Educators from across the state will gather this week to discuss effective ways to improve academic success among historically marginalized student subgroups. Closing the achievement gap in public schools is the topic of this year's Summer Leadership Institute hosted by the College of Education at the University of Central Arkansas.The event takes place at 8:30 a.m., June 10 at the … [Read more...]

Circuit Judge Collins Kilgore, Division 13 judge of the Sixth Circuit of Arkansas, has donated his copies of court records pertaining to the Lake View School District case to the University of Central Arkansas Archives. The Lake View School District case challenged the constitutionality of Arkansas's school funding system. The case was originally filed by Lake View School District in 1992 and … [Read more...]

"The Natural State of America" has been selected for the Made in Arkansas program at the 5th Annual Little Rock Film Festival. The documentary was written and produced by Dr. Brian Campbell, an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Central Arkansas, and co-directed by UCA Digital Film Program alums, Terrell Case, Corey Gattin, and Timothy Wistrand. The film premieres at … [Read more...]

The University of Central Arkansas has announced the Dean's List and the Presidential Scholars List for the spring 2011 semester. There are 1,199 students who are Dean's List recipients and 734 students who have been named Presidential Scholars. Recognition on the Dean's List requires at least a 3.5 grade point average with a minimum course load of 12 credit hours. Students must achieve a 4.0 … [Read more...]

The University of Central Arkansas Alumni Association will now be able to award more private scholarships thanks to the generosity of sponsors and participants involved with the inaugural Night of Distinction. At the conclusion of the gala, Saturday, May 14, in the UCA Farris Center, Association of Future Alumni Vice President Caleb Dickson announced that the Alumni 100 fundraising effort had … [Read more...]

Nineteen performances are scheduled for the 2011-12 UCA Public Appearances season at the University of Central Arkansas. The season has been divided again into the Night Out Series, Broadway Series, Nostalgia Series and the Distinguished Lecture Series, which is sponsored for 2011-12 by the Log Cabin Democrat. "We are very excited about our 2011-2012 season with its wide variety of events," … [Read more...]

Members of the University of Central Arkansas Police Department are learning sign language to better communicate with the deaf community. Dr. Jim Thurman and Dr. Byron Ross in the Speech-Language Pathology Department taught nearly a dozen officers functional sign language during classes held recently at the police department. "The UCA community and the visitors to our campus are a very … [Read more...]

Students at University of Central Arkansas had the unique opportunity to present their own ideas for how Target can choose the right site for a distribution center. Four teams presented their recommendations to Target executives and UCA Business faculty during the Target Case Study Competition held April 28 at the UCA College of Business. The competition was part of the Financial Management … [Read more...]