UCA News

Jeremy Crosmer, 16, tied for first place in the string division and was awarded the overall grand prize in the Stella Boyle Smith Young Artists Competition held Saturday, March 6, at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He received $500 for the grand prize award, $350 for the string division award, and will perform with the ASO on a future concert. Crosmer studies cello with Dr. … [Read more...]

The Technology Faculty Associates are now accepting applications until March 29, for the TFA class of 2004-2005. An application can be found on the IDC website at http://www.uca.edu/divisions/academic/idc/. The TFA workshop will be held during the May intersession, May 10-14. For more information call Sylvia at 450-5240 or email idc@uca.edu. … [Read more...]

2004 Administrative Professionals Day will be held at the Brewer-Hegeman Conference Center on Wednesday, April 21. The daylong program is co-sponsored by the Conway Area Chamber of Commerce and the UCA Division of Academic Outreach. This year?s theme is: ?Ambassadors of Excellence? There will be a ?live satellite training? session conducted through the American Management Association, … [Read more...]

Melanne Verveer brought the West Wing experience to Reynolds Performance Hall last Tuesday night as she discussed former First Lady Hillary Clinton?s effect on U.S. foreign policy during her time in the White House. Verveer was the assistant to the president and chief of staff to First Lady Hillary Clinton during the Clinton administration. Dr. Gary Wekkin, a professor in the Department of … [Read more...]

Dr. Lora Ebert Wallace, Department of Sociology, recently received a $4,999 grant to study the social context of infant feeding choices. Wallace will use the grant money, which comes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture through the Arkansas Department of Health to make presentations about her study, to publish the results in academic journals and to provide a basis for future a larger, more … [Read more...]

UCA?s Baum Gallery was packed, Tuesday, as art students and spectators flooded in to find out the winners of the 2004 Annual Student Competitive Art Exhibition. A total of 111 of the 176 artworks submitted for the competition were selected for display. A wide array of artwork is on display including ceramic sculptures, photography, mixed media installations and paintings. Erin Branham, … [Read more...]

The University of Central Arkansas Bears and Sugar Bears student-athletes will host a ?Parents? Night Out? on Friday, March 12 at the Farris Center. The UCA student-athletes will be entertaining children ages 5 through the fifth grade to allow parents a night off to enjoy dinner, a movie or shopping without their children. While the parents are out, the children will be taking part in a host … [Read more...]

The Office of Career Services will host the spring job fair from 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Wednesday, March 10 in the Student Center Ballroom. More than 55 employers will be available to discussion post-graduation options with students. For more information, contact Career Services at 450-3134. … [Read more...]

The third annual Arkansas Literary Festival will be March 8-12 at UCA. Each year, the festival brings noted Arkansas writers in various genres to campus for public readings and workshops. This year, the festival will feature Jennifer Christman (journalism), Jo McDougall (poetry), and David Jauss (fiction). A student reading and a faculty reading also will be held. A complete schedule for … [Read more...]

The UCA Concert Choir will present two on-campus performances next week and one performance at Robinson Auditorium in Little Rock. Performance schedule: Sunday, March 7, at 3 p.m. at Reynolds Performance Hall Monday, March 8, at 7:30pm at the Snow Fine Arts Center Recital Hall Thursday, March 11, at 10:15 a.m. at Robinson Auditorium in Little Rock as part of the Southwest American … [Read more...]