Articles by: Christina Huynh

The University of Central Arkanas incorporated the use of homegrown food as a student project through Farm2Work. Farm2Work is an online farmer’s market where people can purchase locally grown food, such as fruit and vegetables, and have it delivered. Fruit and vegetable orders are often picked the same morning they [...]

When I decided to attend UCA, I didn’t know I would be in for the most wonderful, miserable and magical four years of my life. I couldn’t have predicted that I would be a part of The Echo, The Fountain, be a political science minor or participate in Model United [...]

Ten years ago, UCA academic departments had more power to decide what they could do with their salary savings. Salary savings are monies that are saved when a university employee leaves and his replacement is hired at a lower salary. Salary savings can occur when those positions are left vacant. [...]

Students and professors shared traditional music, dance and culture Nov. 27 from their native countries at the International Music Event hosted by the World Languages Club in the Student Center Ballroom. Five Chinese international students began the program with their performance of the Peacock dance. The Chinese folk dance originated [...]

Former UCA president Allen Meadors and his former chief of staff, Jack Gillean, pleaded not guilty to different charges Nov. 19 at their arraignment in Faulkner County Circuit Court. Meadors, 65, was charged on Aug. 29 with a misdemeanor for tampering with a public document. He is accused of asking [...]

You shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but that’s what students were asked to do Oct. 18 at UCA’s International Engagement open forum, Culture Talk. Culture Talk is a discussion-oriented program where students can share their perspectives about important issues. This seminar in the McAlister Mirror Room focused on [...]

G.I. Jobs, a magazine dedicated toward helping military personnel transition to civilian life, has named UCA a military friendly school in its annual list. Colleges that receive a military friendly school distinction are universities that have made an effort to offer “scholarships and discounts, veterans’ clubs, full-time staff, military credit and other [...]

The board of trustees unanimously approved a memorandum of understanding Oct. 12 that will allow The Oxford American to stay on campus for an additional five years. A memorandum of understanding is similar to a gentleman’s agreement, where both parties who sign the document acknowledge their expectations of each other. [...]

World Languages Club celebrated Hispanic culture through food and company at their annual Paella Picnic Sept. 26 held at the Alumni Pavilion. “I thought the [paella picnic] was really good,” sophomore Alejandra Gallo, an international student from Honduras, said. “They had some food that I knew, so it was really [...]

If someone searched Anthony Walker on UCA’s new online “open checkbook,” it would appear he received $146,986 in travel reimbursements last year; however, that’s not the case. In 2011, Arkansas state legislature passed a law requiring public universities to provide data on how much it spends— such as salaries, travel and [...]

Eighteen UCA athletic department employees were awarded performance bonuses and salary raises this past year, while other faculty have not received a raise in six years. The performance bonuses were in their contract, board of trustees member Bobby Reynolds said. He said raises given to coaches and assistant coaches were [...]

Taiwan official Daniel Liao spoke about the country’s hardships from not being a United Nations member, progress of its economy and its economic relationship with China and Arkansas Sept. 5 in the College of Business Auditorium. Liao currently serves as director general of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in [...]

The UCA Humane Society brought a horse to campus during x-period Sept.4 at the Alumni Circle to help educate students about animal therapy and its benefits. The organization enlisted Malinda Smith of Sunrise Therapeutic Services, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing children and adults physical and emotional assistance through activities [...]

The UCA Board of Trustees unanimously approved a one-time $1,000 bonus for faculty and staff members, allocated $30,500 from their discretionary fund to spend on the president’s home and listened to reports about enrollment and the Oxford American’s future at UCA on Sept. 7. “I’m very pleased that the board [...]

Students ran, laughed, danced and yelled in the HPER Center Sunday, Aug. 19 for PlayFair, an icebreaker designed for freshmen to meet others, as part of UCA’s Welcome Week activities. The Resident Housing Association sponsored the event, while the Student Orientation Staff (SOS) worked the program. Nina Czitrom was the [...]

New Director of International Engagement and Assistant Provost Jane Ann Williams will expand research at the university and work to more international students into residential colleges. “I think she’s a great communicator and that she comes with great experience from Miami Dade College,” intensive english program director, Amy Fenning said. [...]