WHO: University of Central Arkansas Women’s Business Network WHAT: Women’s Business Showcase WHEN: 6-8 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 19 WHERE: UCA McCastlain Hall Ballroom, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway, AR 72035 DETAILS: The University of Central Arkansas Division of Outreach and Community Engagement and the UCA Women’s Leadership Network invite members of the media to the second … [Read more...]
TRAVIS TRITT AT UCA CONCERT SOLD OUT
By Andrew Tucker College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office Two-time Grammy Award winner Travis Tritt will perform to a sold-out crowd at Reynolds Performance Hall on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas Thursday, Feb. 14. For more than 30 years the Southern rock-influenced artist has continuously sold-out shows and stayed true and relevant to country music fans around the … [Read more...]
UCA BOARD OF TRUSTEES ANNOUNCES FEBRUARY MEETING
The University of Central Arkansas Board of Trustees will hold a regularly scheduled meeting Friday, Feb. 15 at 10:30 a.m. in the Board of Trustees Conference Room in Wingo Hall. The Board will have lunch in Wingo Hall, room 210, following the meeting. The Audit and Finance Committee will meet at 9 a.m., Friday, Feb. 15 in Wingo Hall, room 210. A printable copy of the agenda can be found … [Read more...]
UCA TO HOST JAZZ ENSEMBLE FEB. 10
By Braxton Sampley College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office The University of Central Arkansas Jazz Ensembles will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 10 at Snow Fine Arts Center Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public. The Concert will feature three jazz ensembles: The Top Hatters, Jazz Ensemble I and Jazz Ensemble II. The Top Hatters is led by Dr. Ross … [Read more...]
UCA iPAD MOBILE INITIATIVE WINS NATIONAL AWARD FOR TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHER EDUCATION
The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) this week named the University of Central Arkansas College of Education as the recipient of the 2019 AACTE Best Practice Award for Innovative Use of Technology for its iPad Mobile Initiative program. Donna Wake, associate dean of UCA’s College of Education, will be presented with the award at the AACTE 71st Annual Meeting, February … [Read more...]
UCA PROFESSOR NAMED AMBASSADOR FOR ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT
Vance Johnson Lewis, Ed.D., assistant professor of management in the University of Central Arkansas College of Business, has been appointed as ambassador to a division of the Academy of Management. Lewis was one of eight to be named an ambassador to the Academy of Management’s Management Education and Development Division. He began his three-year term Jan. 15. In the role, Lewis will oversee … [Read more...]
UCA’S BAUM GALLERY TO HOST STUDENT ART COMPETITIVE
The University of Central Arkansas’ Baum Gallery will once again host the Annual Student Art Competitive (ASAC) from March 4-15. A reception will be held on March 7 at 4 p.m. During this event, UCA students are allowed to submit up to three different pieces for possible inclusion. All works are then jurored, and multiple awards are given. This is an opportunity for students to participate in a … [Read more...]
UCA THEATRE TO PRESENT ‘MEDEA BY EURIPIDES’
“Medea by Euripides,” a deconstructed modern retelling of a Greek classic, will be performed in the University of Central Arkansas Snow Fine Arts Center's Black Box Theatre five times in February. The performances, presented by the UCA Theatre Program, will be directed by Brady Ness, an adjunct professor of theatre and a UCA graduate. Free and open to the public, the play will be performed at … [Read more...]
‘TO LAY TO REST OUR GHOSTS’ WINS MCMATH AWARD
Caitlin Hamilton Summie’s short story collection, “To Lay to Rest Our Ghosts,” has won the fourth annual Phillip H. McMath Post Publication book award, according to the Arkansas Writers Workshop, which is housed at the University of Central Arkansas. The McMath Award was founded in 2016 to promote recently published books and to honor central Arkansas author and literary advocate Phillip H. … [Read more...]
“We Shall Overcome: A Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” Coming to Reynolds Performance Hall
By Pansy Johnson College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office Multi-genre recording artist Damien Sneed will bring his tour, “We Shall Overcome: A Celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.” to the University of Central Arkansas’s Reynolds Performance Hall on Monday, Feb. 11, at 7:30 p.m. Sneed is a pianist, organist, conductor, composer, producer, arranger, vocal coach, professor and arts … [Read more...]
