Class Notes – UCA Magazine

The Bard Ball

The Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre (AST) hosted its annual Bard Ball on Feb. 1 at Reynolds Performance Hall. All proceeds from Bard Ball will support AST’s mission to entertain, engage, and enrich the community by creating professional and accessible productions of Shakespeare and other works.

President’s Society

Approximately 150 individuals attended the annual President’s Society Reception held Feb.16 at the Capital Hotel in Little Rock. Members of the 2019 President’s Society were invited to the special event to be thanked for their gifts and donations.

Retirement Reception

The University of Central Arkansas hosted a retirement reception honoring fall 2019 retirees. The event was held in the McCastlain Hall Ballroom on Dec. 9, 2019. The reception recognized 47 retirees with an average of 18 years of service among them.

Holiday Reception

President Houston and First Lady Jenny Davis hosted a special Holiday Reception for members of the Conway community and donors Dec. 6, 2019, at the President’s Home.

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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