Fall 2017

UCA Accreditation Status Reaffirmed

The Higher Learning Commission continued the accreditation of the University of Central Arkansas. The University was notified in March.

Students Recognized at Board Meeting

Anastasiya Klimiankova and Lillian McEntire, both seniors, were the first CLAWS recognized. Anastasiya Klimiankova is a senior accounting major from Belarus. She served as 2016-2017 president of the Theta Lambda chapter of Beta Alpha Psi here at UCA.

Lacy Awarded Community Development Award

Amy Whitehead, director of the UCA Community Development Institute; the Bill Miller Award winner, Brad Lacy, president and chief executive officer of the Conway Area Chamber of Commerce; and UCA President Houston Davis, at the close of the 31st annual Community Development Institute Friday, Aug. 4, 2017.

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.