The University of Central Arkansas today has a student enrollment of over 12,500, the largest in its history. More students continue to enroll today, so a higher official figure is expected by Monday. "We are pleased with UCA's fall enrollment of over 12,500," said UCA President Lu Hardin. "UCA has added 350 additional parking spaces and we are in the process of taking bids on the new $15 … [Read more...]

Former UCA golfer Stan Lee yesterday became the youngest USGA Senior Amateur winner in history when he won the 2007 championship at Flint Hills National Golf Club in Andover, Kan. According to the USGA, "At 55 years and five days, Lee surpassed the previous record of 55 years, three months and 18 days set by Bill Bosshard in 1991." "I cannot believe it," Lee told the USGA. "It is a dream come … [Read more...]

UCA students who graduated from an Arkansas high school or completed the GED in Arkansas after December 31, 2006 may be eligible for an additional $1,000 a year toward paying their education expenses. The Arkansas Department of Higher Education recently introduced the Arkansas Higher Education Opportunities Grant, which provides $1,000 a year for full-time students and $500 a year for part-time … [Read more...]

Krishnapraveen Yadlapalli, a graduate student in UCA's Department of Biology, won the Alan and Marian Kohn Fellowship awarded by the University of Washington's Center for Cell Dynamics (CCD) at Friday Harbor Laboratories. The fellowship, worth $2,000, was presented in recognition of Yadlapalli's work on sensory detection and processing of water flow information. Yadlapalli was advised by UCA … [Read more...]

Bolivia native Andrea Ramos Inchauste, a freshman at the University of Central Arkansas, will appear as a leading soloist in the Songs Unlimited School of Singing 3-week Artist Residency for Fall 2007 in La Paz, Bolivia. The Residency, co-sponsored by Songs Unlimited and the U.S. Embassy in Bolivia, is offered to honor the Bolivian National Conservatory during its Centennial Celebration. Artist … [Read more...]

John Snider, a graduate student in UCA's Biology Department, was one of only four national recipients of the Vernon I. Cheadle Student Travel Award, which is presented by the Botanical Society of America. Snider was recognized for his papers, "Differences in chlorophyll fluorescence temperature optima of young and mature leaflets of Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra L.)" and "Gas exchange and leaf … [Read more...]

The University of Central Arkansas Board of Trustees will hold its regularly scheduled quarterly meeting tomorrow, Sept. 7, at 2 p.m. The meeting will take place in the Board of Trustees Conference Room in Wingo Hall on the UCA campus. An agenda for the meeting is available at: http://www.uca.edu/divisions/admin/board/documents/070907botagenda.pdf … [Read more...]

Noted environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will deliver the inaugural Farris Lecture at the University of Central Arkansas on Wednesday, Sept. 19. The event, which will be free and open to the public, will take place at 7 p.m. at the Donald W. Reynolds Performance Hall on the UCA campus. After his address, entitled "Crimes Against Nature," Kennedy will participate in a question-and-answer … [Read more...]

UCA faculty and staff can receive free Benefits tickets to three UCA Public Appearances shows during the current season. The tickets are released three weeks prior to the first performance of the selected show. (See dates below.) On the ticket release day or thereafter, faculty and staff may call UCA Ticket Central at 450-3265 during regular box office hours (10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through … [Read more...]

Garry Craig Powell, assistant professor in the Department of Writing, was a finalist in the novella category in the William Faulkner/William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition. … [Read more...]