Northwest Arkansas native Dr. Victoria Groves-Scott is the new dean of the College of Education at the University of Central Arkansas. She began on July 1, 2015.
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UCA Presented with $3M Check to Endow Chaired Faculty Position
University of Central Arkansas President Tom Courtway was presented with a $3 million check from the Arkansas State Highway Commission and the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) to support and expand the University’s supply chain logistics management program.
Continue ReadingUCA Bears Community Service Hours Rank Fourth-Most Recorded Among 13 Southland Conference Institutions
What the University of Central Arkansas Bears and Sugar Bears do off the field is just as important to them as what they accomplish on the field.
Continue ReadingUCA Basketball Team Ends Summer in France
The University of Central Arkansas men’s basketball team closed the summer of 2015 with a 10-day trip to France. But make no mistake, says head coach Russ Pennell, it was definitely a “working vacation.”
Continue ReadingLaney-Manion Unveiled
The University of Central Arkansas Board of Trustees and UCA President Tom Courtway unveiled new building signage and two bronze plaques for Laney-Manion Hall at a dedication ceremony in August 2015.
Continue ReadingUCA Alumnae Are Inaugural Inductees and Principal in Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame
Two University of Central Arkansas alumnae were inaugural inductees in the Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame. Dr. Mary Lowe Good ’50 and Johnelle DeBusk Hunt were among 11 women and one women’s organization that were inducted during a ceremony held on Aug. 27, 2015 at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock.
Continue ReadingBeach Volleyball Coming to Campus
Women’s beach volleyball is coming to the University of Central Arkansas after the UCA Board of Trustees voted to add it as the 18th varsity sport at the University.
Continue ReadingLiving the Legacy: Greek Village
Greek Village at the University of Central Arkansas opened in August 2015 with residences for the five sororities of the Panhellenic Council–Alpha Sigma Alpha, Delta Zeta, Sigma Kappa, Alpha Sigma Tau and Sigma Sigma Sigma–and a complex for the National Pan-Hellenic Council, Inc. (NPHC) sororities.
Continue ReadingWith a Little Help From My Friends
They work anywhere from 16 to 20 hours a day, four days in a row, in the sweltering summer heat. They carry luggage up and down stairs for 2,000 incoming freshmen students and put in more than 200 hours of work over the course of three months.
Continue ReadingFrom the Gar-Chives
Childhood memories of a peculiar fish inspired two University of Central Arkansas professors who today are doing research recognized on a regional, national and, some would say, even international level. More importantly, their work has led to conservation efforts in Arkansas that are making a difference.
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