More than 160 business leaders, educators, and elected officials gathered at the University of Central Arkansas Thursday to hear executives from international firms and the College of Business faculty discuss ways to expand business opportunities in China. Executives from Acxiom, Walmart, and Tyson shared insight on various topics including financial and business startup issues; Chinese legal … [Read more...]
Parrent Joins UCA as VP for Enrollment Management
Dr. Robert Parrent has joined the University of Central Arkansas as the vice president for enrollment management. Parrent, 59, began his new post on July 1. He previously served as the vice president of student affairs at the University of Southern Indiana. Parrent has more than 30 years experience in higher education. He received his doctor of education in higher education administration from … [Read more...]
Executives to Share Tips on Business Opportunities in China
Top executives from several national corporations will share their insight on international trade and business opportunities in China during the inaugural Arkansas & China Business and Economic Summit scheduled for July 21 at the University of Central Arkansas College of Business. The summit will provide executives and entrepreneurs a forum to network, share business experiences related to … [Read more...]
Dr. Nancy Reese Honored For Service
Dr. Nancy B. Reese, professor and chair of the Department of Physical Therapy, is the recipient of this year's Lucy Blair Service Award by the American Physical Therapy Association. The association is a national professional organization representing more than 74,000 members. Each year, the association recognizes a small group of individuals nationwide for their contributions to the association … [Read more...]
New Evening, Online Classes to Start Fall 2011
The University of Central Arkansas will offer new evening and online classes in the Fall 2011 to accommodate working adults. The new evening program will allow individuals to earn a bachelor's degree in the areas of general business, history or speech communication. Additional online courses will be offered for those interested in earning a graduate certificate or master's degree in school … [Read more...]
UCA Announces Honors Scholars for Fall 2011
The University of Central Arkansas Honors College has selected 60 incoming first-year students as its newest class of Honors Scholars. The students were selected from a pool of over 200 applicants, of which 115 were selected for intensive full-day interviews on the UCA campus. Honors Scholars receive UCA's most prestigious scholarship package, reside in a living-learning community in Jefferson W. … [Read more...]
As You Like Opens AST’s Fifth Season
Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre's fifth season opens June 16 with four performances of As You Like It in Conway at The Village at Hendrix. The play will run June 16-19. Those tickets are pay-what-you-can. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat will open in Reynolds Performance Hall on the University of Central Arkansas campus on June 23, running through Saturday, July 2. Othello will open … [Read more...]
Morgan Poole Evatt Receives Fulbright Award
Morgan Poole Evatt of the University of Central Arkansas has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarship to Mexico in speech-language pathology, the United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced recently. Evatt is one of over 1,700 U.S. citizens who will travel abroad for the 2011-2012 academic year through the Fulbright U.S. … [Read more...]
Closing the Achievement Gap Focus of Leadership Institute
Educators from across the state will gather this week to discuss effective ways to improve academic success among historically marginalized student subgroups. Closing the achievement gap in public schools is the topic of this year's Summer Leadership Institute hosted by the College of Education at the University of Central Arkansas.The event takes place at 8:30 a.m., June 10 at the … [Read more...]
Judge Donates Documents from Landmark Case
Circuit Judge Collins Kilgore, Division 13 judge of the Sixth Circuit of Arkansas, has donated his copies of court records pertaining to the Lake View School District case to the University of Central Arkansas Archives. The Lake View School District case challenged the constitutionality of Arkansas's school funding system. The case was originally filed by Lake View School District in 1992 and … [Read more...]
