UCA News

More than 300 of the state's best high school science students will test their skills against each other at the Arkansas State Science Fair and the Junior Academy of Science meeting, to be held April 2 and 3 at the University of Central Arkansas. The state science fair is sponsored by the Arkansas Science Fair Association, which is affiliated with Science Service of Washington, D.C. The Junior … [Read more...]

A weekly listing of submitted presentations and publications by UCA faculty and staff. Dr. Joe Horton, College of Business Administration, attended the Midwest Administration Association meeting in Chicago March 17-19. He was elected to the MBAA Advisory Council and as executive secretary of the Midwest Business Economics Association. He also discussed a paper on the Czech economy. Michael … [Read more...]

Student Activities Board Comedian Dane Cook has canceled his April 13 appearance at UCA due to a conflict with his filming schedule. For more information, call the Student Activities Board at 450-5873. … [Read more...]

Internationally renowned physical theatre performer Joan Schirle, co-artistic director of the Dell?Arte Company, will present a new solo performance, ?Second Skin,? at Center Stage Theatre in the Snow Fine Arts Center on the UCA campus at 7:30 p.m. on April 13. Admission is free and the performance is open to the public. For more than 20 years, Schirle has intrigued and entertained audiences … [Read more...]

The University of Central Arkansas formally announced, Thursday, an agreement between the university and American Management Corp. to lease a downtown building for married student housing. The two-story building, located at 1404 Caldwell, will be converted into 16 two-bedroom apartments. The apartments will be ready to house students in the fall. UCA has entered into a 5-year lease with … [Read more...]

Mike Scoles, Department of Psychology and Counseling, recently received an $18,240 grant to help maintain and improve a growing public charter school program in Arkansas. Scoles and Graduate Assistant Angela Behrendt will use the grant to provide assistance to the Arkansas Department of Education Charter School Office. Funding is provided by the U.S. Department of Education through the … [Read more...]

The University of Central Arkansas will be host to a week of incredible activity for brass musicians. Wednesday, March 31 through Sunday, April 4 marks the collaboration of artists-in-residence, The Center City Brass Quintet. All events will be held in the Snow Fine Arts Center of UCA, and all events are free unless otherwise noted. Center City is spending three full days on the UCA campus, … [Read more...]

On Friday, University of Central Arkansas President Lu Hardin unveiled preliminary plans for a new four-story residence hall that will house approximately 250 students in two, three and four-bedroom suites. The new residence hall (which Hardin jokingly referred to as New, New Hall) will be located south of UCA?s New Hall and west of Mashburn Hall on Farris Road. Construction is set to begin … [Read more...]

The University of Central Arkansas officially turned the reins of the Sugar Bears basketball program over to Checola Seals on Friday. Seals, 33, takes over for Coach Ron Marvel, who announced his retirement Monday after 24 years as head coach of the team. Seals, a two-time All-American for Marvel, has been his asistant coach for the past five seasons. ?I?m proud that Checola is getting this … [Read more...]

The late Beulah Mann enrolled at the University of Central Arkansas, then Arkansas State Normal School, in the 1920s; a time when a higher education was a rare privilege for most, especially for women. She studied teacher education at the university and in 1922, earned her state teachers license. Education was important to Mann, so important, in fact, that on Wednesday, March 17, her estate … [Read more...]