UCA Magazine

Up Close with Louise Mandumbwa

Growing up in Francistown, Botswana, Mandumbwa often yanked away the sheets she felt lacked the artistry she saw from her father, an art educator. Today, the University of Central Arkansas senior flourishes in her craft — so much so that she’s been featured in several exhibitions and is a Windgate Foundation Scholar.

Up Close with Mike Lloyd ’89

Refresh and renew has been the mission of Mike Lloyd ’89 since taking the helm of the University of Central Arkansas Division of Information Technology in January 2018. Lloyd graduated with a bachelor’s in business and minor in finance, giving the Hot Springs native a skill set so well rounded that he was able to serve Acxiom in a number of roles for 30 years prior to joining UCA as interim chief information officer — and eventually being named vice president and CIO.

Up Close with Donna Bowman

A professor of interdisciplinary studies in the Norbert O. Schedler Honors College and scholar of religion — she’s got her bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D. in the field — Bowman has picked up a curiosity in various subjects over the years.

UCA Athletic Director Doubles as Pilot

When he isn’t serving the University of Central Arkansas as athletic director, Teague can often be found piloting the skies on his way to regional hotspots like Dallas, Houston, New Orleans and even Orlando.

Engaged and Ready

The banner year in fundraising involved multiple milestones, including private scholarships awarded, Day of Giving funds raised and net asset totals. The UCA Foundation’s net assets are $50,461,693, making this the first time net assets have exceeded $50 million. The endowment is $27,877,726.

Camp Horton

As founder and board chairman of D.R. Horton Inc., the Arlington, Texas-based company that has been the largest homebuilder in America since 2002, Horton takes pride in “taking care of our family.” One way he does that is by providing Camp Horton, an annual summer camp for children related to his employees.

Campus Community Serves Conway Through The Big Event

The Big Event is a campus-community-wide day of service in which students, faculty, staff and alumni complete projects–from planting vegetables to cleaning out gutters and everything in between–requested by members of the Conway community. The Big Event started at Texas A&M University in 1982 and has been incorporated at several colleges and universities across the country.

Main Stage EdUCAtion

The Main Stage EdUCAtion series introduces pre-K through 12th-grade students from across the state to live performing arts suited to their age range. Through being bused to campus field-trip style, Arkansas youth from as close as Conway and as far as Fox, Arkansas get access to productions based on history, math, science and books featuring characters they know and love.

SHARE-A-BEAR

Since Share-A-Bear began, it has collected at least 3,000 bears and stuffed animals that have been distributed to youth, but Skaggs said bears are sometimes given to adults, a move that also impacts the perception adults have regarding police.

Community Service Key Ingredient of UCA Athletics

The 18 UCA Athletics teams have consistently totaled more than 2,000 cumulative hours of community service each school year encompassing all sports.