UCA News

John Snider, a graduate student in UCA's Biology Department, was one of only four national recipients of the Vernon I. Cheadle Student Travel Award, which is presented by the Botanical Society of America. Snider was recognized for his papers, "Differences in chlorophyll fluorescence temperature optima of young and mature leaflets of Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra L.)" and "Gas exchange and leaf … [Read more...]

The University of Central Arkansas Board of Trustees will hold its regularly scheduled quarterly meeting tomorrow, Sept. 7, at 2 p.m. The meeting will take place in the Board of Trustees Conference Room in Wingo Hall on the UCA campus. An agenda for the meeting is available at: http://www.uca.edu/divisions/admin/board/documents/070907botagenda.pdf … [Read more...]

Noted environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will deliver the inaugural Farris Lecture at the University of Central Arkansas on Wednesday, Sept. 19. The event, which will be free and open to the public, will take place at 7 p.m. at the Donald W. Reynolds Performance Hall on the UCA campus. After his address, entitled "Crimes Against Nature," Kennedy will participate in a question-and-answer … [Read more...]

UCA faculty and staff can receive free Benefits tickets to three UCA Public Appearances shows during the current season. The tickets are released three weeks prior to the first performance of the selected show. (See dates below.) On the ticket release day or thereafter, faculty and staff may call UCA Ticket Central at 450-3265 during regular box office hours (10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through … [Read more...]

Garry Craig Powell, assistant professor in the Department of Writing, was a finalist in the novella category in the William Faulkner/William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition. … [Read more...]

Sunday's River Valley & Ozark edition of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette shined a spotlight on UCA's Baum Gallery of Fine Art and art instructor Pat Larsen: As Conway artist Pat Larsen begins his 38th year of teaching art at the University of Central Arkansas, he has received yet another honor in a long list of achievements. The advisory council of UCA?s Friends of the Baum Gallery of Fine Art … [Read more...]

UCA alumni received eight of the 21 CPA certificates awarded by the Arkansas State Board of Public Accountancy during its April-May Testing Window. The UCA graduates who passed the rigorous exam were John D. Albritton, Susan E. Held, Courtney E. Lampkin, Nathan P. McLaughlin, Muhammad A. Qureshi, Amber N. Sherrill, Victoria L. Temple, and Elizabeth A. McCarron. Becoming a CPA involves "Three Es" … [Read more...]

Mark Spitzer, assistant professor of writing, was a semi-finalist in the novel category of the 2007 William Faulkner - William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition. His review/essay "Towards a Less Bogus Definition of Creative Nonfiction ? la Apocrypha" was recently accepted for publication in Projected Letters. Stephanie Vanderslice, also an associate professor of writing, has, with her frequent … [Read more...]

The Suzanne Harvey Nursing Graduate Scholarship Fund has been established through the UCA Foundation to endow a scholarship for graduate students in the Department of Nursing. The scholarship was named in memory of the late Suzanne Harvey by her parents, Ray and Emogene Burns of Denver, Colo., and husband, David Harvey of Conway, chairman of the UCA Department of Writing and Speech. Suzanne … [Read more...]

Are you going to Ruston, Louisiana this weekend for the UCA Bear football season opener against Louisiana Tech? If so, the UCA Alumni Association and the UCA Athletics Office are hosting a "Wreck Tech" Tailgate Party on Saturday on the Louisiana Tech campus. The tailgate begins at 2 p.m., and admission is free. … [Read more...]