UCA Magazine

Bears, Sugar Bears to Face Some of Nation’s Best

The University of Central Arkansas Bears and Sugar Bears aren’t afraid of anyone, and a quick look at their 2017-18 basketball schedules proves that.

UCA Appoints New Grad School Dean

Barlow most recently served as director of the Mathematics and Science Education doctoral program at Middle Tennessee State University. She has held faculty positions at the University of Mississippi and University of West Georgia.

UCA Welcomes First Latina Sorority To Campus

The University of Central Arkansas welcomed its first Latina sorority to the campus when Hermandad de Sigma Iota Alpha, Inc. hosted its new member presentation in April 2017.

UCA Student Honored as 2017 Newman Civic Fellow

University of Central Arkansas student Morgan Sweere was named to the 2017 cohort of Newman Civic Fellows.

Buzzfeed Names UCA “Most Beautiful College Campus In Arkansas”

BuzzFeed, an American internet media company based in New York City, named the University of Central Arkansas the most beautiful college campus in Arkansas on May 19.

Renovations to Historic Mirror Room Complete

The University of Central Arkansas hosted a grand re-opening for the Mirror Room in McAlister Hall Friday, Aug. 18. The University received a $250,000 grant from the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council (ANCRC) to renovate the space.

UCA Alumna Awarded Fulbright Grant for the 2017-18 Academic Year

Madison Sewell ’16 has been awarded a Fulbright U.S Student Program grant for an English Teaching Assistantship for the 2017-18 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.

UCA Diversity Leader Named Ace Fellow

The American Council on Education (ACE) announced that Angela Webster, associate vice president for Institutional Diversity and associate professor of Leadership Studies at the University of Central Arkansas has been named an ACE Fellow for the 2017-2018 academic year.

Solar Eclipse Event Held at UCA

More than 1,400 students, employees and members of the Conway community attended the solar eclipse viewing event on the McAlister Hall lawn on Aug. 21, 2017. The event coincided with the new student luncheon picnic, which was served on the lawn.

UCA Athletics Receives $1 Million Planned Gift

The $1 million gift will support two important initiatives: a scholarship for women’s athletics and an endowment fund for maintenance of the UCA Strength and Conditioning Center.