UCA News

Kweisi Mfume, the former president and CEO of the national NAACP, will be the featured speaker for UCA's month-long celebration of Black History Month. The address will take place on Thursday, Feb. 7th at 7 p.m. at the Donald W. Reynolds Performance Hall on the UCA campus. Mfume served on the Baltimore City Council before being elected to the U.S. House of Representative in 1986. As a member of … [Read more...]

A business plan and feasibility study by a recent UCA graduate has been named among the finalists in the Small Business Institute Case of the Year competition. Modupe Ladeji, who graduated in December with an MBA from UCA, was recognized for his business plan and feasibility study for an oil and gas exploration consulting firm in his native country of Nigeria. "His feasibility study on the oil … [Read more...]

Debbie Barnes and Shawn Key of UCA's College of Education received a $8,990 grant from the Arkansas Department of Education for a high school redesign collaboration project that is part of UCA's Educational Renewal Zone initiative. The UCA researchers will work with teachers in the Osceola, South Mississippi County, and Turrell School Districts, as well as with the Crowley's Ridge Education … [Read more...]

Jacob M. Held, assistant professor of philosophy at UCA, has several articles due for publication this year, including "Disrespect and/or Distribution? Axel Honneth, Nancy Fraser, and the Normative Foundations of Social and Political Philosophy" in Radical Philosophy Review; "'Til Things Get Better: Hope and Redemption in Black," in Johnny Cash and Philosophy: Ring of Truth, edited by John Huss … [Read more...]

Retired Conway businessman Michel Fortier has donated $135,000 to the UCA College of Education to establish the Mary Jane Fortier Memorial Distinguished Scholars Fund. The gift, established in memory of Fortier?s late wife, will provide scholarships for students studying in the college?s new doctoral program in leadership studies. "Mr. Fortier's generous gift will allow the College of … [Read more...]

Debbie Barnes, Lee Ann Burrow, Sue Farris and Mary Mosley of UCA's College of Education received a $20,000 grant from the Arkansas Department of Education to study the Pathwise Classroom Observation System, which is one component of the Arkansas Mentoring Program. The Pathwise system is an assessment tool for the evaluation of the classroom performance of student teachers and first-year teachers, … [Read more...]

The Conway Athletic Awards Commission has awarded former UCA football All-American Monte Coleman the 2007 Elijah Pitts Award for career achievement. Coleman starred for the Bears from 1975 to 1978. In 1979, he became the first UCA player drafted by the NFL. He played linebacker for the Washington Redskins, winning three Super Bowl titles during his 16 seasons. Coleman is a member of the UCA … [Read more...]

Robin Becker, an instructor in UCA's Department of Writing, recently had her short story "How Roller Coasters Work" published in the Winter 2007-08 issue of The Griffin. In addition, her story "Smokingland" was named a finalist in Glimmer Train's "Family Matters" short story competition. … [Read more...]

David R. Harvey, chair of the Department of Writing at the University of Central Arkansas, will continue the College of Fine Arts and Communication?s Arts and Presidency Series on Jan. 27 at the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock. Harvey?s presentation, ?Presidential Discourse on Nuclear Weapons?, is set for 3 p.m. in the Garden View Room. Admission is free and open to the public. Based … [Read more...]

Rahul Mehta of UCA's Physics and Astronomy department received a $20,000 grant from the Arkansas Space Grant Consortium for a study involving the spectroscopic and morphometric analysis of bones under simulated microgravity using a hindlimb suspended animal model. According to Mehta, "This project will allow us to understand the short- and long-term effects of space travel on human bones and help … [Read more...]