UCA Announces Porter Prize MFA Scholarship

The University of Central Arkansas is pleased to announce the creation of a scholarship to support its MFA students by the Porter Prize literary organization. For the next four years, the College of Fine Arts and Communication will select a graduate assistant to receive the $4,000 Porter Prize scholarship. Terry Wright, interim dean, noted that “UCA is grateful that a prestigious literary … [Read more...]

BA/BFA exhibition to feature 11 seniors

PRESS RELEASE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AND COMMUNICATION March 17, 2013 CONTACT:  Dr. Jeff Young, (501) 450-5791; jyoung@uca.edu BA/BFA EXHIBITION FEATURING 11 SENIORS SET FOR APRIL 3  By Taylor Woods College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY — The annual BA/BFA Senior Exhibit, featuring works by 11 graduating art students, will be on … [Read more...]

Bearbones Trombone Choir to perform April 6

PRESS RELEASE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AND COMMUNICATION CONTACT: Justin Cook, (501) 450-3333; jcook@uca.edu March 17, 2014 BEARBONES TROMBONE CHOIR TO PERFORM APRIL 6 By Taylor Woods College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY — The University of Central Arkansas’s BearBones Trombone Choir will perform at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 6, in the … [Read more...]

MFA film screening scheduled for April 7

PRESS RELEASE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AND COMMUNICATION CONTACT: Dr. Bruce Hutchinson (501) 450-3419; bruceh@uca.edu GRADUATE FILM SCREENING SET FOR APRIL 7 By Stephen Simpson College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY — The University of Central Arkansas will host its annual Graduate Film Screening on Monday, April 7 at the Donald W. … [Read more...]

Students place second in regional competition

Members of the Theta Lambda chapter of Beta Alpha Psi earned second place in two competition areas at the 2014 regional meeting in San Antonio, Texas. James Carney, Alex Harbuck, and Tyler Stage represented the UCA chapter and competed in the Strategic Planning Best Practices project, Strategic Planning: A Balanced Scorecard Approach. The students competed with students from seven other … [Read more...]

UCA hosts Entrepreneurship Summit

The Center for Community and Economic Development at the University of Central Arkansas is pleased to announce Entrepreneurship in Arkansas: Tips and Tools, a half day convening to be held April 14th from 9:00 am – 12:00 p.m. in UCA’s Brewer-Hegeman Conference Center. The event is being hosted in partnership with UCA’s College of Business. Speakers will cover topics related to entrepreneurship … [Read more...]

UCA plans Safe Spring Break activities

Faculty and staff at the University of Central Arkansas have planned a week of safety-related informational sessions and fun sessions to prepare students for their time away from the university during Spring Break. The week of activities, Safe Spring Break 2014, will take place prior to students leaving campus from Monday, March 17 to Thursday, March 20. The events consist of several activities … [Read more...]

Women’s History Month

The University of Central Arkansas celebrates the month of March, Women’s History Month, with the following activities: 6 p.m. Thursday, March 13 Ida Waldron Auditorium The Office of Diversity and Community, PRISM Alliance and SGA present Alison Grillo, New York City’s Woman Trapped Inside a Woman’s Body. Alison was named as one of the “Five Hottest Transgender Comics” in 2013 by The … [Read more...]

Sweet Charity to visit Reynolds

PRESS RELEASE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AND COMMUNICATION March 10, 2014 CONTACT: Amanda Horton, (501) 450-3682 AHorton@uca.edu  SWEET CHARITY COMES TO UCA By Kathy Kelly College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY — The five-time Tony Award-winning musical Sweet Charity will come to the University of Central Arkansas’s Donald W. … [Read more...]

“Piano Puzzler” Bruce Adolphe to be in residence

PRESS RELEASE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AND COMMUNICATION March 7, 2014 CONTACT: Dr. Gayle Seymour, (501) 450-3295; gayles@uca.edu COMPOSER BRUCE ADOLPHE TO APPEAR AT UCA By Holly Morrison College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY — Bruce Adolphe, the composer, educator, performer and author who is perhaps best known as public radio’s … [Read more...]