Like many children in military families, Rachel Lowe grew up moving around. That was a fact of life with a father serving in the Army Reserve and Arkansas National Guard for 31 years, including a tour of duty in Iraq. Her family crisscrossed the state and rarely stayed in the same place for more than a couple of years. It wasn't until much later that she was able to put down roots. “Moving … [Read more...]
The Echo and News 6 Receive Awards from Arkansas College Media Association
The Echo and News 6, UCA’s student-run newspaper and television news station from the School of Communication, gained top honors —including best student newspaper, best website and a second-place showing in best television outlet — in a journalism competition run by Arkansas College Media Association (ACMA). The independent student newspaper also took various individual awards for writing, … [Read more...]
UCA announces spring 2023 commencement
The University of Central Arkansas will hold spring commencement Friday, May 5, and Saturday, May 6, 2023, in the Farris Center on campus. The times for the ceremonies are as follows: Graduate Ceremony Friday, May 5, 2023 7 p.m. Undergraduate Ceremonies Friday, May 5, 2023 4 p.m. — College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Saturday, May 6, 2023 9 a.m. — College of Education … [Read more...]
UCA Professor Receives Harvard’s Houghton Library Visiting Fellowship
David Welky, a UCA professor of history, was awarded a 2022-2023 Houghton Library Visiting Fellowship for the study of the “Life and Times of Theodore Roosevelt.” Being a 2022-23 fellow, Welky must spend a total of four weeks at the Houghton Library at Harvard University between July 2022 and July 2023. He already spent three weeks there last July and will return back for his fourth week this … [Read more...]
UCA announces youth leadership institute graduation
The University of Central Arkansas Division of Outreach and Community Engagement held a graduation ceremony on Thursday, April 6, for the Conway Area Youth Leadership Institute (CAYLI), formerly known as the Faulkner County Youth Leadership Institute. CAYLI is a cooperative effort between UCA Outreach and Community Engagement, the Faulkner County Leadership Institute and schools in Faulkner … [Read more...]
Reynolds Performance Hall to present ‘The Wizard of Oz’
The University of Central Arkansas Reynolds Performance Hall will present Vital Theatre Company’s production of “The Wizard of Oz” on Friday, April 21, at 6 p.m. This production is a one-hour adaptation of “The Wizard of Oz,” the classic tale that has been entertaining audiences for ages. It features a cast of six actors, the Munchkins as puppets, one flying monkey and a funny witch. Perfect … [Read more...]
Experience ‘Tapestry: The Carole King Songbook’ at Reynolds
The University of Central Arkansas Reynolds Performance Hall proudly presents “Tapestry: The Carole King Songbook” with Suzanne Davis on Saturday, April 29, at 7:30 p.m. The show will include all of the music from the legendary 1971 Grammy-winning album “Tapestry” and feature many songs that Carole King and her husband, Gerry Goffin, wrote in the 1960s. The couple proved to be one of the most … [Read more...]
Kristin Lewis visits UCA as artist-in-residence
By: Thomas Staab Office of Media Relations The University of Central Arkansas will host Kristin Lewis, a lirico-spinto soprano who has graced the stages of many of the world’s leading opera houses, as an artist-in-residence from Wednesday, April 12, to Saturday, April 22. On the final evening of Lewis’s residency, she will be featured in the Conway Symphony Orchestra. This concert will … [Read more...]
Tawny Chatmon visits UCA as artist-in-residence
By: Thomas Staab Office of Media Relations The University of Central Arkansas will host photography-based artist Tawny Chatmon as an artist-in-residence from Tuesday, April 18, to Thursday, April 20. Chatmon will host an artist talk, along with Haitian visual artist Fabiola Jean-Louis, on Thursday, April 20, at 7:30 p.m., in the lecture hall of the Windgate Center for Fine and Performing … [Read more...]
SLANT Visiting Poet Series Continues
The University of Central Arkansas will host the SLANT visiting poet series on Tuesday, April 18, at 7 p.m. in McCastlain Hall room 142, with a reading by a trio of Arkansas poets. SLANT is the English department's international journal of contemporary poetry. Among the featured guests for the event is Christopher Fettes of Little Rock. Fettes earned both his bachelor’s and master's degrees in … [Read more...]
