When she graduated from Arkansas State Teachers College in 1944, Gertrude Jeanne (Harris) Fleming had plans to marry her high school sweetheart, J.E. “Buddy” Fleming, and become a mother and homemaker. “She got a degree in home economics and her plan was to be a housewife. She wanted to better understand cooking and housekeeping,” her daughter Anna Belle (Fleming) Akers said. “That was not … [Read more...]
UCA names executive director of Public Appearances
Horton to oversee new Windgate Center, Reynolds Performance Hall The University of Central Arkansas has named Amanda Horton as executive director of Public Appearances, overseeing the soon-to-open Windgate Center for Fine and Performing Arts, as well as the Reynolds Performance Hall. “It’s been an honor to serve the UCA campus and central Arkansas community by presenting world-renowned … [Read more...]
UCA to host Graduate School commencement
The University of Central Arkansas will hold Graduate School commencement at 6 p.m., Friday, Aug. 12, and 9 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 13, in Reynolds Performance Hall on the campus. The university will confer nearly 275 graduate degrees and certificates from the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; College of Business; College of Education; College of Health and Behavioral Sciences; … [Read more...]
STATEMENT REGARDING BOMB THREAT TO CAMPUS
JULY 27, 2022 3:45 p.m. The University of Central Arkansas has confirmed a bomb threat was made earlier this afternoon. The Integrated Health Sciences, Math and Science and Doyne Health Sciences buildings have been evacuated. Bruce Street from the intersection of Donaghey Street to Western Avenue has also been closed to traffic. UCA Police and other local authorities are … [Read more...]
UCA announces spring 2022 graduates
The University of Central Arkansas held spring commencement on Friday, May 6, and Saturday, May 7, 2022, in the Farris Center on campus. The university conferred 1,032 undergraduate and 282 graduate degrees and certificates from the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; College of Business; College of Education; College of Health and Behavioral Sciences; College of Natural Sciences … [Read more...]
UCA Police Department reaccredited
The University of Central Arkansas Police Department recently completed reaccreditation with the Arkansas Law Enforcement Accreditation Program (ALEAP). First awarded to the department by the Arkansas Association of Chiefs of Police in June 2017, the ALEAP accreditation is given to agencies who have exhibited a high level of excellence and professionalism by meeting ALEAP standards. The UCA … [Read more...]
UCA alumni board welcomes new leadership team
University of Central Arkansas alumnus Tyler Rodgers has been elected as the new president of the UCA Alumni Association Board of Directors. Rodgers, who earned a bachelor’s degree in insurance and risk management from UCA’s College of Business in 2014, will serve as president of the board for the 2022-23 school year. He served as vice president during the 2021-22 term and was … [Read more...]
Inaugural cohort of Women’s Leadership Academy opens mini food pantries
The inaugural cohort of the Women's Leadership Academy has installed three community pantries in Faulkner County. Community pantries are wooden boxes mounted on a post and are large enough to hold canned goods, cereal boxes, bags of pasta and other necessities. They are placed throughout the community near nonprofits, schools, businesses and residential neighborhoods and stocked by members of … [Read more...]
UCA Board of Trustees teleconference July 7
The University of Central Arkansas Board of Trustees will meet in a called teleconference at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, July 7. Media and guests may call in to the meeting by dialing (855) 332-4181 and using access code 4503173. A printable copy of the agenda can be found at www.uca.edu/botagenda. For more information, contact Fredricka Sharkey at fsharkey@uca.edu or (501) 852-2659. … [Read more...]
UCA student earns second place at statewide competition
A recent University of Central Arkansas graduate captured second place in the 2022 DART Annual Conference undergraduate poster competition. Aaron Moody, who is now pursuing a master’s degree in computer science at UCA, won the award at the event held in Little Rock in May. Moody’s poster outlined his on-going research into using artificial intelligence to summarize text-based comments, … [Read more...]
