UCA News

Hitch a ride with the UCA Athletic Department for the 2007 season opener of Bears Football! UCA is chartering a bus to travel to Ruston, La., for the Bears' game with Louisiana Tech on Sept. 1. Cost is $40 per person, and does not include your game ticket. The bus will leave at 11 a.m. on game day and return that night after the game. Kickoff is 6 p.m. at Joe Ailett Stadium. Deadline to … [Read more...]

Charlotte Yates, of UCA's Department of Physical Therapy, participated in the discovery of a new brain mechanism that may help explain how human beings wake up, as well as how certain anesthetics put us to sleep and how certain stimulants wake us up. Yates joined researchers from UAMS in the first published study on this topic, which found that some neurons in the reticular activating system, a … [Read more...]

Douglas F. George, Assistant Professor of Sociology, recently co-wrote an article entitled "Racial Aspirations for Late Twentieth Century Multicultural America" that was published in Sociological Imagination (43: 52-68). … [Read more...]

UCA Police Officers Keith McKay and Michael Jones recently graduated from the Black River Technical College Law Enforcement Training Academy class 2007-A in Pocahontas, Arkansas. Officers McKay and Jones were two of 52 officers who successfully completed the Basic Police Training Course. McKay, 22, is from Silverdale, Washington, came to UCA as a student in 2005, and joined the UCA Police … [Read more...]

State Farm Insurance recently presented an $11,539 grant to the University of Central Arkansas for the development of an online property and casualty insurance study course. This is the second gift from State Farm to UCA in the last three years. In 2004, State Farm Vice President Rendi Black presented UCA President Lu Hardin with a $75,000 grant for UCA?s Insurance and Risk Management Studies … [Read more...]

Myles Quiben, of UCA's Department of Physical Therapy, recently became the first Neurologic Clinical Specialist (NCS) in Arkansas. Quiben, who recently was certified as a clinical specialist in Neurologic Physical Therapy by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties (ABPTS) of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), is now one of 535 physical therapists certified in neurology … [Read more...]

There will be a UCA Planetarium Show this Wednesday, August 1st, at 7 p.m. in Lewis Science Center 10. The show includes a tour of the August sky and events, and flights through the universe. Admission is free. No admittance once show has begun. Children under 5 years not recommended. … [Read more...]

Earlier this month, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution sponsored by U.S. Rep. Vic Snyder to recognize the 100th anniversary of the University of Central Arkansas. UCA was commended for a wide range of accomplishments, including "[having] more than 100 undergraduate courses of study, 33 masters degree programs, and 3 doctoral programs" and "establish[ing] one of the first honors … [Read more...]

UCA student Micah Dailey is the 2007 recipient of the Mary McMillan Scholarship Award from the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). Dailey, a Batesville native who will graduate on August 10 with a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree, is one of ten students selected from nearly 200 physical therapy programs across the nation. He received a $5,000 cash award and was recognized at the APTA … [Read more...]

Garry Craig Powell of the Department of Writing has just published a short story, "The Perfume Trees of Arkansas," in the literary magazine Zone 3. Terry James, chairman of UCA's Department of Leadership Studies in the College of Education, currently is president of the national Association of Teacher Educators, which is convening this week for its national conference in Milwaukee. Jacquie … [Read more...]