The University of Central Arkansas added $1.01 billion in income to the Arkansas economy and supported 19,506 jobs (one out of every 85) in fiscal year 2018-19, according to a recent study that measures the economic impact and return on investment of the university to its students, taxpayers and society.
Continue ReadingEmergency Funding Assists Students During Pandemic
UCA’s Student Support and Resource Center oversees the Student Emergency Fund, as well as the Technology Assistance Grant, Incoming Freshman Laptop Initiative and other student-focused efforts.
Continue ReadingUCA Breaks Ground on Windgate Center for the Fine and Performing Arts, Announces $3 Million Gift
The University of Central Arkansas hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the Windgate Center for Fine and Performing Arts and announced a $3 million gift from the Alice L. Walton Foundation on Oct. 9 on the UCA campus.
Continue ReadingBuildings: More to the Names
From the University of Central Arkansas’ earliest beginnings as Arkansas State Normal School (ASNS), women have been an integral part of the growth and success of the institution.
Continue ReadingCETAL, Instructional Technology Ready Faculty for Online Instruction
For the fall 2020 semester, Tom Courtway, University of Central Arkansas president emeritus and senior lecturer of business law, teaches one hybrid course and on-site classes. He livestreams classes for online students and even records one of his sections to upload to Blackboard, a learning management system.
Continue ReadingPurple Attire Inspires School Spirit
Before he came to the University of Central Arkansas, the only purple clothing President Houston Davis had in his closet was two purple ties. Now he has at least 40.
Continue ReadingSetting the Curve: College of Education’s Integration of Technology Prepares Graduates for New Challenges
In spring 2020, when travel, work settings and schools experienced major shifts in operation due to COVID-19, KristiAnna Mathes ’19 took her kindergarten class on a field trip to the San Diego Zoo — a virtual field trip, that is.
Continue ReadingHonoring a Movement: UCA’s Suffrage Centennial Draws on Arts to Tell History
For two months of the fall semester, the University of Central Arkansas campus was buzzing with art exhibitions, concerts, poetry and more all in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment.
Continue ReadingContainers of Memory
Seymour, associate dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences and professor of art history, treasures an extensive collection of Christmas ornaments that she estimates has at least a couple thousand pieces.
Continue ReadingDenver Prince
After earning a grant from the National Science Foundation, Denver Prince was attending Vanderbilt University in the summer of 1959 when he was contacted by A.E. Burdick, the academic dean at Arkansas State Teachers College, now the University of Central Arkansas, about teaching at the institution.
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