The 2025 UCA Foundation Scholarship Reception celebrated the theme “Bear Tracks: The Full Circle Journey,” highlighting the lifelong impact of scholarship support. President Houston Davis led a conversation with freshman Emma Kesterson, senior Jesus Hernandez-Meza and alumnus Brad Lacy ’94, illustrating how scholarships shape students at every stage of their UCA experience. The annual event brings scholarship donors and recipients together to meet, share their stories and see the power of philanthropy in real time.







