UCA will posthumously honor Ira Wilmer (Will) Counts Jr. during a reception on Friday, Sept. 12, at 10 a.m. in the Board of Trustees Conference Room in Wingo Hall. Counts will be awarded the 2008 Distinguished Alumnus Award and an Honorary Doctorate in Communication. Counts' wife, Vivian, will accept the awards on his behalf. The UCA Foundation will also announce a new scholarship in Counts' … [Read more...]

With his 258 passing yards against UC Davis on Saturday, UCA quarterback Nathan Brown, already the school record-holder, became the most prolific passing quarterback in Arkansas college history, according to research by UCA's Sports Information Department. Brown currently has 7,977 passing yards for his career, passing former Arkansas State star Cleo Lemon last weekend for the top spot in state … [Read more...]

Dr. Jacquie Rainey, Associate Dean of the College of Health and Behavioral Sciences, was recently elected to serve as the Vice-Coordinator of the Division Board for Certification of Health Education Specialist (DBCHES) and to the Board of Commissioners (BOC) for the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC). NCHEC … [Read more...]

Charlotte Strickland, Education Seminar Coordinator in UCA's Division of Student Services, served recently as a consultant to Entergy Arkansas's Diversity initiative. Entergy currently has more than 20 employee-directed diversity and inclusion councils in seven states. Strickland worked with the Arkansas Diversity and Inclusion Council to create the diversity program, "Generational Differences in … [Read more...]

Clarinetist and composer Eric Mandat this week will be the first performer and lecturer in UCA's Fall 2008 Artists in Residence program. "Eric's compositions are fresh and inventive," said Dr. Kelly Johnson, associate professor of music at UCA. "I believe this will inspire students to view the clarinet in a more creative way. I think that any student that comes will be impressed with Eric's … [Read more...]

A recent article in Wired magazine profiles Hiroyuki Nishimura, who created one of Japan's leading websites from his dorm room at UCA. Calling him "the most influential figure on the Japanese Web," the article goes on to say: Nishimura is a folk hero and role model. (In Japan he's referred to solely by his first name, a privilege afforded only to top-tier pop stars and TV heartthrobs.) [...] He … [Read more...]

Dr. M. Douglas Voss, Assistant Professor of Marketing and Supply Chain Management in UCA's College of Business, recently gave presentations at The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) 72nd Annual Education Conference in Tucson, Ariz. and the Supply Chain Leaders in Action (SCLA) Conference in Phoenix. At NEHA, Voss and Dr. Keith Helferich of Michigan State University presented the … [Read more...]

Kelly Hunt Lyon, Development Manager of UCA's Strategic Growth Institute and Assistant Director of UCA Sponsored Programs, recently was awarded a $500 scholarship from the Stanphill Endowment at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock College of Education. Lyon is pursuing a doctorate in Higher Education Administration at UALR and will complete her course work in the fall of 2008. … [Read more...]

UCA's Strategic Growth Institute (SGI) on Oct. 3 will host a seminar to provide an update on the production and economic significance of the Fayetteville Shale drilling operations. Panels of industry personnel, elected officials and executives from the real estate and financial sectors will discuss how production is ramping up, what it will likely be in the future and the current and projected … [Read more...]

The UCA Faculty Chamber Series will present a concert featuring Eastern and Western composers tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. in the Snow Fine Arts Recital Hall. This concert is open to the public and free of charge. A special work on the program is Five Haiku by Paul Dickinson, Theory and Composition Professor at UCA. It is a collection of short piano pieces with a Japanese influence and usage of … [Read more...]