UCA News

UCA will host an all-day celebration of the Jewel Moore Nature Reserve this Saturday, April 21, highlighted by a rededication ceremony at 10 a.m. Biologists will lead tours and activities throughout the day, on topics that will include birds, insects, wildflowers, wetlands, and fire ecology. The events are free and open to the public. For more information and a full schedule, contact the UCA … [Read more...]

UCA management professor JOHN WATT recently presented a paper titled "Effect of Boredom on Underemployment, Employee Engagement, and Job Performance" at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) in New York City. UCA writing professor STEPHANIE VANDERSLICE last month debuted her new book at the Conference on College Composition and Communication in New … [Read more...]

TODAY: Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe today will be the featured speaker at the "March of Diversity," an on-campus event organized by a UCA student group called Campus Dialogue with assistance from the Student Government Association. The march, which begins at 4:30 p.m. at Harding Centennial Plaza, is designed to celebrate UCA's diversity during the institution's centennial year. Before and after the … [Read more...]

UCA student Micah Dailey is the 2007 recipient of the Mary McMillan Scholarship Award from the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), making him the second UCA student in as many years to win this national award. Dailey, 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 … [Read more...]

UCA political science professor GARY WEKKIN last month presented two papers at the Southwestern Political Science Association meetings in Albuquerque, N.M. The first paper, entitled "George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush: Puzzling Presidents, or the Puzzle of the Presidency?" will be published this month in a special issue of White House Studies devoted to the two Bush presidencies. The second … [Read more...]

The UCA Family and Consumer Sciences Department earlier this month hosted its 20th annual Alumni Luncheon and Student Recognition Program, with 97 alumni, students and guests in attendance, including retired State Senator Stanley Russ, UCA President Lu Hardin, College of Health and Applied Sciences Dean Neil Hattlestad and Department Chair Dr. Mary Harlan. Scholarship winners included Jessica … [Read more...]

UCA?s Division of Academic Outreach will host its 6th Annual Administrative Professionals Day on April 25 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. This year's program is titled "Winning in a Changing World: How to Survive in the Jungle of Life," and participants will learn survival tactics to help them in their personal and professional lives. A comprehensive schedule of useful sessions and engaging speakers is … [Read more...]

Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe tomorrow will be the featured speaker at the "March of Diversity," an on-campus event organized by a UCA student group called Campus Dialogue with assistance from the Student Government Association. The march, which begins tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. at Harding Centennial Plaza, is designed to celebrate UCA's diversity during the institution's centennial year. Before and after … [Read more...]

U.S. News and World Report recently featured School Psychology in its annual "Best Careers" feature, citing the profession as one of only five with an "excellent" job market outlook, as well as a median pay of $63,029. UCA's psychology department has trained Master's-level graduate students in school psychology for over 25 years, and that program has been nationally recognized and approved by the … [Read more...]

UCA student Jenna White recently was named UCA's Outstanding Physical Education Major of the Year by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE). White received her award in Baltimore last month at the Annual Convention of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. … [Read more...]