UCA Magazine

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.

Food Recovery Network

The Food Recovery Network began at the University of Maryland, College Park in 2011 and has since led to 230 chapters across the nation. After McEntire touched base with the organization through the web, she went through the process of implementing a chapter on the UCA campus. In December 2015, UCA’s Food Recovery Network was up and running.

Faculty and Staff Honored at 65th Annual UCA Employee Service Awards

The University of Central Arkansas hosted its 65th annual Employee Service Awards on April 17 to recognize the outstanding contributions made by faculty and staff.

UCA Maintains High Ranking Among ‘Top Public Schools’ in the South

The University of Central Arkansas maintained a ranking in the top 30 best regional public institutions in the South, according to the 2019 Best Colleges rankings by U.S. News & World Report.

UCA Celebrates Grand Opening of New Arkansas Coding Academy Campus

The new campus offers students and employees two classrooms, dedicated study and break areas, expanded office space and 24-hour access to the facility. It is the culmination of work to create a space more conducive to the learning needs of the students.

Zagster Expands to Include UCA Campus

The Zagster Bike Share Stations at UCA are located at the Student Center, Mashburn Hall, Win Thompson Hall, Bear Village, and between the Lewis Science Center and Conway Corporation Center for Sciences buildings.

Alumni Association Appoints Two New Board Members

The University of Central Arkansas Alumni Association Board of Directors welcomed Katie Henry ’02 and Bobby Reynolds ’73 as the newest additions to the board.