Glover leads community deliberation at UCA

CONWAY – University of Central Arkansas’ Center for Community and Economic Development will hold a workshop to discuss the key strategies to understanding group concerns and using deliberation as a tool to connect with the community and other stakeholders. Malcolm Glover, an award-winning journalist, will speak at this workshop. The workshop will take place from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. on November … [Read more...]

Bear Facts Day

The University of Central Arkansas will host Bear Facts Days for prospective students on Saturday, November 1, 2014. Bear Facts Days provide an opportunity for prospective students and their families to meet with professors and current UCA students. Special sessions for transfer students and parents will be held in the Student Center. The Office of Student Financial Aid will host two information … [Read more...]

“Share-a-Bear” collection of Teddy bears

CONWAY—The University of Central Arkansas campus and Conway community are being asked to donate Teddy bears in the Share-a-Bear charitable event in recognition of National Domestic Violence Awareness month. The UCA Sociology Club, UCAPD, Log Cabin Democrat and the Conway Police Department have partnered to collect Teddy bears from October 27 to October 31. Teddy bears collected from the … [Read more...]

Author William Lindsey to be in residence

PRESS RELEASE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AND COMMUNICATION Contact: Dr. Jeff Pe-Aguirre, (501) 450-3104; jjpeaguirre@uca.edu October 23, 2014 AUTHOR WILLIAM LINDSEY TO BE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE OCT. 28-30 College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY — Dr. William D. Lindsey, recently awarded the Booker Worthen Literary Prize by the Butler … [Read more...]

Arkansas Horn Club To Present “A Saint Hubert Celebration”

The Arkansas Horn Club will give a unique musical presentation at the Snow Fine Arts Center Recital Hall of the University of Central Arkansas at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 2, 2014. "A Saint Hubert Celebration" is open to the public at no charge. The celebration will feature music and narrative to explore the story of Hubert and the inextricable link between "French" horns and the hunt, … [Read more...]

Opening Ceremony for The Wall that Heals

CONWAY—The University of Central Arkansas will commemorate Veterans Day by hosting the Wall that Heals, a traveling Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Museum. The opening ceremony begins at 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 30 on the Old Main Lawn on the campus with special remarks by Brig. Gen. Keith Klemmer, deputy adjutant general for the Arkansas National Guard. In the event of rain, the ceremony … [Read more...]

UCA Magazine returns as part of Framework goals

CONWAY—The University of Central Arkansas continues to follow the futuristic vision set forth in the Framework for the Future with this week’s return of the UCA Magazine. The Framework for the Future was introduced in November 2013 during the investiture ceremony for UCA President Tom Courtway. The plan laid out three primary goals with several strategies, deadlines, and responsibilities to … [Read more...]

Creative writing faculty set reading in Little Rock

PRESS RELEASE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AND COMMUNICATION CONTACT: Shua Miller, (501) 450-3293; jdmiller@uca.edu UCA CREATIVE WRITING FACULTY SET READING IN LITTLE ROCK By Mark Lager UCA Department of Writing CONWAY ― Faculty members in creative writing from the University of Central Arkansas will give a public reading at the Oxford American Annex in … [Read more...]

Octubafest, Tubaween concerts to celebrate tuba, euphonium

PRESS RELEASE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AND COMMUNICATION Contact: Dr. Gail Robertson, (501) 450-5763; grobertson@uca.edu October 20, 2014 OCTUBAFEST, TUBAWEEN CONCERTS  TO CELEBRATE TUBA AND EUPHONIUM By Kelsey Williams College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY — The University of Central Arkansas Department of Music will host tuba … [Read more...]

UCA Theatre to present Lysistrata

The University of Central Arkansas Theatre will present the play, Lysistrata, by Aristophanes in the Bridges/Larson Theatre of the Snow Fine Arts Center on the campus. The production will be Oct. 30-31 at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 1 at 2 p.m., and Nov. 6-7 at 7:30 p.m. In the play, the main character, Lysistrata, leads the women of her day in a war against their husbands as the women devise a plan to … [Read more...]