UCA to host Arkansas History Day

UCA will host over 400 high school students and their teachers, parents and other family members at the annual History Day in Arkansas state competition this Saturday, April 21. Humanities scholars from UCA and other Arkansas academic institutions, museums and archival facilities will judge the presentations, and Arkansas Lt. Gov. Bill Halter will preside at the Awards Ceremony, which will take place at 3 p.m. in Ida Waldran auditorium. Students who place first and second in their respective categories will advance to the National History Day competition at the University of Maryland in June.