “Arts and Artifacts, a Veterans Perspective.” All staff, faculty and students are invited to attend! Please join our student Veterans in classroom 134 of the Veterans Center for a short presentation on the purpose of our Veterans Center and why we do what we do.

Then we will walk the group down the Veterans Center Hall to see the student-created veterans’ centric art and poetry. We will also have numerous artifacts belonging to our military student population on display. These items of memorabilia reflect the unique experiences our student veterans bring to the classroom and demonstrate the precious resources that our student vets and service members are.

March 10, 2026 (Tuesday)
X-Period (1:40 pm-2:30 pm)
Veterans Center, Classroom 134
Presenters: Greg Pelts, Director of UCA Veterans and Military Resource Center

Please register at link provided.

https://uca.edu/hr/protectedcontent/veterans-center-program-march-10-2026/

Submitted by: Caroline Bivins, cbivins@uca.edu on 02/20/2026

⚡ BearBolt Research Pitch Competition ⚡

BearBolt Research is an elevator pitch competition that gives graduate students like yourselves just one PowerPoint slide and 90 seconds to communicate your research project or agenda. The Graduate School is hosting its first competition in March. All currently enrolled graduate students are eligible to participate and compete for cash prizes of up to $250! Online and on-campus graduate students are able to present research they are currently conducting for a thesis, dissertation, terminal project, or an original future research project. Registration to participate in the competition is now open until Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 11:59 p.m Central Time.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Wduq8EisBg5p2Rsl7AiFJvGXR2P3Dvpv/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=106424557885055181065&rtpof=true&sd=true

Submitted by: Caroline Bivins, cbivins@uca.edu on 02/20/2026

Call for Proposals: University Research Symposium
April 23, 2026 | McCastlain Hall
Submission Deadline: March 13, 2026

The UCA Graduate School and the University Research Council invite ALL students and faculty from ALL colleges to present at the inaugural University Research Symposium, a new annual showcase of research and creative work at UCA.

Presentation formats include:
– Poster Presentations for individual research or creative projects
– Thematic Roundtables for interactive, discussion-based presentations

Abstracts (max 350 words) should outline your project, approach, and its significance. Presentations will be grouped into interdisciplinary thematic areas.

Submit your proposal at uca.edu/go/uca2026urs by March 13, 2026.
Questions? Contact Dr. Michael Mills at mmills@uca.edu.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/15NuSt_ninGHTKu5dtIfxbUIdQ6cKPPJkl-3fSoBx-Eg/edit?usp=sharing

Submitted by: Caroline Bivins, cbivins@uca.edu on 02/20/2026

Celebrate Graduate Student Appreciation Week (GSAW) with the UCA Graduate School from March 30 to April 3! Join us for Barkanalia, pop-up events across campus, raffle prizes, and professional headshots for graduate students. Faculty and staff are encouraged to participate and celebrate their graduate students. Barkanalia and pop-ups are open to everyone, while raffle prizes and headshots are exclusively for graduate students.

Graduate programs and organizations are invited to table at Barkanalia—email cbivins@uca.edu or averkler1@uca.edu to get involved.

 

Submitted by: Michael Blanchard, mblanchard@uca.edu on 02/24/2026

SLANT and Vortex will co-host a spring semester Poetry Coffeehouse at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 6, in the Fireplace Room of McCastlain Hall. This event, which is open to both undergraduate and graduate students in any academic discipline, is designed to provide student writers with an opportunity to showcase their creative work.

Students may read up to three poems, which can be either original or from a favorite poet. Other students, faculty, and members of the UCA community are invited to attend in support of our student poets.

To be added to the line-up of readers, students should contact Macy Cloninger, Graduate Assistant for SLANT, at mcloninger@cub.uca.edu.

SLANT is UCA’s journal of contemporary poetry, now in its 40th year. Twice annually, it publishes original work by some of the finest poets from around the United States and beyond. Now in its 51st year, Vortex is an award-winning literary and art magazine run for, with, and by UCA students who comprise the editorial staff and make all editorial decisions.

 

Submitted by: Christina Lammers, clammers@uca.edu on 02/19/2026

Join the HR team and fellow employees for a meeting to receive specific information on retirement. Whether you
retire this year or two years from now, it’s helpful to know what to expect!

Date: February 26th, 2026
Time: 1:40-2:30 pm
Location: Zoom link: https://uca-edu.zoom.us/j/86232396474

Speaker: Donna Evans
Questions? Contact Jerri Worthington, jworthington@uca.edu

Please register at the link provided below.

https://uca.edu/hr/protectedcontent/soon-to-retire-meeting-february-26-2026-2/

Submitted by: Reuel Shepherd, rshepherd@uca.edu on 02/24/2026

As companies cut costs to stay within their budgets, essential needs such as employee training are being sacrificed, resulting in less competent leaders and minimal team development and cohesion with lower-quality work output. Outreach & Community Engagement is seeking to fill these training gaps for organizations through a new initiative – Workplace ASSIST (Awareness, Soft Skills and Innovative Specialty Trainings). Our ultimate goal is to provide a customizable menu of training options focusing on the interpersonal and collaborative skills often missing from today’s workplace.

UCA Outreach & Community Engagement is in the early stages of developing a new set of professional skills training offerings for industry partners and community members, and we are seeking faculty and staff interest in sharing your expertise as an instructor. Professional skills training would be offered in a workshop format and instructors would be paid a stipend per workshop from Outreach & Community Engagement based on fees collected.

Please complete the Faculty Interest Form to express your interest, and a member of the Community Learning and Workforce Services Team will reach out to you for more details as we move forward. Any questions can be directed to Mr. Reuel Shepherd at rshepherd@uca.edu.

https://uca.edu/outreach/assist/

Submitted by: Christina Lammers, clammers@uca.edu on 02/19/2026

Overview: Feel like you’re already struggling with your New Year’s resolutions? Join us for an exciting time dreaming about the future you want to create. Through guided exercises, you’ll learn to dream bigger, set realistic timelines, and discover why accountability matters when pursuing your dreams. This interactive session will help you understand yourself better and take practical steps toward becoming the-best-version-of-yourself®.

March 3, 2026
1:30-2:30 pm
Ronnie Williams Student Center 215

Presenter: Heather Somervell, Certified Dream Manager®

Please register at link provided.

https://uca.edu/hr/protectedcontent/dream-storm-february-3-2026/

Submitted by: Christina Lammers, clammers@uca.edu on 02/19/2026

The UCA Veterans and Military Resource Center will be hosting a special event called “Arts and Artifacts, a Veterans Perspective.”
All staff, faculty and students are invited to attend!

We will have veterans’ centric art and poetry on display, created by our students. We will also have
numerous artifacts belonging to our military student population on display. These items of memorabilia
reflect the unique experiences our student veterans bring to the classroom and demonstrate the
precious resources that they are. The event will start in classroom 134 at 1:40 and end in the VMRC
display area.

March 10, 2026 (Tuesday)
X-Period (1:40 pm-2:30 pm)
Veterans Center, Classroom 134
Presenters: Greg Pelts, Director of UCA Veterans and Military Resource Center

Please register at the link provided!

https://uca.edu/hr/protectedcontent/veterans-center-program-march-10-2026/