UCA’s Center for Community and Economic Development is partnering with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce and the White River Planning and Development District to host Saving Your Small Town: Homegrown Community and Economic Development for North Central Arkansas community leaders. The event is from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 12 at Lyon College in … [Read more...]
UCA and ASU-Beebe sign 17th articulation agreement
University of Central Arkansas President Tom Courtway and Arkansas State University-Beebe Chancellor Dr. Eugene McKay signed the 17th articulation agreement between the two institutions at a ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 5. This signing is the 16th agreement between the institutions for 2015 and marks a total of 17 articulation agreements overall. “We are excited to work in … [Read more...]
AfterWords to celebrate first-year writers
By Eric Binnie UCA Department of Writing CONWAY — The University of Central Arkansas Department of Writing will feature the AfterWords awards ceremony, honoring first-year Residential College writers, on Tuesday, Dec. 1. The 4-6 p.m. event, free and open to the public at the Bear’s Dean, just off campus at 235 Farris Road, will feature student readings of the award-winning works, selected … [Read more...]
UCA celebrates Native American Heritage Month
The University of Central Arkansas celebrates Native American Heritage Month with two lectures on Thursday, Nov. 12 featuring distinguished Cherokee artists, scholars and Cherokee Nation members Roger and Shawna Cain. They will speak on the use of traditional knowledge in Cherokee Art and the Cherokee River Cane Initiative. The Department of Sociology-anthropology program and the Office of … [Read more...]
UCA hosts Minority Vendor Expo
The University of Central Arkansas will host a Minority Vendor Expo from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 9 in the Brewer-Hegeman Conference Center on the campus of UCA in Conway. The Minority Vendor Expo is designed to give members of the higher education community an opportunity to engage with minority business owners in an effort to learn more about the products and services they have to … [Read more...]
UCA receives Teacher Education Award from SRATE
The University of Central Arkansas received the Innovation in Teacher Education Award from the Southeastern Regional Association of Teacher Educators (SRATE). The award was given in recognition of the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program’s Bug-In-Ear Initiative. The Bug-in-Ear Initiative is a peer coaching intervention that improves instructional behaviors of teacher candidates. Through … [Read more...]
UCA and ASU-Beebe to sign articulation agreement
MEDIA ADVISORY UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS NOVEMBER 2, 2015 CONTACT: Christina Madsen, vice president for communications, public relations and marketing, at christinam@uca.edu or (501) 852-2659. Fredricka Sharkey, director of media relations, at fsharkey@uca.edu or (501) 450-5114. UCA AND ASU-BEEBE TO SIGN 17th ARTICULATION AGREEMENT WHAT: The University of Central Arkansas and Arkansas … [Read more...]
UCA receives $250,000 gift to endow scholarships
The University of Central Arkansas received a $250,000 gift from the late Donna S. Stephens to establish an endowed scholarship fund for Faulkner County students. The university recently held a ceremony to unveil a plaque commemorating the gift. “Ceremonies like these are important—to acknowledge the legacy and career of someone who really cared deeply about students and wanted to give … [Read more...]
Accounting student awarded $10,000 scholarship
A University of Central Arkansas accounting student has been awarded a $10,000 scholarship by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) for the 2015-2016 academic year. UCA graduate student Melissa McDowell, of Little Rock, was one of 84 students from various colleges and universities in the US to be selected for the PCAOB scholarship. McDowell graduated from UCA in May 2015 with a … [Read more...]
Novelist García to be in residence Nov. 19-20
PRESS RELEASE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AND COMMUNICATION CONTACT: Christina Madsen, christinam@uca.edu, (501) 852-2659 Garry Craig Powell, gpowell@uca.edu, (501) 450-5110 October 30, 2015 NOVELIST TO BE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AT UCA By Shane Allen UCA Department of Writing CONWAY — Renowned novelist Cristina García will give a public reading with a book … [Read more...]
