Press Release
April 29, 2011
Contact Person: Jamie Alea, Coordinator of Field Experience, College of Education at jalea@uca.edu or 501-852-2810
UCA College of Education to Host Annual Pinning Ceremony May 5
CONWAY — The College of Education at the University of Central Arkansas will hold its fifth annual Pinning Ceremony on Thursday, May 5 to honor candidates who are becoming teachers. Graduates from December 2010 and May 2011 will be honored along with Masters of Arts and Teaching candidates.
Two hundred and thirty-five candidates are eligible to participate in the ceremony. The guest speaker will be Dr. Charlotte Green, a principal at Woodrow Cummins Elementary School in Conway, Arkansas. Dr. Green holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from UCA.
A pinning Ceremony is a time-honored tradition marking the occasion when one is welcomed into the teaching profession. It is a symbolic ceremony denoting a milestone in an educator’s life. Candidates will be presented a College of Education pin that not only signifies their association with the university, but also represents their affiliation with the honorable profession of teaching. Many professions hold this type of ceremony to honor their new colleagues. This is the fifth year that the College of Education has held a pinning ceremony. A reception will follow in the Brewer-Hegeman Conference Center on the UCA campus.
Dr. Diana Pounder, the dean of the College of Education, expressed her appreciation for the work of those directly involved in planning and executing the event. Pounder said, “This event is coordinated through the Office of Candidate Services and Field Experience. I greatly appreciate the work of Sue Farris and Jamie Alea in making this pinning ceremony a special time for teacher candidates and their families.”
