Nearly every student at the University of Central Arkansas will have to take at least one science class in the Conway Corporation Center for Sciences. When they do, they will not find the typical science building.
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Women in STEM
At UCA, the red chair travels from one event to another, sitting on a stage or at the front of the room as a symbol of women having a seat at the table.
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At UCA, students have the opportunity to participate in undergraduate research with faculty members. This provides innumerable teaching opportunities that not only benefit the students, but also the faculty.
Continue ReadingReaching the Top
Now an alumna of Sigma Sigma Sigma, Romes was a student member of the sorority when she met Hayden Murry at a Phi Gamma Delta philanthropy event in fall 2015. Murry asked five of his fraternity brothers-Benjy Richards, Landon Bear, Corey Pillow, Steven Bowen and Cesar Ramriez-got together to make the plan a reality.
Continue ReadingThe Counts Legacy
Breeding received a scholarship from the Will Counts Journalism Scholarship Fund in 2016. The funds assisted her in finishing her education and moving to Little Rock to begin her new job as a producer at KTHV Channel 11, the CBS affiliate in Little Rock.
Continue ReadingPreserving Arkansas’s Natural Treasures
Out of the many natural treasures that can be found in the state of Arkansas, there are few that can compare to the beauty and popularity of the Buffalo River. The Buffalo River, which winds more than 150 miles long through northern Arkansas, attracts thousands of visitors every year for camping, float trips, sightseeing and hiking.
Continue Reading‘DOPPLE-NAMERS’
The unlikely and sometimes hilarious cases of mistaken identity in some of our resident campus ‘dopple-namers’
Continue ReadingUCA, Community Builds Stronger Partnership with Juvenile Court
The Faulkner County Juvenile Drug Court (FCJDC) announced expanded partnerships with the University of Central Arkansas and other community partners.
Continue ReadingUCA Announces First IT Apprenticeship Program in the State
The Division of Outreach and Community Engagement, the Arkansas Coding Academy, the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services and U.S. Department of Labor announced the state’s first Information Technology Based Registered Apprenticeship Program at the University of Central Arkansas.
Continue ReadingUCA Student Wins National Study Abroad Scholarship
University of Central Arkansas student Colleen Weidman was named a recipient of a 2017-18 James G. Stemler Study Abroad Scholarship in the amount of $2,000.
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