Features – UCA Magazine

The New HPER Experience

Just by walking inside, you know this is a place where students, faculty and staff can ensure that their health, fitness and wellness will thrive. The HPER Center illustrates UCA’s commitment to helping its students, faculty and staff find total physical, mental and emotional wellness.

A Century of Music

Few things add as much excitement to college football games and other school events as a marching band.

Title IX

Title IX is the federal law that prohibits discrimination based on sex in education programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance. Title IX protects students, faculty, staff, and visitors to campus.

UCA Bear Boots on the Ground

More than 500 faculty, staff, students, and alumni volunteered, donating an estimated 2,312 hours of time working in tornado-stricken areas.

A Road Map to the Future

UCA President Tom Courtway has developed a comprehensive road map for the institution with the destination of recognized excellence throughout the South.

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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