Mark Heffington

Over 400 students will graduate from the University of Central Arkansas during Commencement exercises scheduled to take place tonight at 7 p.m. at the Farris Center on the UCA campus. The 426 degrees that will be conferred include 35 doctorates, 159 master's degrees, 225 bachelor's degrees, six associate degrees and one specialist degree. Those numbers represent a 22 percent increase over the … [Read more...] about Commencement tonight: UCA graduates increase 22 percent

UCA on Wednesday night again was the subject of the top story on KARK news. This time, the topic was campus safety -- specifically, all of the measures that the UCA Police Department has implemented to improve emergency response and crisis communication in the wake of the Virginia Tech incident last Spring. You can watch the segment at: http://arkansasmatters.com/content/fulltext/?cid=58489 … [Read more...] about VIDEO: UCA campus safety

Two recent UCA graduates are among the 30 students who comprise the third class admitted to the Master of Public Service (MPS) degree program at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service. Jose Guzzardi, a native of Sao Paulo, Brazil, graduated from the UCA Honors College with a degree in international studies. Guzzardi also serves as a board member of the Central Arkansas … [Read more...] about UCA alumni admitted to Clinton School of Public Service

Ronnie Williams, UCA's Vice President for Student Services, recently was appointed by Gov. Mike Beebe to the Arkansas Educational Television Network (AETN) Commission, which oversees the statewide public television network. Williams was on staff at the University of Central Arkansas from 1980-1983 as assistant dean of students and left UCA to serve as an assistant principal with the Conway School … [Read more...] about UCA VP appointed to AETN Commission

UCA's dramatic growth and infrastructure improvements were the focus of the lead story on Tuesday night's KARK 6 p.m. newscast. According to the story, "On the whole, UCA has been the choice of students with higher and higher [test] scores. The entire Honors College of more than 500 students has an average ACT score of 31. Four hundred more parking spaces will be added to the campus this fall … [Read more...] about VIDEO: UCA continues to grow

Two stories published first by The Oxford American magazine, "Jakob Loomis" by Jason Ockert and "Unassigned Territory" by Stephanie Powell Watts, have been selected for the 2007 edition of "New Stories from the South," an annual all-star literary anthology. The 18 works of fiction were culled from such publications as The Georgia Review, Harper's, Atlantic Monthly, and The Oxford American. The … [Read more...] about Two stories from The Oxford American selected for 'New Stories from the South'

Dito Morales, assistant professor of art history, recently delivered a paper at the XXII Congress of the International Association for Caribbean Archaeology, in Kingston, Jamaica. His paper, "Modified Speleothems and Caribbean Rock Art," focused on prehistoric cave art from Cuba using ethnohistoric documentation of indigenous use and conception of caves in the Greater Antilles. Morales augmented … [Read more...] about UCA faculty news

Reynolds Performance Hall at UCA will come alive with performances as UCA Public Appearances offers its biggest season to date: 21 performances of 12 different shows, starting mid-September and ending in late April 2008. Variety abounds and there is something for everyone, according to Guy Couch, director of UCA Public Appearances. "We have put together a group of shows that will spice up your … [Read more...] about UCA Public Appearances offers biggest season ever

Mike Casey, professor of finance, John Bratton, professor of insurance and risk management, and Sherry Roberts, assistant professor of business/marketing technology education, this week taught a seminar in real estate consumer education sponsored by the Arkansas Realtors? Association. The two-day seminar covered topics related to home ownership and was designed to educate consumers about buying a … [Read more...] about UCA faculty news

UCA's newest police officer, Kevin Ford, was sworn in on July 9th. Ford, who is 34, moved to Arkansas from Illinois last year after visiting his mother, who also works for UCA. During his visit to Conway, he decided to take a tour of the UCA Police Department. Not long afterward, he decided to move to Arkansas and pursue a career in law enforcement at UCAPD. Before becoming an officer, Ford … [Read more...] about UCA's newest police officer