By Audrey Forbes College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY — Actor and social justice activist George Takei will visit the University of Central Arkansas for a public lecture on Thursday, Oct. 27. The 7:30 p.m. lecture will be in Reynolds Performance Hall. Amanda Horton, director of Reynolds, said Takei would speak about his time in an Arkansas internment camp during … [Read more...]
JAZZ ENSEMBLES TO PERFORM OCT. 23
By Amanda Nettles College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY — The University of Central Arkansas Jazz Ensembles will present their first concert of the fall Sunday, Oct. 23, at 7:30 p.m. The performance in the Snow Fine Arts Center Recital Hall is free and open to the public. The concert will begin with the UCA Dixieland Band's tribute to New Orleans clarinetist Pete … [Read more...]
UCA TO CELEBRATE OCTUBA 2016
By Ariana Sumpter College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY — The University of Central Arkansas Department of Music will host three Octuba concerts to celebrate the tuba and euphonium this month. Octubafest at UCA, Tubaween and the second annual Toad Suck Buck’s Octubafest are all free and open to the public. The UCA Octubafest is set for Monday, Oct. 24, at 7:30 p.m. … [Read more...]
ADVANCEMENT DIVISION HIRES THREE NEW DIRECTORS
Three University of Central Arkansas alumni were hired to join the Division of Advancement as directors of Development. Aimee Poynter ’15 and Maegan Dyson ’06, ’10 began duties on Oct. 3. JD Gray ’15 will begin Oct. 17. As directors of Development, each person will have unique duties that will ultimately contribute to team efforts to raise private support for the institution. Poynter, … [Read more...]
TWO COURTWAY SCHOLARSHIPS FUNDED
The Melissa A. Courtway Scholarship Fund and the newly established Tom Courtway Endowed Scholarship Fund received a gift of $50,000 and $100,000, respectively, from longtime supporters, Rush and Linda Harding. The Harding’s $100,000 gift to establish the Tom Courtway Endowed Scholarship Fund comes with a challenge to match their $100,000 donation to the fund with an additional $100,000 raised … [Read more...]
UCA HOSTS CANDLELIGHT GATHERING
The University of Central Arkansas Division of International Engagement is sponsoring a Candlelight Gathering to provide UCA students, faculty, staff and community members an opportunity to offer friendship and support to those impacted by Hurricane Matthew. The Candlelight Gathering will be held outside Ferguson Chapel, from 5 p.m.-7p.m., Thursday, Oct. 6. The event is open to all. Candles … [Read more...]
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OCTOBER MEETING
The University of Central Arkansas Board of Trustees will meet in a regularly scheduled meeting at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 7 in the Board of Trustees Conference Room in Wingo Hall. The board will have lunch in Wingo Hall, Room 210 after the meeting. A printable copy of the agenda can be found at the following link: www.uca.edu/botagenda. The Audit and Finance Committee will meet at 2 p.m. … [Read more...]
UCA WRITERS TO MARK READERS’ MAP
By Ariana Sumpter College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY — University of Central Arkansas writers featured in “A Readers’ Map of Arkansas” will give a public reading in UCA Torreyson Library, Seminar Room 215 on Thursday, Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. Featured UCA writers will include Dr. John Vanderslice, associate professor of creative writing; Terry Wright, dean of the College of … [Read more...]
ECLECTIC ‘ALUMINUM SHOW’ HEADING FOR REYNOLDS
By Waid Rainey College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY — Reynolds Performance Hall will welcome “The Aluminum Show” to the University of Central Arkansas at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 24. “The Aluminum Show” brings music, materials and artists together resulting in a combination of physical theater, dance, humor and acrobatics in a multi-sensory experience. The show is … [Read more...]
COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC TO BEGIN LITTLE MOZART CLASS
Registration is open for the University of Central Arkansas Community School of Music’s Little Mozart Pre-Piano Class. Beginning Tuesday, Oct. 11, the class will meet weekly in Snow Fine Arts Center room 134 for six weeks from 5:30-6 p.m. According to Community School of Music Director Smokey Emerson, Little Mozart, taught by Terrie Shires, class piano instructor at UCA, is aimed at children … [Read more...]
