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Business leaders, local politicians and students filled the McCastlain Hall Ballroom on April 9 to hear former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee speak about entrepreneurship. The event was a fundraiser for UCA’s College of Business lecture series, which allows high-profile speakers to speak to students about being successful in business. The [...]

UCAPD is investigating the possible kidnapping of 19-year-old student Kelsie Lynn Emerson, according to a police report. The alleged incident happened at about 5:30 p.m. April 7 in Bernard Hall. Emerson is a Bernard Hall resident. Nonstudent Benton Lee Thomas, 23, is listed in the report as a suspect. UCAPD [...]

A group of about 25 students went to the Exxon-Mobil Pegasus oil spill scene April 2 in Mayflower to look for distressed and oiled wildlife. The group was organized by graduate students Courtney Dunn and Joshua Hines, biology professor Vickie McDonald, physics professor Debra Burris and Conway residents Michael Kennedy [...]

UCA’s Web Development and University and Government Relations division communication efforts were rewarded during the annual Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District IV conference at the Omni Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas March 24-26. CASE District IV represents Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. The chapter [...]

The UCA Board of Trustees voted unanimously to make Adidas UCA’s exclusive sportswear provider and in favor of a resolution to move forward with a feasibility study to obtain a loan to pay off debts to the skyboxes and weight training facility. The five-year contract with Adidas begins July 1. [...]

Stances on the Arkansas campus concealed-carry law were debated April 2 and 3 during two staff senate forums, which were open to faculty, staff and students. While most organizations on campus have expressed their disapproval of Act 226, the forums allowed all voices to express their opinions on either side [...]

The following reports and arrests are from the UCAPD docket. UCAPD reports any tickets issued as arrests, according to ucapd.com. Student threatens to strike female with golf club during alleged harassment Nineteen-year-old students Osha Westbrook, Allyson Lowery, Meah Wilson, Sha’candra Walton and Ashleigh Kidd were involved in an altercation at [...]

SGA votes to increase student fees The Student Government Association passed a motion to increase the Student Activity Board fee from $8 to $24. The motion was proposed by the Student Activities Board. The increase in fees is to allow for bigger musical artists and more well-known comedians. UCA student [...]

Six members of the UCA large coed cheerleading team will appear before the university Judicial Board following a potential hazing incident involving the taping of a freshman team member. Dean of Students Gary Roberts met with Maegan Dyson March 28, large coed cheerleading team coach, to discuss the incident. Roberts [...]

Members of UCA’s PRISM (Pride, Raising awareness, Involvement, Support and Mentoring) student organization gathered in front of Ferguson Chapel March 26 to show solidarity for same-sex marriage rights. The month-long “Visibility” event promoted the idea of what the organization calls “marriage equality.” PRISM serves the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender [...]

Green Week 2013 invited the UCA community March 25-29 to learn more about efforts to decrease pollution, reuse products and explore local wildlife. Junior Amanda Brown, Environmental Alliance co-president, said the event encourages students to “go green” through education. “[We] strive to educate students and the community about the environment, [...]

Athletic Department Director Brad Teague explained the department’s funding and expenditures and the faculty senate voted 15-8 in favor of a resolution to rename and restructure the General Education Council at the faculty senate’s March 28 meeting. Teague said 52 percent of the athletic department’s $9.4 million budget is student [...]

Kelley Erstine, Sheridan native and former UCA board member, will join executive staff July 1 as Chief of Staff. UCA President Tom Courtway announced Erstine’s hiring March 27 in a press release. Since 2008, Erstine has served as chief executive officer of Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina, an association [...]

The following reports and arrests are from the UCAPD docket. UCAPD reports any tickets issued as arrests, according to ucapd.com. Basketball players cited for drug, alcohol violations UCA men’s basketball forward Jarvis Garner, 22, and guard Robert Crawford, 22, were given warnings for drug and alcohol violations at 10:06 a.m [...]

Student Government Association allocates funding to organization SGA passed a motion to allocate $1,350 to the nontraditional student organization for banners to advertise for the organization. A two-thirds majority vote was needed and the vote passed 30-2. In 2009, there were 135 members in the organization. The organization has grown [...]

The sixth annual Arkansas Student Success Symposium on March 27 provided professional development for faculty members involved in higher education. It was UCA’s fifth year hosting the event. UCA, the Arkansas Department of Higher Education and Pulaski Technical College hosted the symposium in the Student Center. Attendees were welcomed with [...]