The following grants have been received by UCA faculty and staff:Hao Liu, Department of Physical Therapy, recently received $7,767 for a grant proposal titled, ?Influence of Combined L-dopa and Passive Exercise on Restoration of Frequency-Dependent Depression of the H-Reflex in Rats with Spinal Cord Injury.? The grant is being funded by the National Institutes of Health, the National Center for … [Read more...]

Earlier this fall, University of Central Arkansas President Lu Hardin announced a recommitment to academics that would begin with a $100 million plan for new and renovated infrastructure over the next 10 years. ?The recent and projected growth in UCA?s student body and faculty suggests that the university will soon face critical shortages in instructional space,? Hardin said. ?These factors led … [Read more...]

The Teachers of Tomorrow, in collaboration with the College of Education, will host the 5th annual Spark Interest in Teaching Conference at the Brewer Hegeman Conference Center on Thursday, Nov. 10. The Theme of the conference is "I am a Life Toucher ? I Teach!?This year over 400 high school participants from across the state, along with the UCA Jazz band, the UCA men?s choral group, public school … [Read more...]

The following presentations, publications and accomplishments were submitted by UCA faculty and staff: Joe Horton and Nona French, Department of Economics, Finance, Insurance and Risk Management, along with Lee Elliot, assistant manager of Texarkana, Ark., presented a paper titled, ?"Taxation and Texarkana" at the 55th annual meeting of the Arkansas College Teachers of Economics and Business on … [Read more...]

On Thursday, University of Central Arkansas President Lu Hardin accepted on behalf of the UCA Foundation a private matching gift of $5,200 from the SBC (formerly Southwestern Bell) Foundation. The gift matched two private donations given earlier in the year by G.A. Davidson of Plano, Texas, and Joseph Waggoner of Hot Springs, both UCA alumni and retired SBC employees. The $5,000 matched gift … [Read more...]

The University of Central Arkansas Department of Housing and Residence Life will sponsor a UCA Spirit Contest for students living in UCA residence halls and apartment complexes. This year?s theme, ?This is Bear Country,? will have residents competing for the best decorated room or apartment in their hall or complex. Judges will be looking for rooms and apartments that display outstanding UCA … [Read more...]

The Baum Gallery invites UCA staff and faculty to take advantage of two art opportunities that will conclude celebration of the gallery's 10-year anniversary (1995-2005). Original art works in the 10x10x10 for the Baum exhibition are available through 5p.m., Thursday, Oct. 27 for online or in-gallery bidding. All works are within 10 inches in height, width and depth and were donated by artists to … [Read more...]

Sophomore Year Experience (SYE) invites the campus community to join them for an evening of music and dancing during ?Music in the Park,? a fundraiser for SYE?s Summer 2006 Belize study abroad trip.?Music in the Park? will be from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 13 at Stadium Park Apartments. For a $2 donation, individuals can listen to live bands, learn to Salsa dance and more. T-shirts for … [Read more...]

The following presentations, publications and accomplishments were submitted by UCA faculty and staff:David Taylor, Department of Physical Therapy, made the following presentations this year: ?Designer Exercise-Personalized Plans for Limitations Due to Diabetes? at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Diabetes Update 2005 in Little Rock. ?Intrarater Reliability of the KT1000 in … [Read more...]

The University of Central Arkansas? annual OcTUBAfest Guest Artist Residency will feature the unique talents of Enrique ?Hank? Feldman, tuba, Dan ?Sly? Slipetsky, tuba and piano, and Marie Sierra, piano, during a 7:30 p.m. recital on Wednesday, Oct. 19, in the recital hall of Snow Fine Arts Center. The recital will feature Feldman and Sierra in a program of exciting works from the tuba solo … [Read more...]