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The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts has accepted the Arkansas Arts Council's invitation to make Arkansas the site of the National Symphony Orchestra's 2009 American Residency. Between March 24 and 31, 2009, the members of the Orchestra will participate in approximately 150 education and performance activities throughout the state. The announcement took place today at the … [Read more...]

The University of Central Arkansas today announced the names of 772 students who qualified for the undergraduate Presidential Scholars List based on their academic performance during the Spring 2008 semester. "Qualifying as a ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ Presidential Scholar is a remarkable achievement, because it requires a perfect grade point average," said ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ President Lu Hardin. "We are proud that so many ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ … [Read more...]

The University of Central Arkansas today announced the names of 1,362 students who qualified for the undergraduate Dean's List based on their academic performance during the Spring 2008 semester. "The impressive number of ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ students qualifying for the Dean's List is an indication of the high level of academic commitment and achievement at ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾," said ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ President Lu Hardin. "It reflects not … [Read more...]

University of Central Arkansas President Lu Hardin today announced that Scott Smith will be the director of ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾'s new Arkansas Public School Resource Center, which is being established with financial support from the Walton Family Foundation. Smith currently is chief counsel for the Arkansas Department of Education. "With his vast experience, impressive credentials, and intimate familiarity with … [Read more...]

University of Central Arkansas President Lu Hardin today announced that the Walton Family Foundation has awarded a $426,141 grant to plan, develop and implement the Arkansas Public School Resource Center in affiliation with ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾. The purpose of the Center will be to provide comprehensive services to advance and support school choice initiatives and the implementation of high quality open … [Read more...]

ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ Public Appearances has selected eight shows for its 2008-09 season. "This is a very bright season of great shows that demonstrate the same variety we have presented over the past eight years," said Guy Couch, director of ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ Public Appearances since the 1,200-seat Reynolds Performance Hall opened in September 2000. "We have lined up a group of shows that are sure to please the ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ community, … [Read more...]

Thirteen undergraduate students and six faculty members from ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾'s Chemistry Department presented research at the 235th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in New Orleans last month.With over 13,000 attendees, the meeting included symposia on topics as diverse as energy & the environment, nanotechnology, biological & medicinal chemistry, and chemical education. The … [Read more...]

Roger Pauly, Assistant Professor of History, recently saw his book, Firearms: The Life Story of a Technology, re-published in paperback by Johns Hopkins University Press. The book was originally published by Greenwood Press in 2004. David Welky, Associate Professor of History, authored a book, Everything Was Better in America: Print Culture in the Great Depression, published in April by the … [Read more...]

ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾'s Department of Music is in the midst of the largest exchange in its relationship with East China Normal University and the Fuzhou Symphony Orchestra. Thirteen people from ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾, including the groups Pinnacle Brass and the Sunaura Trio, will be at East China Normal in Shanghai or with the Fuzhou Symphony Orchestra in Fuzhou, China, over the next two weeks for concerts, master classes, clinics … [Read more...]

ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ students Alison Page and Tatum Branaman were among a group selected by the National Academies to represent Arkansas at a national economic convocationin Washington D.C. at the end of April.The event, titled, ""Rising Above the Gathering Storm Two Years Later: Accelerating Progress toward a Brighter Future," was organized to highlight growing economic challenges. Thirteen Arkansas delegates … [Read more...]