Board of Trustees approves budget

The UCA Board of Trustees approved the university operating budget for 2013-2014 at their Friday, May 3 meeting. The operating budget totals $167,173,721 and includes cost of living adjustments for employees and an increase in student tuition and fees. “We are pleased that the Board of Trustees approved the proposed budget,” said Diane Newton, vice president of finance and administration. … [Read more...]

UCA creates partnership to support new film

UCA’s Interdisciplinary PhD in Leadership students and faculty, UCA Outreach and Community Engagement, UCA English and Political Science faculty, the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas, and the UALR Office of Campus Life are bringing a screening of the new film Girl Rising to Little Rock. It will be screened at the UALR Student Service Center Auditorium on May 1, 2013 at 6 p.m. Girl Rising … [Read more...]

Board of Trustees May meeting

The UCA Board of Trustees will meet in a regularly scheduled meeting at 10 a.m. Friday, May 3, 2013 in the Board of Trustees Conference Room in Wingo Hall. Members of the Board of Trustees will have lunch at the President’s Home after the meeting. The Audit Committee will meet at 3 p.m. Thursday, May 2, 2013 in Room 201 in Wingo Hall. … [Read more...]

60th Annual Service Awards

UCA employees were honored during the 60th Annual Service Awards on Thursday, April 25, 2013. The Employee of the Year Award for classified and non-classified employees were Donna Johnson, administrative specialist, Department of Leadership Studies and Jane Andis, DegreeWorks coordinator/curriculum specialist, respectively. Dr. Lynn Burley, associate professor, Department of Writing, … [Read more...]

UCA student is Nancy Larson Foundation Scholar

University of Central Arkansas student Kelsey Randell has been named a Nancy Larson Foundation scholar and awarded a $1000 scholarship in recognition of her outstanding academic record and community service. The Nancy Larson Foundation proudly supports students majoring in elementary education across the country by awarding scholarships to deserving students each year. Randell is one out of … [Read more...]

College of Liberal Arts announces first undergraduate research symposium

The students, faculty, and staff of UCA’s College of Liberal Arts announce the first Undergraduate Research Symposium, to be held starting at 12:15 p.m. Thursday, April 25, in the Student Center on the UCA campus. “I am pleased to see this component of our Educating for Global Engagement (EDGE) initiative move forward with the first College of Liberal Arts Undergraduate Research Symposium,” … [Read more...]

Super Kids Summer Program at UCA

The College of Education and Department of Early Childhood and Special Education will host “Super Kids 2013,” a camp with three science-driven courses for students entering Grades 1-3. Courses offered this year are: Young Oceanographers and the Ocean – Super Kids will investigate what makes the ocean salty, where the water comes from, and characteristics of ocean creatures. Young … [Read more...]

SGA picnic

A picnic for members of the UCA Student Government Association and their families will be today, April 22, 2013 at 6 p.m. at the President’s Home in the backyard. Two or more members of the UCA Board of Trustees may be in attendance. UCA President Tom Courtway and his wife, Melissa, are hosting the event. UCA senior staff also have been invited. … [Read more...]

UCA Night of Distinction

The University of Central Arkansas hosts its annual awards gala, Night of Distinction, on Saturday, April 27, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. at the Farris Center and the only black-tie event of its kind in Conway. The University of Central Arkansas will present the Distinguished Alumni Award to Terry Pillow, Chief Executive Officer of Tommy Bahama, ’76, and Dr. Joe Allison, Research Fellow at Phillips 66, … [Read more...]

Upcoming ceremony to rename Honors College

The University of Central Arkansas Honors College will be renamed the Norbert O. Schedler Honors College in a ceremony on Saturday, April 27, 2013 at 2 p.m. in the McCastlain Hall Ballroom. Visitors also can attend the Open House at 1 p.m. in the Honors Center at McAlister Hall, prior to the naming ceremony. The UCA Board of Trustees approved the renaming at its February 2013 … [Read more...]