The University of Central Arkansas Debate and Forensics Team won the Arkansas Championship and placed second overall at the Southern Forensics Championship, held at Mississippi State University. This is the team’s fifth Arkansas Championship in the last seven years. The Southern Forensics Championship is a regional debate and forensics event that serves as the intercollegiate debate and … [Read more...]
UCA’S SIXTH ANNUAL DAY OF GIVING SET FOR MARCH 5
The University of Central Arkansas’s sixth Day of Giving is set for Thursday, March 5. The annual 24-hour fundraising drive challenges alumni, parents, faculty, staff, students and friends to make a gift of any amount to support the campus. Continuing to outpace itself, the annual Day of Giving drive has raised more than $1.3 million for students and programs since its inception in 2015. “Our … [Read more...]
UCA ANNOUNCES FALL 2019 GRADUATES
The University of Central Arkansas held commencement at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13, and at 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, in the Jeff Farris Health and Physical Education Center. The university conferred 525 undergraduate degrees and 206 graduate degrees during four ceremonies. A list of graduates is below: … [Read more...]
UCA STUDENT NAMED ASSOCIATE EDITOR OF NATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL
University of Central Arkansas student Cody Tigue has been selected to serve as an associate editor of the National Collegiate Honors Council Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity (UReCA) for the 2020-21 publication cycle. A native of Hot Springs, Tigue is a sophomore in the Schedler Honors College who is majoring in film and creative writing. He was notified earlier this month … [Read more...]
CIRQUE ÉLOIZE RETURNS TO REYNOLDS WITH CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS SHOW
The University of Central Arkansas’s Reynolds Performance Hall will welcome back Cirque Éloize with their latest show “Hotel” on Tuesday, March 3, at 7:30 p.m. Set in an art deco lobby, “Hotel” tells the story of a place and the travelers who pass through it — a stopover where lives intersect and collide for a brief time to generate tales and memories. A cast of 12 characters, from a juggling … [Read more...]
TROMBONE QUARTET TO PERFORM, TEACH AT UCA’S SNOW FINE ARTS
By Corey Pillow College of Fine Arts and Communications Media Office Artists from the St. Louis Symphony will host a masterclass and perform as artists-in-residence at the University of Central Arkansas Monday, Feb. 24 through Wednesday, Feb. 26. All events will be held in the Snow Fine Arts Center Recital Hall on campus. A trombone quartet, made up of veteran trombonists Timothy Myers, Amanda … [Read more...]
HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR TO SPEAK AT UCA
The University of Central Arkansas will host “An Evening with Holocaust Survivor Nat Shaffir” on Wednesday, March 4 at 7 p.m. in the McCastlain Hall Ballroom. The event is free and open to the public. Sponsors of the presentation include the UCA departments of English, History, Liberal Arts and Philosophy and Religion, as well as the University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton and the … [Read more...]
UCA TO HOST ARKANSAS CREATIVE SUSTAINABILITY SUMMIT
The University of Central Arkansas and the Arkansas Cinema Society will host the crowdfunding/distribution platform Seed&Spark on campus March 1 for the Arkansas Creative Sustainability Summit to help Arkansas-based creators build sustainable artistic careers. Seed&Spark founder and CEO Emily Best will be on campus for the summit, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the McCastlain … [Read more...]
UCA TO PRESENT SECOND ANNUAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH ART EXHIBITION
The University of Central Arkansas Division of Outreach and Community Engagement, along with the College of Fine Arts and Communication, will celebrate Black History Month with the second annual Black History Month Art Exhibition from Friday, Feb. 21 to Thursday, March 12 at UCA Downtown, located at 1105 W. Oak Street in downtown Conway. An artists’ reception is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 21, … [Read more...]
UCA BOARD OF TRUSTEES ANNOUNCES FEBRUARY MEETING
The University of Central Arkansas Board of Trustees will hold a regularly scheduled meeting Friday, Feb. 21 at 10 a.m. in the Board of Trustees Conference Room in Wingo Hall. The following meetings and events will also take place on Friday, Feb. 21: The Audit and Finance Committee will meet at 8:30 a.m. in Wingo Hall, room 210. The board will have lunch in Wingo Hall, room 210, … [Read more...]
