UCA Summer Theatre presents inaugural season with ‘You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown’

Show to preview at Faulkner County Library The University of Central Arkansas Summer Theatre, the new professional theatre at UCA, will open “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown,” on Friday, June 21, in the James M. Bridges Black Box Theatre in the Windgate Center for the Fine and Performing Arts.  This summer marks the inaugural year of UCA Summer Theatre.  Performance dates are June 21, 22, … [Read more...]

UCA History to Host Chronicling America Mini-Camp for NHD Competitors

The University of Central Arkansas Department of History, in partnership with the Arkansas State Archives' National Digital Newspaper Program Advisory Committee, is hosting a live, interactive mini-camp on using historical newspapers to build strong and innovative National History Day projects. The event will take place on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Participants will … [Read more...]

UCA students, alums compete in 2024 Miss Arkansas 

By: Kyra Waller Office of Media Relations University of Central Arkansas students and alumnae will be among 45 contestants competing for the 2024 Miss Arkansas title this week.  UCA students Ana Brandon of Conway, Kennedy Holland of Greenwood, Tori Lane Kiser of Cabot and Jada Simpson of Maumelle and UCA alumnae Kassidy Bell of Green Forest and Mattison Gafner of Conway will carry the UCA … [Read more...]

UCA earns 2024-2025 Military Friendly® School designation

The University of Central Arkansas recently announced that it has earned the 2024-2025 Military Friendly® School designation with a gold status. Institutions earning the Military Friendly® School designation were evaluated using both public data sources and responses from a proprietary survey. More than 1,800 schools participated in the 2024-2025 survey with 537 earning special awards for going … [Read more...]

UCA establishes College of Science and Engineering 

Also receives  ABET accreditation for engineering physics program The University of Central Arkansas has announced the establishment of the College of Science and Engineering.  The announcement was made during Tuesday’s Board of Trustees meeting.  The college has also renamed one of its seven departments from the Department of Physics and Astronomy to the Department of Physics, … [Read more...]

UCA announces May 2024 Board of Trustees meeting

The University of Central Arkansas Board of Trustees will hold its May meeting at 10 a.m., Tuesday, May 21, in the Board of Trustees Conference Room in Wingo Hall. Those wishing to view the meeting virtually may do so using this link. A printable copy of the agenda may be found here. The Audit and Finance Committee will meet at 9 a.m., prior to the board meeting, in Wingo Hall, room 315. … [Read more...]

UCA Public Appearances announces 2024-25 season

University of Central Arkansas Public Appearances has announced its new season of performances including Broadway hits “Pretty Woman: The Musical” and “Shrek the Musical,” family-friendly shows such as “Stomp” and “Ghostbusters in Concert” with the Conway Symphony Orchestra, and award-winning musicians including the Indigo Girls, Vitamin String Quartet, Larry Fleet, Straight No Chaser and many … [Read more...]

Ulupinar receives FBI award

FBI Director Christopher Wray presented Mehmet Ulupinar with the FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award (DCLA) for his service to the citizens of Little Rock through his work as president of the board for the Arkansas Culture and Dialog Center (ACDC). The award was presented during a ceremony held at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. in April. Ulupinar is an international admission … [Read more...]

UCA Board of Trustees calls April 26 teleconference

The University of Central Arkansas Board of Trustees will meet in a called teleconference at 9 a.m., Friday, April 26, 2024. Media and guests may call in to the meeting by dialing (501) 470-7250 and using access code 8391185. A printable copy of the agenda can be found at www.uca.edu/botagenda. For more information, contact Fredricka Sharkey at fsharkey@uca.edu or (501) 852-2659. … [Read more...]

SLL, Slant to host North Carolina poet

The 2023-2024 UCA Visiting Poet Series will conclude on April 16 with a public reading by North Carolina poet Michael Hettich at 7 p.m. in the McCastlain Art Lecture Hall on the UCA campus. The series is jointly sponsored by the School of Language and Literature (SLL) and Slant, the school's international journal of contemporary poetry. A resident of Black Mountain, North Carolina, Hettich is … [Read more...]