UCA News

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...]

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...]

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...]

The University of Central Arkansas on May 5 will hold commencement exercises for the 2007 Spring semester as the institution celebrates its 100th anniversary. The activities will include three separate ceremonies at the UCA Farris Center to confer degrees. At each ceremony, UCA President Lu Hardin will deliver an address to the graduates. James Bridges and Mary Lowe Good will receive honorary … [Read more...]

UCA Honors College professor Allison Wallace this weekend will discuss her recently published book, "A Keeper of Bees: Notes on Hive and Home," at the Arkansas Literary Festival in Little Rock. This year's festival includes nationally recognized authors like Christopher Hitchens, Nikki Giovanni and Milton Viorst. Wallace's session is scheduled to take place at 4 p.m. on Sunday at the Cox … [Read more...]

The UCA Student Government Association on Monday will hold a candlelight vigil to honor the victims of the Virginia Tech tragedy. All members of the UCA community are invited to participate in the vigil, which will begin at 5 p.m. in front of the fountain at Harding Centennial Plaza. … [Read more...]

UCA will be one of only five universities in the nation this year to host a summer conference for the National Association for Sport and Physical Education. The gathering will take place July 18-20 and will include five intensive workshops on different aspects of K-12 physical education. UCA Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education chair Dr. Debbie Howell-Creswell played a key role in … [Read more...]

UCA will host over 400 high school students and their teachers, parents and other family members at the annual History Day in Arkansas state competition this Saturday, April 21. Humanities scholars from UCA and other Arkansas academic institutions, museums and archival facilities will judge the presentations, and Arkansas Lt. Gov. Bill Halter will preside at the Awards Ceremony, which will take … [Read more...]

UCA's College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics will host its 13th Annual Student Research Poster Symposium tomorrow from 2 to 4 p.m. on the ground floor of the Mathematics/Computer Science/Technology building. Over 66 posters will be on display, representing the work of 78 students. Refreshments will be served. … [Read more...]