A weekly listing of submitted presentations, publications and accomplishments by UCA faculty and staff.Gary Powell, Department of Speech and Writing, has a creative nonfiction essay titled ?A Delightful Day in Auschwitz? published in the current issue of The Kit-Cat Review. He also will have a short story titled ?Unveiled? published in the inaugural issue of The Red Mountain Review in September. … [Read more...]
Napoleon Dynamite star shows his skills at UCA
This spring the University of Central Arkansas became one of the first universities in the nation to nab a sweet appearance by Jon Heder, star of the new cult classic film ?Napoleon Dynamite.? More than 4,000 UCA students and movie fans received free tickets to two sold-out shows at Reynolds Performance Hall on March 21. Hundreds of students and fans donned t-shirts with iron-on images related to … [Read more...]
Music Department to present 'Baby Bruckner' on Tuesday
The University of Central Arkansas Department of Music will present ?Baby Bruckner,? ? its annual performance of a major symphonic work presented in a chamber format ? at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 29 in Snow Fine Arts Recital Hall. The performance is free and open to the public. This year?s performance is an arrangement of Bruckner?s beloved Eighth Symphony in a reduction by Dr. Norman Boehm of … [Read more...]
Opera Theater Workshop to present comic opera
The UCA Opera Theater Workshop will present the comic opera "Gianni Schicchi" by Puccini at 7:30 p.m. on March 31, April 1 and April 2 at Reynolds Performance Hall. Admission is free and open to the public.The hour-long opera is about a rich uncle who passes away and the relatives who descend like vultures into the dead man's home and cannot locate the will. When the will is finally discovered, … [Read more...]
Latino Comedy Project coming to UCA
The University of Central Arkansas Hispanic Pride Organization will present the award-winning sketch comedy troupe, The Latino Comedy Project, at 7 p.m. on Sunday, April 10 at Ida Waldran Auditorium in Main Hall. The show is free and open to the public.The Latino Comedy Project is a popular, award-winning sketch comedy ensemble sponsored by Texas? premier bilingual theatre company TEATRO … [Read more...]
World-renowned clarinetist to perform at UCA
The world-renowned clarinetist James Campbell, professor of music at Indiana University, will visit the University of Central Arkansas, March 22-23. Campbell will give a master class and play a recital during his visit. On Tuesday, March 22, at 1:40 p.m., Campbell will coach two UCA students, Christina Bruce and Kristen Huge, in a master class in the Snow Fine Arts Recital Hall. On Wednesday, … [Read more...]
College of Business to sponsor presentation on Africa
Joseph Rugumyamheto, permanent secretary of the president?s office for public service management of Tanzania, will give a presentation titled, ?How Africa can claim the 21st Century" at 1:40 p.m., on Thursday, March 24 in BBA Room 205. The presentation is free and open to the public.Rugumyamheto's professional duties include: -Overseeing the management of Tanzania's Public Service, -Providing … [Read more...]
Honors College celebrates Parents Day
More than 300 University of Central Arkansas Honors College faculty, staff, students and their parents gathered to celebrate the college?s annual Parents Day on Friday, March 11. This year, the celebration also honored Founding Director Dr. Norbert O. Schedler, who will retire this spring.The day began with parents gathering in the Honors College Forum for coffee and doughnuts, followed by a … [Read more...]
Presentations and Publications
A weekly listing of submitted presentations, publications and accomplishments by UCA faculty and staff.Jeff Allender, Department of Geography, and several of his students were notified by the Institute of Transportation Engineers that a series of their surveys and collected data have been accepted for inclusion in the next publication of Parking Generation, a technical publication used by city … [Read more...]
Nationally-known skeptic to lecture at UCA
Dr. Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic magazine, the director of the ?Skeptics Society? and the host of the Skeptics Lecture Series at Caltech, will give a guest lecture titled ?The Value of Skepticism? at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, April 4 at Reynolds Performance Hall. His appearance is sponsored by the Psi Chi Honors Society and Psychology Club. The lecture is free and open to the public.Shermer … [Read more...]
