Up Close – UCA Magazine

Up Close With Chad Hearne ’04

Chad Hearne ’04, director of Student Accounts, has been working in the financial industry for more than 10 years but has a secret dream job of being like renowned artist and UCA alumnus Kris Allen.

Up Close With Dr. Kaye McKinzie

After 23 years of leading and making life or death decisions as a U.S. Army officer, Dr. Kaye McKinzie, assistant professor of Management Information Systems at the University of Central Arkansas, was looking for her next move.

Up Close With Jennie Strange ’05

Jennie Strange ’05 has had a passion for the arts since she was four years old, and now she gets to share that passion with the Conway community.

Up Close With Nakita Higgins

From Nassau, Bahamas to Conway, Arkansas, Nakita Higgins has traveled great lengths to excel in life and make his family and friends back home proud.

This year has been filled with many history-making moments, and this issue of the UCA Magazine showcases several of those instances.

We start with the total solar eclipse in April and the rarity of witnessing this celestial event. With UCA being in the path of totality, our campus became a destination for thousands of individuals from Arkansas and at least 32 states and five countries. We hosted presentations with UCA professors, eclipse yoga, children’s book readings, a car show, and of course, the watch party on The Stripes. If that was not enough, our campus played host to Luna: the Eclipse Superhero, and the Barkanalia event which allowed visitors to experience the eclipse with their dogs. This was a “totally” great day.
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