UCA's Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre will hold open auditions on Saturday, Feb. 16 for roles in the 2008 AST Summer Festival. The auditions will take place from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Donald W. Reynolds Performance Hall on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, and those who intend to audition must call 501-269-4815 to schedule an appointment. All AST acting roles are paid … [Read more...]

Karyna Johnson of Huntsville, a senior at UCA, has been awarded a $2,194 Student Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) by the Arkansas Department of Higher Education. Johnson's study will examine the effects of structured musical activity sessions on the development of a five year old, high-functioning child with autism. Autism is a developmental disability affecting the way a person … [Read more...]

Bruce Hutchinson, professor of digital filmmaking in UCA's Department of Mass Communication and Theatre, recently had his article, "Understanding Character Motivation: A Process-Oriented Approach to Realism," published in a collection entitled Narration and Spectatorship in Moving Images, edited by Joseph Anderson and Barbara Anderson. The same article was also translated into German and … [Read more...]

The Arkansas Department of Education awarded $483,000 to three education researchers at UCA's Mashburn Institute who will investigate ways to improve teaching methods for at-risk adolescent students. The research project will be directed by Mark J. Cooper, Kathleen Atkins, and Patty Kohler-Evans of UCA's Department of Early Childhood and Special Education. "This initiative will have a direct … [Read more...]

The University of Central Arkansas yesterday announced the names of 1,449 students who qualified for the undergraduate Dean's List, and 832 students who qualified for the undergraduate Presidential Scholars List, based on their academic performance during the Fall 2007 semester. "The impressive number of UCA students qualifying for the Dean's List and Presidential Scholars List is an indication … [Read more...]

Brittany Carson of Ward, a senior at UCA, has been awarded a $1,900 Student Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) by the Arkansas Department of Higher Education. Carson's research project, "Determining FtsZ's Function in Mitochondrial Fission," will be supervised by Kari Naylor of UCA's Biology department in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. … [Read more...]

Three professors from UCA's College of Business last month presented papers at the Academy of Business Administration's 2007 Global Trends Conference in Puerto Rico. Jim Bell, a professor in the Management Information Systems department, presented a paper on his research titled, "The International Student and Statistics Anxiety." Bill Friedman, an associate professor of MIS, presented his … [Read more...]

The UCA Office of Minority Student Services has organized three events to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the occasion of the federal holiday marking his birthday. The UCA President's Office will co-sponsor the Minority Student Services Prayer Breakfast tomorrow at 9 a.m. in the Student Center Ballroom featuring keynote speaker Pastor E.C. Maltbia of the True Holiness Saints … [Read more...]

The UCA Sugar Bears and Bears will host a unique basketball doubleheader tonight at the Farris Center. The Sugar Bears will play Texas-San Antonio in Southland Conference action beginning at 5:15 p.m. at the Farris Center. Immediately following the game, the Bears' road game against Texas-San Antonio will be shown live in the arena via Fox Sports Southwest. (The television broadcast begins at 7 … [Read more...]

Eric Deitz of Little Rock, a senior in UCA's Honors College, has been awarded a Student Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) by the Arkansas Department of Higher Education. The grant is $2,650, and UCA will add matching funds in the amount of $1,250. Deitz's research project, "Spark", is a short film dealing with issues of tolerance in our society. Bruce Hutchinson and Mike Gunter of the UCA … [Read more...]