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Fall 2015

New Dean of Education

New Dean of Education

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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Article by UCA Magazine Staff / Around UCA, Fall 2015

UCA Presented with $3M Check to Endow Chaired Faculty Position

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.

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Article by UCA Magazine Staff / Around UCA, Fall 2015

UCA Bears Community Service Hours Rank Fourth-Most Recorded Among 13 Southland Conference Institutions

UCA 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.

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Article by Steve East / Around UCA, Fall 2015

UCA Basketball Team Ends Summer in France

UCA 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.”

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Article by Steve East / Around UCA, Fall 2015

Laney-Manion Unveiled

Laney-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.

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Article by UCA Magazine Staff / Around UCA, Fall 2015

UCA Alumnae Are Inaugural Inductees and Principal 
in Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame

UCA 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.

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Article by UCA Magazine Staff / Around UCA, Fall 2015

Beach Volleyball Coming to Campus

Beach 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.

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Article by Steve East / Around UCA, Fall 2015

Living the Legacy: Greek Village

Living 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.

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Article by Fredricka Sharkey / Fall 2015, Features

With a Little Help From My Friends

With 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.

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Article by Chelsea Huckabay / Fall 2015, Features

From the Gar-Chives

From 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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Article by Sonja Keith / Fall 2015, Features

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President’s Message

President Houston DavisThe University of Central Arkansas is a changemaker through the transformative work we do by educating students and creating lifelong opportunities. It makes sense to highlight the work of individuals and groups embracing the spirit of what it means to be an agent of change in their respective industries, communities, and on campus. This issue of UCA Magazine will introduce several of our changemakers.

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About This Issue

Volume 114, Issue 2

Fall/Winter 2024 CoverUCA Magazine is published two times annually by the University of Central Arkansas, from the Division of Advancement.
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