Mark Heffington

If you?re one of the millions of Americans who resolved to become healthier as the clock struck midnight on New Year?s Eve as well as being a UCA employee, then you?re in luck. The university is now offering an employee wellness program that could make your waist slimmer and your wallet fatter. The new program, which began this month, operates on a point system. Employees must accumulate a … [Read more...] about UCA offers free wellness program with incentives

The UCA Staff Senate is now taking nominations for Staff Employee of the Year. Nominations forms can be found online at: http://www.uca.edu/staffsenate/eoy.pdf The deadline for nominations is Jan. 30. Staff, faculty and students may nominate eligible employees. For more info, contact the staff senate at 450-3422. … [Read more...] about Employee of the Year nominations sought

Dr. Chenyi Hu, Department of Computer Science, and student Justin Michaels recently received a $2,650 State Undergraduate Research Fellowship for a computational study of nervous systems. Dr. James Murray, Department of Biology, also will be involved with the research, which will study the representation of biological neural networks as artificial neural network on a computer. By stimulating … [Read more...] about Research team to study bioinformatics

Two years ago, Rhett Martin became a celebrity on the University of Central Arkansas campus when he was named the university?s first Rhodes scholar. He was one of only 32 students from the United States, out of 925 applicants, to receive a prestigious Rhodes scholarship, one of the oldest international study awards available to American students. Since October 2002, Martin has been studying … [Read more...] about UCA's first Rhodes scholar recounts Oxford experience

Drs. Jacuqie Rainey, Jane Lammers, from the Department of Health Sciences, and Dr. Lauretta Koenigseder, from the Department of Nursing, were recently awarded a $100,000 grant from the Centers for Disease Control through the Florida Department of Health for the Florida Hepatitis Program Evaluation. The grant will allow the team to determine the effectiveness of the FHP at delivering services to … [Read more...] about Faculty receive grant to evaluate Hepatitis program

The University of Central Arkansas Bears have signed five football players to NCAA national letters of intent, including defensive tackle Greg Mills, tight end Austin Cade, center Tom Brown, offensive tackle Edmundo Martinez and punter Thomas Garland. Mills, a 6-foot-3, 305-pounder from Coffeyville Community College and Troy State. As a sophomore at Coffeyville, Mills had 86 tackles and 12 … [Read more...] about UCA signs five for football

Many of the first-graders at Ellen Smith Elementary School have lots of books, but now they have a very special one to add to their collection. On Thursday, each of the first-grade students at Ellen Smith were presented with a personalized book called ?I Like Me.? The book contains the name of the child, the names of two friends, the teacher and the principal. The books were a gift from Dr. … [Read more...] about Cooper donates gifts to elementary students in mother's memory

A weekly listing of submitted presentations and publications by UCA faculty and staff. Submissions made to UCA Today are posted the following Friday. Dr. Terry Wright, Department of Writing and Speech, was the featured reader at two state poetry events. He lectured and gave a reading at Arkansas Tech University on Nov. 13 and 14. He also was a featured reader, along with University of Arkansas … [Read more...] about Presentations and Publications

The following personnel adjustments were approved by the UCA Board of Trustees at their meeting on Friday, Dec. 12: ADJUSTMENTS: Patricia Cantrell, College of Business Dean?s Office, change from Interim Dean/Associate Professor to Dean/Associate Professor, change salary, effective September 29, 2003. Tom Courtway, President?s Office, Attorney, temporarily change salary for three months, … [Read more...] about Personnel adjustments

Bill F. Johnson, a 1961 graduate of UCA, has donated his papers to the UCA Archives. Johnson, president of Simmons First National Bank of Conway, is perhaps best known for his work as sports announcer for the UCA Bears football team. He began sports broadcasting in 1961 and has broadcast sports events for UCA, Hendrix College, Conway High School, and the University of Arkansas. Through 2003, … [Read more...] about Johnson donates papers to archives