The third annual Arkansas Literary Festival will be March 8-12 at UCA. Each year, the festival brings noted Arkansas writers in various genres to campus for public readings and workshops. This year, the festival will feature Jennifer Christman (journalism), Jo McDougall (poetry), and David Jauss (fiction). A student reading and a faculty reading also will be held. A complete schedule for … [Read more...]

The UCA Concert Choir will present two on-campus performances next week and one performance at Robinson Auditorium in Little Rock. Performance schedule: Sunday, March 7, at 3 p.m. at Reynolds Performance Hall Monday, March 8, at 7:30pm at the Snow Fine Arts Center Recital Hall Thursday, March 11, at 10:15 a.m. at Robinson Auditorium in Little Rock as part of the Southwest American … [Read more...]

A weekly listing of submitted presentations and publications by UCA faculty and staff. Submissions made to UCA Today are posted the following Friday. Dr. Jim Guinee, College of Education, presented two workshops at the annual conference of the Georgia Counseling Association on ?PTSD? and ?For dad?s only: A childbirth education class for men.? Also, he recently was included in the 2004 edition … [Read more...]

The University of Central Arkansas Student Activities Board Presents: An Evening with TRAIN Monday, March 15 8:00 p.m. UCA Farris Center Tickets on sale beginning Monday, March 1, for UCA students ($10) and Wednesday, March 3, for general public, faculty and staff ($15). Tickets on sale from 9 a.m.- 4 p.m., First Floor Student Center For more information, please call (501) 450-5873 … [Read more...]

Dr. Barbara Clancy, from the Department of Biology, and students Brian Bowden and Kate Street recently received a $2,650 grant from the State Undergraduate Research Fellowship to study the effects of adverse neonatal experience on cortical neurons. Several other UCA students and Dr. K.S. Anand from the Arkansas Children?s Research Institute will be involved with the study which seeks to better … [Read more...]

MOMIX, the internationally acclaimed modern dance company, will perform its show Opus Cactus on the stage of UCA?s Reynolds Performance Hall at 7:30 p.m. on March 11 and 12. An innovative, imaginative blend of dance, spectacle, and visual wit, MOMIX stirs the senses and provokes the imagination, taking audiences to fantastic places where the impossible is always within reach. The MOMIX … [Read more...]

Chief Larry James of the University of Central Arkansas Police Department is heading to Washington, D.C., on March 2-3 to meet with members of the Arkansas congressional delegation to discuss critical issues related to federal funding for state, tribal and local law enforcement agencies. Chief James, who will be representing the Arkansas Association of Chiefs of Police, will be joining with law … [Read more...]

In the wake Massachusetts? recent court ruling favoring same-sex marriages and San Francisco?s issuance of marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples, the issue of same-sex marriage has become a hot topic across America. To address the subject, UCA Honors College alumnus Paul Hawkins gave a Honors College High Table presentation last week titled: ?Same-Sex Marriage: An Argument for Equal … [Read more...]

Former State Sen. Stanley Russ was awarded an honorary Doctor of Public Service degree from the University of Central Arkansas during the university?s board of trustees meeting Friday. UCA President Lu Hardin called Russ a tenacious senator and a friend of the university. ?If you look at the funding, you?ll see that Sen. Russ secured $200,000 more in capital improvement money for UCA than for … [Read more...]

Soprano Kristin Lewis, a UCA alumnus and two time Metropolitan Opera National Council Finalist, will be featured in a recital as part of the Stella Boyle Smith Recital Series on Wednesday, March 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the Snow Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free and the recital is open to the public. Lewis will be accompanied by pianist Stratsimir Pavlov and will be assisted in duets from … [Read more...]