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Faulkner County Circuit Judge Charles E. Clawson Jr. ruled in favor of former UCA Chief of Staff Jack Gillean’s motion for a change of venue. Gillean’s trial will move to Van Buren County from Faulkner County because of pretrial publicity. In a letter to Faulkner County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Cody [...]

UCA became the first four-year university to oppose Act 226 of 2013, the Arkansas concealed-carry law, when the board of trustees voted 5-1 to opt out of the law at its May 3 meeting. If board members had not decided on the matter before the law takes effect within 90 [...]

UCA student journalists took home top prizes April 26 at the annual Arkansas College Media Association conference. During this year’s event at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, The Fountain received 16 awards. The Echo followed with 15 awards in writing, photography, design and advertising. News6 took home 10 awards, The [...]

Renovations for on-campus residence halls, apartments and Torreyson Library are in the works for the summer. UCA Housing and Residence Life will complete work in all of its buildings, with the most extensive and expensive project being the installation of a sprinkler head system in Hughes Hall. Housing Director Stephanie [...]

Work is set to begin on a new community mural for downtown Conway after the Conway City Council unanimously voted to match an $8,000 grant from the Mid-America Arts Alliance. UCA’s College of Fine Arts and Communication Associate Dean and art professor Gayle Seymour said Conway will benefit from the [...]

Echo news coverage continues over summer While the spring semester may be coming to a close, The Echo will continue to report on breaking news and important stories during the summer months. Stories will be published online at ucaecho.net. Inaugural Communication Week includes debate The communications department hosted the first [...]

Survey results from a staff senate concealed-carry questionnaire show a divide in how the UCA community views Arkansas’s concealed-carry law, Act 226. When asked if the university should opt out of Act 226, 36 percent (158) of 442 students answering question three agreed, while 56 percent (248) disagreed. Eight percent [...]

The following reports and arrests are from the UCAPD docket. UCAPD reports any tickets issued as arrests, according to ucapd.com.  Student takes street sign, flees from UCA police officer Student Harrison Gibbons, 21, was charged with second degree criminal mischief, public intoxication and fleeing at 2:05 a.m. April 21. UCAPD noticed [...]

A prominent gender pay gap can be found among UCA faculty. The gap exists for many reasons, such as compression, promotion, salary and tenure issues. While the university has tried to close the gap in the recent past, a discrepancy exists and men, on average, get paid more than women [...]

SGA votes in favor of Honors College course SGA passed a motion to give $100 for a service project for an Honors College II course. The money will be used to open two book boxes on campus and one off campus. Students attend Memphis Grizzlies NBA game UCA’s Division of [...]

Student Government Association elections started yesterday and continue today for officer positions open for the 2013-2014 academic year. The open positions are for Executive President, Executive Vice-President, Vice-President of Operations, Vice-President of Finance, Senior Class President, Sophomore Class President and Sophomore Class Vice-President. There are 13 candidates for SGA office. [...]

The following reports and arrests are from the UCAPD docket. UCAPD reports any tickets issued as arrests, according to ucapd.com. Student yells at cell phone, becomes belligerent after alcohol violation Students Shelbi Dawson, 20, and Lauren Hart, 19, were arrested and given citations at 9:36 p.m. Saturday. UCAPD saw a [...]

After a series of questions and deliberation, UCA’s Student Publications Board selected editors for the Vortex, Scroll and Echo April 9 and April 11. The publication board included Polly Walter, Scroll adviser; David Keith, Echo adviser; Francie Bolter, interim Vortex adviser; senior Callie France, outgoing Scroll editor, senior Jeanette Anderton, [...]

The University of Central Arkansas large coed cheerleading team is required to attend a hazing seminar either during the summer or beginning of the fall 2013 semester following a recent investigation of a female team member. Six members of the large coed cheerleading team appeared before the university Judicial Board [...]

The faculty senate questioned President Tom Courtway on April 9 about his decisions to hire two administrators without having a national search. “What’s the deal on hiring Kelley Erstine,” Parliamentarian Ben Rowley asked. Having open positions within the president’s office, Courtway said that with the hires the president’s office still [...]

The Western Heights (WH) complex, housing UCA’s student leaders has had broken beer bottles littering its premise since they moved in mid-fall 2012. The addition to UCA’s campus housing selection is home to 18 honors seniors—13 in Honors housing, one in Resident Housing Association (RHA) housing and four Student Government [...]