UCA News

Raymond-Jean Frontain, professor of English, recently took part with playwright Terrence McNally in a symposium on McNally's plays in the Theology and Theater program at the General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church in New York City. Frontain was in New York to also attend the opening of the revival of McNally's "The Ritz." Most recently Frontain has published "Tuning the World: … [Read more...]

Faculty, staff, and students are invited to participate in UCA's third annual "United Nations Day" luncheon and speech, which will take place on Friday, Oct. 26 at 11:30 a.m. in the Brewer-Hegeman Conference Center. This year's event commemorates the 62nd anniversary of the founding of the U.N. after World War II. The keynote speaker will be Jeff Laurenti, Senior Fellow and Director of Foreign … [Read more...]

UCA's History Department and the College of Liberal Arts will host a lecture by Dr. Ken Hechler on Tuesday, Oct. 23 during X-period (1:30 p.m.) in Irby Hall 215. Hechler earned a Ph.D. from Columbia in 1940 before serving in the Army in World War II. He was an advisor to President Harry Truman and held a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia for 18 years. While holding … [Read more...]

Mike Gunter, a lecturer in Digital Filmmaking in UCA's Department of Mass Communication and Theatre, has been selected to have his short film, "The Cleaner," screened at the Indie Memphis Film Festival in Memphis from Oct. 19-25. John Vanderslice, assistant professor of Writing, has had a short story selected for the anthology "The Best of The First Line, Volume 2," forthcoming in March 2008 from … [Read more...]

In celebration of UCA's 100th anniversary this year, each UCA college is bringing a distinguished speaker to campus as part of the Centennial Lecture Series. UCA's College of Liberal Arts will present one of the leading philosophers of our time, Dr. Martha Nussbaum, on Thursday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. at Ida Waldran Auditorium in Main Hall. Nussbaum is the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor … [Read more...]

Dwayne Coleman of UCA's English department last week presented a paper at the Southeast Medieval Association Conference in Spartanburg, S.C. The paper was entitled "'Lette Hym Seke Other Bookis': Malory?s Use of Sources in the Composition Process." Also last week, at the 31st annual meeting of the West Viriginia University Conference on Film and Literature, Wayne Stengel of UCA's English … [Read more...]

Coming off its impressive victory on the road against 19th-ranked Sam Houston State, the UCA Bears play Thursday night at home against Texas State. The game will be televised at 7 p.m. on Fox Sports Southwest, which reaches 6-8 million homes in Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma. The Bears are hoping for a capacity crowd at Estes Stadium to support them in this crucial conference matchup. … [Read more...]

Two familiar faces on the UCA campus are moving into new roles. Melissa Goff, currently director of institutional research, is UCA's new director of admissions. Before coming to UCA, Goff worked for the Arkansas Department of Higher Education (ADHE) from 1988 to 2005, spending the first seven years in Planning & Research, where she was instrumental in creating, initiating, and building the … [Read more...]

John Hutchcraft, a 1975 graduate of UCA, will receive the inaugural Buddy Harding Award during halftime at the UCA football game on Thursday night. The award, which will be presented annually to a UCA alumnus for Arkansas high school coaching excellence, is named in honor of Rush "Buddy" Harding, Jr., who graduated from UCA in 1951. Harding spent over 30 years at Clarendon High School as a coach … [Read more...]

UCA archivist Jimmy Bryant recently earned the title of Certified Archivist (CA) from the Academy of Certified Archivists, making him the first certified archivist in the history of UCA. Bryant first qualified to take the Academy's certification exam and then passed it in Baton Rouge. There are very few certified archivists in Arkansas, and Bryant's accomplishment makes UCA one of only two … [Read more...]