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Scottie Pippen, an All-American at the University of Central Arkansas and six-time NBA Champion, was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Monday in his first year to be eligible for inclusion. Pippen, a seven-time NBA all-star and winner of two Olympic gold medals, will be dually enshrined as both an individual and as a member of the 1992 USA Olympic Team - the "Dream Team" … [Read more...] about Pippen Elected to Basketball Hall of Fame

CONWAY -- The Conservative Forum of Faulkner County and the University of Central Arkansas will host a debate for the Republican candidates running in the U.S. Senate Primary. The event will be held April 7 at 6 p.m. at Reynolds Performance Hall. The debate gives residents an opportunity to hear all eight Republican Senate candidates at one venue. Being able to see and meet all candidates is a … [Read more...] about Republican U.S. Senate Candidates Debate April 7

Advance class registration is open for the four summer sessions available at the University of Central Arkansas. May intersession is an intensive three week session where students can take undergraduate and graduate courses in a condensed timeframe. The dates for May Intersession are May 17-June 4. The Summer I session and 10-week summer session both begin on June 7. Both sessions offer an array … [Read more...] about Advance Class Registration Open for Summer Session

The UCA Child Study Center recently earned accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the nation’s leading organization of early childhood professionals. The center went through an extensive self-study process measuring the program and its services against the ten early childhood program standards and more than 400 related accreditation criteria. The … [Read more...] about Child Study Center Earns National Accreditation

The UCA Child Study Center recently earned accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the nation’s leading organization of early childhood professionals. The center went through an extensive self-study process measuring the program and its services against the ten early childhood program standards and more than 400 related accreditation criteria. The program … [Read more...] about Child Study Center Earns National Accreditation

CONWAY -- The Conservative Forum of Faulkner County and the University of Central Arkansas will host a debate for the Republican candidates running in the U.S. Senate Primary. The event will be held April 7 at 6 p.m. at Reynolds Performance Hall. The debate gives residents an opportunity to hear all eight Republican Senate candidates at one venue. Being able to see and meet all candidates is a … [Read more...] about Republican U.S. Senate Candidates Debate April 7

Advance class registration is open for the four summer sessions available at the University of Central Arkansas. May intersession is an intensive three week session where students can take undergraduate and graduate courses in a condensed timeframe. The dates for May Intersession are May 17-June 4. The Summer I session and 10-week summer session both begin on June 7. Both sessions offer an array … [Read more...] about Advance Class Registration Open for Summer Session

The Digital Filmmaking Program of the Department of Mass Communication and Theatre will screen four graduate thesis films on April 3 at 7 p.m. in the Reynolds Performance Hall. Graduate students in film must complete two years of coursework and then present their script to a faculty committee in the spring of their second year for approval before beginning their thesis project. This project is … [Read more...] about Graduate Thesis Film Screenings April 3

New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris will hold a free lecture and book signing at the University of Central Arkansas's Reynolds Performance Hall on April 1 at 7:30 p.m. Harris, a Mississippi native who now lives in southern Arkansas, writes the popular Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Mysteries novels on which the HBO hit series "True Blood" is based. The book signing will … [Read more...] about Author of Vampire Mysteries Visits UCA

UCA's Community Development Institute (CDI) Central has been selected as the recipient of the Recognition of Excellence for Innovations in Outreach and Engagement Award given by the University Continuing Education Association. The award recognizes creativity and innovation in the field, and will be presented at the UCEA Annual Conference on April 18 in San Francisco. UCEA is the national … [Read more...] about UCA Receives National Award for Community Engagement