The 2025 UCA Alumni Awards Dinner brought a garden-party atmosphere to the President’s Home as alumni, friends and campus leaders gathered to celebrate this year’s honorees. Debbye Jo Smith ’73 received the Karen Sullards Alumni Service Award, Dr. M. Nicholas Farr ’12, ’14, ’19 was recognized with the Young Alumni Award and Maria Kramer Wile ’14, ’21 was named Alumni Volunteer of the Year.











