UCA to host foreign language educators

UCA's Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures will welcome foreign language educators from across the state to campus for the 2007 Annual Conference of the Arkansas Foreign Language Teachers Association, which will be held this Thursday and Friday at the Brewer-Hegeman Conference Center. Faculty conducting workshops on Thursday include Sharon Wilkes, (technology); Shirley … [Read more...]

Markham to retire; reception today

UCA marketing professor Dr. Scott Markham is retiring after 31 years at UCA. He directed the Center for Management Development, taught advertising, public relations and sales classes, and inaugurated field trips to the Dallas Market Center and advertising and PR firms in Dallas, Atlanta and Little Rock. A come-and-go reception will be held today from 12 noon to 2 p.m. in Burdick 220. … [Read more...]

UAMS researcher to lecture Thursday

Linda D. Williams, the Dean's Research Liaison at the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, will deliver a lecture this Thursday at 1:40 p.m. in room 224 of UCA's Doyne Health Sciences Center. Williams coordinates an online research collaboration database for the State of Arkansas. This depository of research and collaborative funding opportunities is intended … [Read more...]

East meets West: Fusion Macbeth

UCA's Fusion Players will present their interpretation of Macbeth and Asian theater forms tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Student Center Courtyard. The production is conceived, adapted, and performed by Honors Core IV: Asian Theater and is free and open to the public. … [Read more...]

Tuesday events: Acclaimed violinist, renowned hip-hop artist

Acclaimed violinist Alexander Markov will perform with the Conway Symphony Orchestra on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at UCA's Donald W. Reynolds Performance Hall as part of his residency with UCA?s College of Fine Arts and Communication. Tickets for the performance are $20 for the general public, $5 for UCA faculty and staff and free to UCA students. Markov, a Gold Medal winner at the Paganini … [Read more...]

Hardin featured on 'Talk Business' this weekend

UCA President Lu Hardin is the featured guest on this weekend's edition of Talk Business, a statewide television program hosted by Roby Brock. Hardin will discuss UCA's Centennial, and Brock also interviews Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones from the UCA campus. The episode will be broadcast on Sunday night at 10 p.m. on KLRT-Fox 16 in Central Arkansas, as well as Sunday morning at 10 a.m. on … [Read more...]

Honors Convocation on Sunday

The 36th Annual Academic Honors Convocation will take place Sunday at 2 p.m. at UCA's Reynolds Performance Hall. UCA President Lu Hardin and Provost Gabriel Esteban will recognize superior scholastic achievement and announce this year's Outstanding University Student award winners. A reception in the Brewer-Hegeman Center will follow the convocation. The public is invited to attend. … [Read more...]

UCA Tailgating spots on sale Monday

UCA's football tailgating spots will be available for purchase starting Monday at 8 a.m. The tailgating area around Estes Stadium on Bruce Street has been expanded and all sites are on a first come, first serve basis. Spots must be reserved for the entire season. Premium spaces alongside the north stadium fence are available for $250 for the entire season (five home games). Regular spots along … [Read more...]

UCA Faculty: Presentations

UCA history professor Dr. SONDRA GORDY will be a presenter at the Arkansas Historical Association's (AHA) 66th annual conference, which will take place April 26-28 in Little Rock. "Not Just Black and White: The Fight for Civil Rights in Arkansas" is the theme of the conference. Gordy's presentation is titled "Twice Removed," and it relates the story of three Japanese-American boys affected not … [Read more...]

Olson recognized as national 'Star'

Sandra Olson, the Acquisitions Supervisor at UCA's Torreyson Library, this week was named a "Star" by ALA-APA: the Organization for the Advancement of Library Employees. Olson, who also is the ALA/LSSIRT Vice President/President Elect, was nominated for the recognition for how she "touched lives through her work in libraries." … [Read more...]