Dr. Ronnie Williams to speak on essentials of leadership Oct. 28 The University of Central Arkansas’ College of Health and Behavioral Sciences will host the inaugural event for its new Leadership Speaker Series Tuesday, Oct. 28, at 5 p.m. in the Brewer-Hegeman Conference Center, room 112/114. Author and former longtime UCA executive administrator Dr. Ronnie Williams will be the keynote … [Read more...]
UCA’s Baum Gallery to open Fall 2025 BA/BFA Senior Exhibition
Artist reception to be held Thursday, Oct. 30 The University of Central Arkansas’s Baum Gallery will host an artist reception Thursday, Oct. 30, from 4-7 p.m. to celebrate the Fall 2025 BA/BFA Senior Exhibition. Students Included in this exhibition are Len Adair (BFA), Charlie Colburn (BFA), Katherine Eggebrecht (BA), Victoria Harper (BA), Hannah Jetton (BFA), Kaitlyn Maxwell (BFA), Reilly … [Read more...]
Nita Mendoza to illuminate art of lighting design in UCA fall residency
November residency includes free public lighting design demonstration Lighting designer Nita Mendoza will visit the University of Central Arkansas for an artist residency Nov. 3-6, with events planned to engage students and the public in the art of theatrical lighting design. The residency will include a series of conversations and class visits with both theatre and Spanish students. … [Read more...]
Arkansas Insurance Hall of Fame announces 2025 class of inductees
Six Arkansans, scholarship recipients honored at Oct. 16 event More than 200 industry professionals gathered at the University of Central Arkansas Oct. 16 as six distinguished Arkansans were honored at the Arkansas Insurance Hall of Fame 2025 Induction Banquet. The Arkansas Insurance Hall of Fame 2025 inductees included: Kelley Erstine of Conway, CEO, Independent Insurance Agents of … [Read more...]
Four-time Grammy nominees Trout Fishing in America to perform at UCA’s Windgate Center
Family folk duo coming to Conway Nov. 2 The University of Central Arkansas Public Appearances will present Trout Fishing in America on Sunday, Nov. 2, at 4 p.m. at the Windgate Center for Fine and Performing Arts. Family folk duo Trout Fishing in America is the songwriting collaboration of Keith Grimwood and Ezra Idlet. For almost 50 years, their vibrant, percussive sound and dynamic … [Read more...]
University of Central Arkansas receives the Governor’s Award for International Impact in Education
The University of Central Arkansas' Center for Global Learning and Engagement has been awarded the 2025 Governor's Award for Excellence in Global Trade - International Impact in Education for its efforts to recruit, admit and support international students all over the world. The award was presented by the Arkansas District Export Council (ArDEC) at a luncheon in Little Rock on Oct. 17. In … [Read more...]
‘Sex and the City’ creator Candace Bushnell to perform one-woman show at UCA’s Reynolds Performance Hall
Performance set for Oct. 23 offers the perfect ladies’ night out The University of Central Arkansas Public Appearances will present “Candace Bushnell – True Tales of Sex, Success, and Sex and the City,” Thursday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m. at Reynolds Performance Hall. Bushnell is famously the author of “Sex and the City,” published in 1996, the basis for the TV phenomenon “Sex and the City,” … [Read more...]
Grammy Award-winning folk rock duo Indigo Girls to perform at UCA’s Reynolds Performance Hall
Concert, film screening set for Oct. 20 The University of Central Arkansas Public Appearances, in conjunction with the UCA Artists in Residence program, will present the successful folk duo Indigo Girls Monday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m. at Reynolds Performance Hall. Released in 1989, Indigo Girls' eponymous major label debut sold over 2 million copies under the power of singles “Closer to Fine” … [Read more...]
UCA’s Reynolds Performance Hall to present ‘TINA – The Tina Turner Musical’
Oct. 16 performance tells the story of one of the world’s best-selling artists of all time The University of Central Arkansas Public Appearances will present “TINA – The Tina Turner Musical” Thursday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m. at Reynolds Performance Hall. The smash hit “TINA – The Tina Turner Musical” was written by Tony Award nominee and Pulitzer Prize winner Katori Hall with Frank Ketelaar … [Read more...]
UCA to host Oscar-Winning documentary filmmaker Daniel Junge as Artist in Residence
Screening, discussion set for Oct. 13 The University of Central Arkansas will host Daniel Junge, an Oscar-winning (two-time nominated) and Emmy-winning (six-time nominated) documentary filmmaker, for a one-day residency on Monday, Oct. 13, with events that include a discussion with students and a screening of his new film “I Was Born This Way” (2025). “We are so excited to welcome Oscar … [Read more...]
