By: Thomas Staab Office of Media Relations A recent graduate from the University of Central Arkansas has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award for the 2023-24 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Shelby Morris of McAlester, Oklahoma, has received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA). Morris earned … [Read more...]

The University of Central Arkansas recently hosted its annual Doyne Legacy Society brunch at Buffalo Alumni Hall on the UCA campus.  The April 21 event welcomed new members and celebrated the 118 total members who are part of the Doyne Legacy Society, made up of individuals who have committed to including UCA as part of their estate plans. “Members of the Doyne Legacy Society play a … [Read more...]

The University of Central Arkansas has earned the 2023-2024 Military Friendly® School designation. Military Friendly® is owned and operated by Viqtory, a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business. Institutions earning this designation were evaluated using both public data sources and responses from a proprietary survey. More than 1,800 schools participated in the 2023-24 survey with 530 … [Read more...]

The University of Central Arkansas will hold spring commencement Friday, May 5, and Saturday, May 6, 2023, in the Farris Center on campus. The times for the ceremonies are as follows: Graduate Ceremony Friday, May 5, 2023 7 p.m. Undergraduate Ceremonies Friday, May 5, 2023 4 p.m. — College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Saturday, May 6, 2023 9 a.m. — College of Education … [Read more...]

The University of Central Arkansas Division of Outreach and Community Engagement held a graduation ceremony on Thursday, April 6, for the Conway Area Youth Leadership Institute (CAYLI), formerly known as the Faulkner County Youth Leadership Institute. CAYLI is a cooperative effort between UCA Outreach and Community Engagement, the Faulkner County Leadership Institute and schools in  Faulkner … [Read more...]

The University of Central Arkansas Reynolds Performance Hall will present Vital Theatre Company’s production of “The Wizard of Oz” on Friday, April 21, at 6 p.m.  This production is a one-hour adaptation of “The Wizard of Oz,” the classic tale that has been  entertaining audiences for ages. It features a cast of six actors, the Munchkins as puppets, one  flying monkey and a funny witch. Perfect … [Read more...]

The University of Central Arkansas Reynolds Performance Hall proudly presents  “Tapestry: The Carole King Songbook” with Suzanne Davis on Saturday, April 29, at 7:30 p.m. The show will include all of the music from the legendary 1971 Grammy-winning album “Tapestry” and feature many songs that Carole King and her husband, Gerry Goffin, wrote in the 1960s. The couple proved to be one of the most … [Read more...]

By: Thomas Staab Office of Media Relations The University of Central Arkansas will host Kristin Lewis, a lirico-spinto soprano who has graced the stages of many of the world’s leading opera houses, as an artist-in-residence from Wednesday, April 12, to Saturday, April 22.  On the final evening of Lewis’s residency, she will be featured in the Conway Symphony Orchestra. This concert will … [Read more...]

By: Thomas Staab Office of Media Relations The University of Central Arkansas will host photography-based artist Tawny Chatmon as an artist-in-residence from Tuesday, April 18, to Thursday, April 20. Chatmon will host an artist talk, along with Haitian visual artist Fabiola Jean-Louis, on Thursday, April 20, at 7:30 p.m., in the lecture hall of the Windgate Center for Fine and Performing … [Read more...]