By: Amber Austen Office of Media Relations Jeromy Hunt, a student at the University of Central Arkansas, is the recipient of a 2022-23 Newman Civic Fellow award. The Newman Civic Fellowship recognizes and supports community-committed students who have demonstrated an investment in finding solutions for challenges facing communities throughout the country. The fellowship provides training … [Read more...]
UCA Researchers Awarded Grant on Ouachita River Basin Water Quality
University of Central Arkansas researchers have received funding from the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment’s Division of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to study human impacts on water quality in the Ouachita River Basin. Halvor Halvorson, assistant professor of biology; Ginny Adams, associate dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics; and Reid Adams, professor of … [Read more...]
UCA hosts three collaborative artists-in-residence
By: Amber Austen Office of Media Relations The University of Central Arkansas brings together three artists for its final spring 2022 artist-in-residence. The Gasali Adeyamo, Akeem Ayanniyi and Sue Schroeder residency will be Tuesday, April 5, through Thursday, April 7, 2022. Hosted by the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, these residencies will strive to promote healing … [Read more...]
Tanya Orellana and Isabel Rubio join together for UCA’s artist-in-residence
By: Amber Austen Office of Media Relations Theatre designers Tanya Orellana and Isabel Rubio team up as artists-in-residence at the University of Central Arkansas on Wednesday, March 9 and Thursday, March 10, 2022. This residency is a collaboration between UCA’s theatre and Spanish departments. Orellana and Rubio together will visit two classes within the departments on Thursday, March … [Read more...]
Chase Kahwinhut Earles visits UCA as artist-in-residence
By: Amber Austen Office of Media Relations The University of Central Arkansas’ College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences hosts Native American traditional potter as an artist-in-residence Tuesday, March 8, through Friday, March 11, 2022. Earles will showcase a public talk and demonstration over Caddo traditional ceramic making and pit firing from 12-3 p.m. on Friday, March 11 at … [Read more...]
UCA artist-in-residence hosts American Horn Quartet
The brass chamber ensemble American Horn Quartet will be an artist-in-residence Sunday, Feb. 27, through Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at the University of Central Arkansas for the first time since 2001. Hosted by the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, the quartet will perform a public concert on Tuesday, March 1, at 7:30 p.m. in Reynolds Performance Hall. Earlier in the afternoon, … [Read more...]
Elizabeth Rush visits UCA as an artist-in-residence
By: Amber Austen Office of Media Relations New York Times recognized author, Elizabeth Rush, will be an artist-in-residence on Tuesday, Feb. 22, and Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022, at the University of Central Arkansas. Hosted by the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Rush will have a public reading on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the College of Business Auditorium. The event includes a … [Read more...]
A Time to Create: UCA Art Professor Finds Peace in His Studio
Bryan Massey, professor and chair of the University of Central Arkansas Department of Art and Design, calls his studio in Schichtl Hall his “Kansas.” “When I became department chair I knew one thing for certain, I would need studio time. Schichtl is ‘Kansas’ because in the movie ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ Dorothy is wanting to get back to Kansas because there is no place like home. My studio is where … [Read more...]
School psychology students celebrate National School Psychology Week with volunteerism
Students in the school psychology program at the University of Central Arkansas are recognizing National School Psychology Week with volunteer activities at a local elementary school. Graduate students from the second-year cohort of the educational specialist program in school psychology are spending the year at Theodore Jones Elementary (TJE) School for their practicum. The … [Read more...]
Fabiola Jean-Louis comes to UCA as artist-in-residence
By: Hannah Phillips Office of Media Relations The University of Central Arkansas presents its final artist-in-residence for the fall semester with Fabiola Jean-Louis, who specializes in photography, film, ceramics, and paper textile design. The artist’s residency is from Monday, Nov. 15 to Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021. Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Jean-Louis will host a public discussion panel in the … [Read more...]
