The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) this week named the University of Central Arkansas College of Education as the recipient of the 2019 AACTE Best Practice Award for Innovative Use of Technology for its iPad Mobile Initiative program. Donna Wake, associate dean of UCA’s College of Education, will be presented with the award at the AACTE 71st Annual Meeting, February … [Read more...]
UCA PROFESSOR NAMED AMBASSADOR FOR ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT
Vance Johnson Lewis, Ed.D., assistant professor of management in the University of Central Arkansas College of Business, has been appointed as ambassador to a division of the Academy of Management. Lewis was one of eight to be named an ambassador to the Academy of Management’s Management Education and Development Division. He began his three-year term Jan. 15. In the role, Lewis will oversee … [Read more...]
UCA’S BAUM GALLERY TO HOST STUDENT ART COMPETITIVE
The University of Central Arkansas’ Baum Gallery will once again host the Annual Student Art Competitive (ASAC) from March 4-15. A reception will be held on March 7 at 4 p.m. During this event, UCA students are allowed to submit up to three different pieces for possible inclusion. All works are then jurored, and multiple awards are given. This is an opportunity for students to participate in a … [Read more...]
UCA THEATRE TO PRESENT ‘MEDEA BY EURIPIDES’
“Medea by Euripides,” a deconstructed modern retelling of a Greek classic, will be performed in the University of Central Arkansas Snow Fine Arts Center's Black Box Theatre five times in February. The performances, presented by the UCA Theatre Program, will be directed by Brady Ness, an adjunct professor of theatre and a UCA graduate. Free and open to the public, the play will be performed at … [Read more...]
‘TO LAY TO REST OUR GHOSTS’ WINS MCMATH AWARD
Caitlin Hamilton Summie’s short story collection, “To Lay to Rest Our Ghosts,” has won the fourth annual Phillip H. McMath Post Publication book award, according to the Arkansas Writers Workshop, which is housed at the University of Central Arkansas. The McMath Award was founded in 2016 to promote recently published books and to honor central Arkansas author and literary advocate Phillip H. … [Read more...]
“We Shall Overcome: A Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” Coming to Reynolds Performance Hall
By Pansy Johnson College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office Multi-genre recording artist Damien Sneed will bring his tour, “We Shall Overcome: A Celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.” to the University of Central Arkansas’s Reynolds Performance Hall on Monday, Feb. 11, at 7:30 p.m. Sneed is a pianist, organist, conductor, composer, producer, arranger, vocal coach, professor and arts … [Read more...]
UCA, ACXIOM ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR HIGH SCHOOL IT CAREERS CAMP IN JUNE
High school students interested in learning more about a possible career in information technology can now register to attend the UCA/Acxiom IT Careers Camp set for June 26-29. The camp is free, thanks to funding provided by Acxiom, and is open to all students entering grades 9-12 in the fall. Previous participants are welcome to apply. The four-day, three-night camp will introduce students to … [Read more...]
‘ITERATIONS’ MAKES WORLD PREMIERE ON UCA CAMPUS
"Iterations," a musical composition in four movements for narrator, oboe and piano will make its world premiere Tuesday, Feb. 5 in the University of Central Arkansas Snow Fine Arts Center. The premiere, presented by the UCA Department of Music and the College of Fine Arts and Communication, is part of the Faculty Chamber Concert, which begins at 7:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public. A … [Read more...]
‘KAFFIR BOY’ AUTHOR MARK MATHABANE TO SPEAK AT UCA
The University of Central Arkansas’ African and African-American Studies program, the History department and the Schedler Honors College are hosting a public talk by Dr. Mark Mathabane, the celebrated author of “Kaffir Boy,” on Thursday, Feb. 7, from 1:40-2:40 p.m. in the UCA College of Business Auditorium. Mathabane’s talk will be on the topic of ubuntu, an African philosophy that he believes is … [Read more...]
‘KINKY BOOTS’ PERFORMANCE SOLD OUT
The University of Central Arkansas’s Reynolds Performance Hall is set to present the Broadway musical “Kinky Boots” to a sold-out crowd on Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m. The smash-hit musical brings together four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein and Grammy- and Tony-winning pop legend Cyndi Lauper. “Kinky Boots” is a high-heeled celebration of unexpected friendships and the ability to work together … [Read more...]
