The University of Central Arkansas Community Development Institute (CDI) has announced the appointment of six new advisory board members. The six new members include Lisa Johnson, president of the Bossier Chamber of Commerce in Louisiana; Bill Luther, president and CEO of the El Dorado-Union County Chamber of Commerce; Talicia Richardson, executive director of 64.6 … [Read more...]
BLUE & YOU FOUNDATION AWARDS $149,991 GRANT TO UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS
The University of Central Arkansas received a $149,991 grant from the Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas during a special presentation on the UCA campus on Monday, Feb. 10. The grant is for the purchase of specialized training simulation equipment for the Nabholz Center for Healthcare Simulation. The state-of-the-art simulation lab provides students with lifelike scenarios that … [Read more...]
UCA THEATRE TO PRESENT SAM SHEPARD’S ‘FOOL FOR LOVE’
College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office The University of Central Arkansas Theatre program will perform Sam Shepard's highly acclaimed play “Fool for Love” at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20, 21, 27 and 28, and at 2 p.m. on Feb. 22 and 29 in the Snow Fine Arts Center's Bridges Larson Theatre on the UCA campus. The drama was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1984 and won an Obie Award. The play is … [Read more...]
A CELEBRATION OF RAY CHARLES MUSIC COMING TO REYNOLDS
The University of Central Arkansas’s Reynolds Performance Hall will welcome “Georgia on My Mind: Celebrating the Music of Ray Charles” Friday, Feb. 28, at 7:30 p.m. A Georgia native and an award-winning musician, the late Ray Charles was an American singer, songwriter, pianist and composer. His soul music combined the styles of blues, gospel, jazz and country in a way the world had never seen, … [Read more...]
UCA TO WELCOME MARYA HORNBACHER AS ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
By Shelby K. Grimes College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office New York Times bestselling author Marya Hornbacher will visit the University of Central Arkansas as an artist-in-residence Tuesday, Feb. 18 and Wednesday, Feb. 19. Hornbacher is an award-winning essayist, journalist, novelist and poet. Five of her books have been named New York Times bestsellers. She is best known for … [Read more...]
CITY OF VAN BUREN, THRIVE, UCA PARTNER ON COMMUNITY BRANDING INITIATIVE
The University of Central Arkansas Center for Community and Economic Development (CCED), in partnership with nonprofit design firm Thrive, will assist the city of Van Buren with a branding initiative. The branding development process will kick off with a workshop that engages leaders at the city, the Van Buren Chamber of Commerce, the Van Buren Advertising and Promotion (A&P) Commission and … [Read more...]
BLUE & YOU FOUNDATION TO PRESENT GRANT TO UCA
WHAT: Grant presentation from Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas to the University of Central Arkansas WHO: Curtis Barnett, president and CEO of Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield Patrick O’Sullivan, executive director of Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas Rebecca Pittillo, associate executive director of Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier … [Read more...]
TWO UCA STUDENTS RECEIVE ACXIOM DIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS
Two University of Central Arkansas students, Taylor Nguyen and Nato Silue, have been awarded $5,000 scholarships from Acxiom, as part of the company’s Diversity Scholarship Program. Acxiom says the Diversity Scholarship is awarded to U.S.-based students from diverse backgrounds who are enrolled in a full-time, post-secondary degree program, such as computer science, computer information systems, … [Read more...]
UCA AND ARKANSAS SHAKESPEARE THEATRE HOST ACTOR/WRITER JESS PRICHARD
By Shelby K. Grimes College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre (AST), in conjunction with the University of Central Arkansas, will host actor and writer Jess Prichard as an artist-in-residence from Thursday, Jan. 30, to Sunday, Feb. 9, on the UCA campus. Prichard is an American actor and educator who has worked with regional theatres throughout the United … [Read more...]
UCA TO HOST PUBLIC LECTURE ON THE HISTORY OF WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE
The University of Central Arkansas Department of History will host a public lecture by award-winning historian and author Lisa Tetrault on Thursday, Feb. 6, from 6 to 7:30 p.m., in the UCA College of Business Auditorium. An associate professor at Carnegie Mellon University and a leading scholar of the U.S. suffrage movement, Tetrault will discuss “When Women Won the Right to Vote: A History … [Read more...]
