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Program volunteers rewarded for service

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

Two members of the UCA community received the President’s Volunteer Service Award on Jan. 19 and 20 for their work with the Faulkner County Juvenile Court. Neil Rutman, an artist [...]

Students express gratitude to faculty

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

One hundred and thirty eight “thank you’s” were sent to 120 different faculty members during the week that spring classes began for Thank-a-Teacher. This program allows students to express their [...]

SGA strikes down By-Law amendment

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

A proposed amendment to By-Law E of the SGA Consttution, that would  cut Student Activity Fee Allocation funding for student activities that promote the recruitment of prospective students, failed 16 [...]

Financial aid takes over awards

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

UCA is in the process of having all scholarships go through the financial aid department, rather than being scattered throughout several departments. “Over the last two years, [UCA] has really [...]

Board approves $1.5 million for data recovery plan; sets $200,000 cap on funds

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

The UCA Board of Trustees unanimously approved a resolution Monday to spend $1.5 million on an off-site bunker for a data recovery plan. The money will buy the cable, equipment, [...]

Think Big! plans ready to finalize, amphitheater

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

Jonathan Glenn, Chief Information officer for the IT department, announced the approval of the disaster recovery site at SGA’s meeting Jan. 23. After last year’s power outage in November, Glenn [...]

UCAPD receive training courses

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

UCA joins 20 institutions around the state in partnering with the Criminal Justice Institute which provides law enforcement officers with specialized and management training courses. The two areas available for [...]

Committee looks for publicity means

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

The Diversity Committee met Jan. 12 to determine what advertisement materials the committee needed to help publicize the committee. The Diversity Committee is a committee of the Student Government Association [...]

Alumni develop legislature

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

Directing Democracy is an online legislation movement created by alumni Kody Ford and Gabe Gentry. Its goals include presenting legislation to Congress, directly from the people, and to bypass the [...]

Grant to create ‘female-friendly’ atmosphere

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Microsoft Research and National Center for Women and Information Technology announced on Jan.1 that UCA, along with four other universities across the nation, is a winner of its most recent [...]

Torreyson Library offers students free printing

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Students have obtained $5 on their university I.D. cards to use the printing services of Torreyson Library as of Jan. 26. This add-on, which comes from the library fee of [...]

Budget Advisory Committee requests cost of living increase

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

In its fourth month, President Tom Courtway met with faculty members and students for Campus Talk Jan. 18 in the Student Center Ballroom. The first topic of interest was presented [...]

Students compete, learn through ad campaign

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

Students in an advertising class competed in an ad campaign sponsored by Northwestern Mutual last semester. This was the second semester that Northwestern Mutual sponsored the competition. Susan Myers, who [...]

Business students compete in case study

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

Target has awarded the College of Business a $4,000 case study grant for competition between finance students. This is the second year the College of Business has earned this grant. [...]

Freshmen representatives appointed to senate

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

The Student Government Association met Jan. 15 and appointed two new freshman senators. At the end of the Fall 2011 semester two freshman senators left the senate, leaving two positions [...]

Senior balances workload for difficult semester

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

2012 is going to be one of the biggest and most stressful years of my life. I’m going to graduate. I’m associate editor of The Echo. I’m taking 19 hours. [...]