UCA News

The UCA Honors College will host ?No-self in Zen Buddhism,? by Jeff Shore during the Honors College High Table at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 8 in McAlister Room 302. How can Zen Buddhism be accurately described and introduced to an international audience? By clarifying what no-self is all about, we can discern the difficulties inherent in describing and explaining Zen Buddhism and Zen practice. … [Read more...]

Have your face in the 2005 yearbook! Individual portrait times for the Scroll yearbook are: Tuesday, Sept. 7 - Friday, Sept. 10 8 a.m. ? 5 p.m. Student Center Room 213A … [Read more...]

Volunteers are needed for Faulkner County?s annual fall litter pick-up campaign during the months of September and October. The kick-off event for the clean-up will be Saturday, Sept. 18 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Conway Chamber of Commerce parking lot. Co-sponsored by the Keep Faulkner County Beautiful commission, the clean-up is being held in conjunction with the Great Arkansas Clean-up, … [Read more...]

Faculty, staff and students are invited to attend a Spanish conversation session from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. each Wednesday in the back stage area of the Student Center Foodcourt. The Department of World Languages, Literature and Cultural Traditions is offering this extracurricular learning opportunity free of charge to all interested individuals. No Spanish language experience necessary. For more … [Read more...]

The UCA Foundation is currently requesting grant proposals from members of the faculty for Foundation funding. The Fall 2004 deadline for applications to be received in the Foundation office is Friday, Oct. 1. The Spring 2005 deadline for applications is Friday, Feb. 18. Information and grant application forms are available at: http://www.uca.edu/development/foundation/grantform.pdf … [Read more...]

On Thursday, the UCA Faculty Senate opened the academic year by endorsing a set of principles that will guide the creation and implementation of online courses. Some of the principles include: -?That all courses and programs are consistent with the sponsoring academic college?s and department?s role and mission.? -?That electronically offered courses and programs meet institution-wide … [Read more...]

Hundreds of faculty, including 69 who are new, were welcomed back to school during the University of Central Arkansas? annual general faculty meeting. Provost Gabriel Esteban gave the welcome, emphasizing the importance of faculty at the institution. He noted that eight faculty positions that were non-tenure-track, are now tenure-track positions, equity salary adjustments were made last year … [Read more...]

Dr. Linda Griffith has made it her mission to help public school teachers become better at teaching math and science. That may be one of the reasons Texas Instruments selected her as one of only two they would sponsor to attend an international conference on mathematics education. Griffith, director of the Arkansas Center for Mathematics Education and a professor at UCA, attended the … [Read more...]

UCA Theatre and Conway Community Arts Association will present encore performances of Jesus Christ Superstar on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Sept. 1, 2 and 3 at 7:30 p.m. at Reynolds Performance Hall. Tickets are now on sale through UCA Ticket Central (formerly Reynolds Box Office). Ticket Central hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Current UCA faculty, staff and students … [Read more...]

Kathy McDaniel, Department of Speech-Language Pathology, received $19,160 for a grant proposal titled ?Speech-Language Pathology Traineeship.? The grant is funded by Arkansas Children?s Hospital, North Little Rock School District, and Timber Ridge Ranch Neuro-Rehabilitation Center. According to McDaniel, ?It will help to train an SLP and provide financial support to this individual and … [Read more...]