UCA News

UCA will host the 67th annual Arkansas Boys State from June 3 to 8. The week-long civics education program is organized and sponsored by the American Legion Department of Arkansas, and more information is available at www.arlegion.org. … [Read more...]

UCA's Department of Speech-Language Pathology is well represented in the leadership of the Arkansas Speech-Language-Hearing Association, with John Lowe as President-Elect, Kim McCullough as Vice-President-Elect for Continuing Education and Linda Edwards as Treasurer. This is nothing new for the Department, as Graduate Dean Elaine McNiece and Donna Smiley both served as President of ASLHA, which … [Read more...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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'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...]