Laney Hall renamed to honor long-serving professor

The University of Central Arkansas Board of Trustees approved the renaming of Laney Hall to Laney-Manion Hall in recognition of the longest serving professor in the history of UCA, Dr. Jerald “Jerry” M. Manion. Dr. Manion spent nearly 50 years at UCA working in the Department of Chemistry as a professor, chair, mentor, friend, and ambassador for the department. Manion died on July 18, 2014. … [Read more...]

Board of Trustees meeting

CONWAY— The University of Central Arkansas Board of Trustees will meet in a regularly scheduled meeting at 10:00 a.m., Friday, December 12 in the Board of Trustees Conference Room in Wingo Hall. A printable copy of the agenda can be found at Board of Trustees agenda. The Board of Trustees will have lunch after the meeting in the President’s Dining Room in Christian Cafeteria. The Audit and … [Read more...]

Musicians invited to participate in Hornaments

PRESS RELEASE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AND COMMUNICATION Contact: Dr. Brent Shires, (501) 472-3350; bshires@uca.edu December 4, 2014 MUSICIANS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN “HORNAMENTS” College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY — Hornaments, the annual celebration of the holiday season by (French) horn players of all ages from around … [Read more...]

Forensics team completes successful semester

PRESS RELEASE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AND COMMUNICATION Contact: Anthony McMullen, (501) 450-3108, amcmullen@uca.edu December 4, 2014 UCA FORENSICS TEAM COMPLETES SUCCESSFUL SEMESTER College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY – The University of Central Arkansas’s forensics team recently completed a successful semester of International … [Read more...]

Voices of Central Arkansas to present holiday concert

PRESS RELEASE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AND COMMUNICATION Contact: Sherri Cook-Cunningham, (501) 450-5774; scookcunningham@uca.edu December 4, 2014   VOICES OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS YOUTH CHOIR TO PRESENT HOLIDAY CONCERT By Cassidy Crawford College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY – Voices of Central Arkansas, an award-winning … [Read more...]

December commencement

CONWAY—The University of Central Arkansas will hold Winter Commencement on Saturday, December 13 in the Jeff Farris Health and Physical Education Center on the campus. University officials will confer 457 undergraduate degrees and 182 graduate degrees during two ceremonies. Commencement for the College of Business, College of Education and the College of Fine Arts and Communication will be … [Read more...]

Hydeia Broadbent visits UCA for World Aids Day

CONWAY—International activist and speaker Hydeia Broadbent is the guest speaker for the observance of World AIDS Day at the University of Central Arkansas. The event will be at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 1 in Room 102 of the Lewis Science Center on campus. The speech is free and open to the public. The University of Central Arkansas Chapter of Keep a Child Alive is hosting the event. Broadbent … [Read more...]

UCA hosts State GIS Board

CONWAY, Ark. (November 26, 2014) – The University of Central Arkansas will host the final meeting of the year of the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Board on December 3 from 10:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. The meeting will be in room 113 of the Brewer-Hegeman Conference Center. The meeting is free and open to the public. The Arkansas GIS Board was originally created in 1997 by Arkansas Code … [Read more...]

HPER Center opens

CONWAY—The University of Central Arkansas continues to make progress toward fulfilling the goals set forth in the Framework for the Future with today’s opening of the newly-expanded Health Physical Education and Recreation Center on campus. Approximately 200 students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends were on hand for the ceremony on the basketball courts of the HPER. “Today is so exciting … [Read more...]

Jazz Ensembles to perform Dec. 3

PRESS RELEASE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AND COMMUNICATION Contact: Dr. Jackie Lamar, (501) 450-5759; JackieL@uca.edu November 24, 2014 UCA JAZZ ENSEMBLES SET DEC. 3 CONCERT By Kelsey Williams College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY — The University of Central Arkansas will feature its final jazz concert of the fall semester on Dec. 3 … [Read more...]