Community invited to event featuring keynote speaker Judge Tjuana Byrd Manning The University of Central Arkansas will host its annual MLK Prayer Breakfast on Friday, Jan. 16, in the Ronnie Williams Student Center Ballroom 205 featuring keynote speaker Judge Tjuana Byrd Manning. The breakfast is held each year to celebrate the spiritual legacy and moral courage that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. … [Read more...]
Alice Aida Ayers, Kat Wilson to visit UCA as Artists in Residence
Artist reception to be held Thursday, Jan. 29, at UCA’s Baum Gallery The University of Central Arkansas’s Baum Gallery of Art will host two Artists in Residence this spring with coordinating exhibitions and events planned. Alice Aida Ayers will present “ANCESTRAL SPIRITS: STITCHING THE PAST TO THE PRESENT,” and Kat Wilson will present “THE UNITED STATES OF SELFIES: A #SELFIETHRONE for the … [Read more...]
Wendy Holbrook honored by Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance
UCA assistant vice president for student affairs recognized as 2025 Star Collaborator Wendy Holbrook, University of Central Arkansas assistant vice president for student affairs, has been recognized by the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance as their 2025 Star Collaborator Award recipient. This award honors an individual who exemplifies partnership, compassion and leadership in addressing … [Read more...]
UCA Honors Student Presents International Solo Exhibition “Art & Seoul” in South Korea
University of Central Arkansas Norbert O. Schedler Honors College student Sydney Fallon completed a solo international art exhibition in Seoul, South Korea, over the summer as an Honors capstone project. The exhibition, titled “Art & Seoul”, was held July 24-27 at Mi&Gallery in the Jongno district near Gyeongbokgung Palace. Inspired by her own lived experience as a Korean adoptee, … [Read more...]
UCA student represents The Bahamas at 14th UNESCO Youth Forum
Kezia Johnson selected as her nation’s delegate for global forum University of Central Arkansas student Kezia Johnson recently represented her home country, The Bahamas, at the 14th UNESCO Youth Forum held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, is a specialized agency dedicated to strengthening shared humanity through the … [Read more...]
Joan Shofner recognized as Outstanding Woman in Nonprofit
Joan Shofner, associate vice president of campaign and development, has been recognized as a 2025 Conway Area Chamber of Commerce Women in Business Outstanding Woman in Nonprofit. Shofner is a proven leader in nonprofit and higher education advancement whose vision and drive have transformed UCA’s fundraising success. Since joining the university in 2010 as the first director of advancement … [Read more...]
UCA Aviation Academy celebrates first graduate
Zane Harris completes private instrument, commercial pilot certificates in just 18 months Zane Harris, a native of Little Rock, Arkansas, has become the first graduate of the University of Central Arkansas (UCA) Aviation Academy. Harris successfully earned both his private instrument and commercial pilot certificates as a member of the inaugural class, completing the program in just 18 … [Read more...]
UCA shares vision for multipurpose arena at December board meeting
Clean audit, budget adjustments enable increased salaries; arena advances to design phase The University of Central Arkansas Board of Trustees held its regularly scheduled meeting Friday, Dec. 5, where members saw conceptual renderings of a proposed multipurpose arena following a recent feasibility study and approved the revised FY 2025-26 base operating budget. WER Architects shared … [Read more...]
UCA’s Student Led Therapeutic Activity Program art show set for Monday, Dec. 8
Featured works produced with Opening Minds Through Art curriculum The University of Central Arkansas’s Student Led Therapeutic Activity Program (S-TAP) Art Show will be held Monday, Dec. 8, from 5-6:30 p.m. All the art featured in this show was produced by S-TAP participants and guided by the Opening Minds Through Art (OMA) curriculum. The art show is free and open to the public and will … [Read more...]
UCA BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO MEET DEC. 5
The University of Central Arkansas Board of Trustees will hold its December meeting Friday, Dec. 5, at 10 a.m. in the Board of Trustees Conference Room, Wingo Hall room 118. The board will have lunch in Burdick Hall following the meeting. The meeting may be viewed virtually at vimeo.com/event/5526449. A printable copy of the agenda may be found at uca.edu/botagenda. Prior to the board … [Read more...]
