The University of Central Arkansas announced today that it has received the largest gift in its 111-year history, $20 million from Windgate Foundation. This extraordinary matching gift will support the new, state-of-the-art Windgate Center for Fine and Performing Arts and make UCA a regional leader of the arts. Plans for the 114,000-square-foot Windgate Center for Fine and Performing Arts … [Read more...]
UCA STUDENT MEDIA WEBSITE TO LAUNCH JAN. 23
The University of Central Arkansas Journalism program is launching a new website to integrate student media on one site and to provide students with a deeper understanding of digital journalism. After the Jan. 23 launch, UCAnews.live will tie together The Echo newspaper, News6 television and the Scroll yearbook. The UCA student media have had their own websites for years, but the new website will … [Read more...]
UCA ANNOUNCES FALL 2018 GRADUATES
The University of Central Arkansas held commencement Friday, Dec. 14, and Saturday, Dec. 15, in the Jeff Farris Health and Physical Education Center. The university conferred more than 700 undergraduate and graduate degrees during four ceremonies. A list of graduates is below. … [Read more...]
UCA BOARD OF TRUSTEES TELECONFERENCE JAN. 18
The University of Central Arkansas Board of Trustees will hold a special teleconference meeting at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18 in Wingo Hall, room 210. A printable copy of the agenda can be found at www.uca.edu/botagenda. … [Read more...]
UCA ANNOUNCES SPRING 2019 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FELLOWS
The Center for Community and Economic Development (CCED) at the University of Central Arkansas has selected undergraduate students Javier Hernandez of Rogers, Katie Weaver of Wynne, Marco Ramirez of Bentonville and Ra’Shan Stubbs of Nassau, Bahamas for the spring Community and Economic Development (CED) Fellowship. The mission of the CED fellowship is to expose students to a variety of community … [Read more...]
UCA’S BAUM GALLERY TO HOST TWO NEW EXHIBITIONS THIS SPRING
The University of Central Arkansas’ Baum Gallery will host two exhibitions this spring, “Faculty Invitational” and “From It to Thou: Being Conscious of the Sacred in Nature.” An opening reception will be held from 4-7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 24. Both exhibits will go up on that day and remain up until Feb. 15. The “Faculty Invitational” show features work from almost every full-time UCA art … [Read more...]
REYNOLDS PERFORMANCE HALL TO HOST ‘SOMETHING ROTTEN!’ JAN. 23
The original new musical “Something Rotten!” will debut at Reynolds Performance Hall at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 23 on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas. Nominated for 10 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, this national Broadway tour of “Something Rotten!” is set in the 1590’s, long before the dawn of premium tickets, star casting and reminders to turn off cell phones. With … [Read more...]
UCA CELEBRATES KING WITH PRAYER BREAKFAST
The University of Central Arkansas Office of Diversity and Community and Aramark Food Services will host the annual MLK Prayer Breakfast Friday, Jan. 18 in the Student Center, room 205. Breakfast begins at 8:15 a.m., and the official program begins at 9 a.m. The breakfast is held each year to celebrate the spiritual legacy and moral courage that Dr. Martin Luther King brought to the social … [Read more...]
CDI APPOINTS NEW ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
The University of Central Arkansas Community Development Institute (CDI) has announced the appointment of five new advisory board members, as well as two reappointments to the board. The five new members include: Shaneil Ealy, associate vice president of UCA Outreach & Community Engagement; Stacey Neal, director of Community Competitiveness at Louisiana Economic Development; Shelley Mehl, … [Read more...]
UCA PROFESSOR DEBUTS IN HBO’S ‘TRUE DETECTIVE’
University of Central Arkansas Theatre professor Chris Fritzges will debut in the third season of the HBO series “True Detective,” which was filmed in Fayetteville. “True Detective” Season 3 follows partner detectives as they investigate a macabre crime involving two missing children in the heart of the Arkansas Ozarks. The story spans three decades. The third season is set to premiere Jan. 13, … [Read more...]
