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ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ students recently participated in a two-week trial of conservation program called "Who Needs Trays" at the Christian Cafeteria on campus.By utilizing the cafeteria without using trays, the students: --Reduced water usage by 20 percent. --Saved 25,000 kw/hours of electricity. --Helped reduce the toxic chemical waste going into the water supply by 60 percent. --Helped reduce solid waste … [Read more...]

Erica Hlebinsky, a communications supervisor with the ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ Police Department, recently received the Law Enforcement Hero award from the American Red Cross in Faulkner County for saving the life of a Conway man through her training as a dispatcher.Tom Oxner of ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾'s Department of Accounting published an article entitled "How Dilutive is Diluted Earnings Per Share?" in the March/April 2008 issue of … [Read more...]

The fourth annual ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ Film Festival will begin tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. in Stanley Russ Hall room 103 on the ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ campus. The festival, which is free to the public, is jointly sponsored by ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾'s Department of Mass Communication and Theatre and the ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ Film Club, and it includes three categories: Music Video, Documentary and Narrative. "This year is looking to be one of the best years for our … [Read more...]

The ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ Honors College today will host James L. … [Read more...]

St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre brings its new production of Carmen to ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾'s Reynolds Performance Hall tomorrow night for one performance only.Music for the ballet was inspired by the music from Georges Bizet … [Read more...]

Lee Schwager, of ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾'s Health and Wellness division, has been selected as the 2008 ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ Employee of the Year.From scheduling events and building relationships in Career Services to being an "acting" director for the Health and Wellness Department, Schwager has always made an extra effort for the ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ community. She is a very thorough and detail-oriented person. Her dedication to the Employee … [Read more...]

Mark Spitzer, assistant professor of writing at ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾, recently did a poetry reading from his book "Age of the Demon Tools" at the 2008 &Now Conference (a festival of innovative art and literature) at Chapman University in Orange, Cal. He has also been invited by the Ozark Writers and Poets Collective to read from various works in Fayetteville on June 24. His essay "Necrophelia" (regarding his … [Read more...]

ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ recently welcomed Thomas Lasiter of Little Rock to its Foundation Board of Directors. Lasiter, a 1966 graduate of ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾, is president of the Doyle Rogers Company, a private real estate development, investments, banking and brokerage firm with offices in Little Rock and Batesville. Lasiter is also on the board of directors of Metropolitan National Bank and serves on the directors loan committee … [Read more...]

ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾'s Student Activities Board will present country music star Chris Cagle this Thursday, April 24 at 8 p.m. in the Farris Center on ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾'s campus. The concert also will feature special guest Tyler Hilton. Tickets are $15 for ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ students and $25 for the general public, and they can be purchased by calling 501-450-3265 or visiting www.uca.edu/tickets. … [Read more...]

Kim McCullough, Barbara Clancy and Allison Vetter won the 2008 ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ faculty awards announced last week.McCullough, of ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾'s Department of Speech-Language Pathology, won the Teaching Excellence Award. Since she arrived at ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ in 2001, her profound impact on her students has been witnessed through their effusive praise of her ability to bridge the academic and clinical and through her adept teaching … [Read more...]