Work & Play – UCA Magazine

A Hunter’s Tale

Kevin Carter ’10 has been hunting since he was seven years old, when his father took him on his first hunting trip after his family moved to Conway from Fort Smith. Carter’s family bought a cabin and some land down in southeast Arkansas, outside of Clarendon, after accepting an invitation to go hunting with a family friend.

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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