November residency includes free public lighting design demonstration Lighting designer Nita Mendoza will visit the University of Central Arkansas for an artist residency Nov. 3-6, with events planned to engage students and the public in the art of theatrical lighting design. The residency will include a series of conversations and class visits with both theatre and Spanish students. … [Read more...]
Arkansas Insurance Hall of Fame announces 2025 class of inductees
Six Arkansans, scholarship recipients honored at Oct. 16 event More than 200 industry professionals gathered at the University of Central Arkansas Oct. 16 as six distinguished Arkansans were honored at the Arkansas Insurance Hall of Fame 2025 Induction Banquet. The Arkansas Insurance Hall of Fame 2025 inductees included: Kelley Erstine of Conway, CEO, Independent Insurance Agents of … [Read more...]
Four-time Grammy nominees Trout Fishing in America to perform at UCA’s Windgate Center
Family folk duo coming to Conway Nov. 2 The University of Central Arkansas Public Appearances will present Trout Fishing in America on Sunday, Nov. 2, at 4 p.m. at the Windgate Center for Fine and Performing Arts. Family folk duo Trout Fishing in America is the songwriting collaboration of Keith Grimwood and Ezra Idlet. For almost 50 years, their vibrant, percussive sound and dynamic … [Read more...]
UCA joins Next Generation Service Corps
Partnership with the Volcker Alliance will help to prepare students for public service The University of Central Arkansas has partnered with the Volcker Alliance to join the Next Generation Service Corps (NextGen Service), a nationwide network of higher education institutions committed to preparing undergraduate students for public service. UCA is the first institution of higher education in … [Read more...]
‘Sex and the City’ creator Candace Bushnell to perform one-woman show at UCA’s Reynolds Performance Hall
Performance set for Oct. 23 offers the perfect ladies’ night out The University of Central Arkansas Public Appearances will present “Candace Bushnell – True Tales of Sex, Success, and Sex and the City,” Thursday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m. at Reynolds Performance Hall. Bushnell is famously the author of “Sex and the City,” published in 1996, the basis for the TV phenomenon “Sex and the City,” … [Read more...]
UCA to host Oscar-Winning documentary filmmaker Daniel Junge as Artist in Residence
Screening, discussion set for Oct. 13 The University of Central Arkansas will host Daniel Junge, an Oscar-winning (two-time nominated) and Emmy-winning (six-time nominated) documentary filmmaker, for a one-day residency on Monday, Oct. 13, with events that include a discussion with students and a screening of his new film “I Was Born This Way” (2025). “We are so excited to welcome Oscar … [Read more...]
Hot Springs Poet Laureate Kai Coggin to visit UCA for fall residency
October events focused on creative writing, poetry The University of Central Arkansas will host Kai Coggin, inaugural Poet Laureate of the city of Hot Springs, Ark., from Oct. 7-21 with events focused on creative writing and poetry. The residency will include two student-focused writing workshops and a public poetry reading by Coggin at “The AIDS Memorial Quilt” opening reception and … [Read more...]
UCA to display panels from ‘The AIDS Memorial Quilt’ in fall exhibition
Blocks honoring Arkansans to be on display Oct. 6-31 A portion of “The AIDS Memorial Quilt” will be on display in the University of Central Arkansas’ Reynolds Performance Hall lobby from Oct. 6-31. As part of the exhibition, two 12’x12’ blocks honoring Arkansans lost to AIDS will be on view. The College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences will host an opening reception and … [Read more...]
Scribner’s ‘Under Alien Skies’ recognized for national awards
Outstanding book about the American Revolution garners national praise University of Central Arkansas Associate Professor of History Vaughn Scribner’s book “Under Alien Skies: Environment, Suffering, and the Defeat of the British Military in Revolutionary America” (UNC Press, 2024) has recently garnered national praise. The book received the Society of the Cincinnati Prize, a major award … [Read more...]
UCA’s Beta Alpha Psi chapter takes first place at national conference, earns Gold status
The University of Central Arkansas Theta Lambda chapter of Beta Alpha Psi (BAP) recently won first place in the Best Practices competition, Impacting Your Profession division, at the organization’s 2025 Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas. The chapter was also recognized as a Gold Chapter – for professional and service activities by a chapter – for the past academic year. Lucas Hayes, Rebecca … [Read more...]
