The UCA Chapter of Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology, was awarded the Ruth Hubbard Cousins Chapter Award at the Psi Chi/American Psychological Association National Convention in Honolulu, Hawaii. Shawn Charlton, associate professor of psychology, was awarded the Advisor of the Year. The UCA Psi Chi chapter was founded in 1970 and has inducted 773 members. Minimum … [Read more...]

Patty Phelps has been appointed to the Kappa Delta Pi Educational Foundation Board. The Kappa Delta Pi Educational Foundation secures funding and manages endowment programs that advance the goals of the Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education. The Foundation provides scholarships and grants to educators in their pursuit of excellence. “I am delighted and honored to be asked … [Read more...]

Installation of lights at the track and soccer complex on the University of Central Arkansas campus is underway. The board approved a contract with Techline Lighting to install lights at the track and soccer complex during a June teleconference meeting. Techline Lighting crews began work this week to install the lights around the field located at the corner of Dave Ward Drive and Donaghey … [Read more...]

The Honorable Mike Beebe, University of Central Arkansas President Tom Courtway, members of the board of trustees, and other city, state and local leaders will take part in a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at 10 a.m. for the expansion of the Health Physical Education and Recreation Center (HPER)  project. The groundbreaking ceremony will take place in the current HPER … [Read more...]

Faculty, staff, students and media representatives were on hand for one of the last rehearsal sessions of Team Bears Unlimited before the team departs for the Imagine Cup in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Imagine Cup is an international technology competition hosted by Microsoft.The four-member team, John White, Ben Tackett, Kyle Eichelberger and Michelle Enfinger, will represent the United … [Read more...]

Team Bears Unlimited, a team of four computer science students, is going to St. Petersburg, Russia to compete in the Imagine Cup, which is sponsored by Microsoft. The four students, John White, Ben Tackett, R. Kyle Eichelberger and Michelle Enfinger, developed the Bear Claw System. This is a glove outfitted with sensors to assist physical and occupational therapy patients at the hand, wrist, … [Read more...]

Darshon Anderson, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Central Arkansas, received a grant from the American Psychological Association’s Commission on Ethnic Minority Recruitment, Retention, and Training in Psychology. This research will assess the number of ethnic minority male and female faculty members hired within departments of psychology from academic years 2000-2012 for … [Read more...]