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Submitted by: Anthony Fillippino, anthonyf@uca.edu on 02/23/2026

No Group Exercise classes.
Campus Outdoors is CLOSED.

/campusrecreation/hours/

Submitted by: Christina Lammers, clammers@uca.edu on 02/22/2026

**Monday March 2**
-Aramark: Executive Coffee at Einsteins (Discount $1.69)
-Bookstore Employee Appreciation 35% Discount with BT����ID
-Lost Pizza (2600 College Ave) Dine-In, 20% Faculty/Staff with BT����ID
-Stobys (805 Donaghey Ave) Dine-In, Free small cheese dip with purchase and BT����ID
-Big Bad Breakfast (1004 Oak Street) 20% off, dine-in with BT����ID
-Bear to Bear – Drop by the Student Center lobby table and write a note of appreciation to a fellow BT����employee 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Eligible for gift card drawings.
-Employee Podcast- Bear to Bear on Air! (Leigh Ann DenHartog) 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
-Eligible for gift card drawings. Drop by KBT����radio station in the Student Center and grab the microphone. Share a story about a fellow colleague and/or someone you wish to thank for their impact while working at UCA!

**Tuesday March 3**
-DreamStorm: Becoming the Best Version of Yourself; RWSC #215; X-Period; Register at: /hr/protectedcontent/dream-storm-february-3-2026/
-Aramark: Free regular sized fountain drink with purchase of meal – Twisted Taco
-Bookstore Employee Appreciation 35% Discount with BT����ID
-Lost Pizza (2600 College Ave) Dine-In, 20% Faculty/Staff with BT����ID
-Stobys (805 Donaghey Ave) Dine-In, Free small cheese dip with purchase and BT����ID
-Big Bad Breakfast (1004 Oak Street) 20% off, dine-in with BT����ID
-Makerspace (250 Donaghey Ave) – 1:30 – 3:30. Come over and create your FREE Bear coaster while supplies last! Show your BT����ID.
-Bear to Bear –Drop by the Student Center lobby table and write a note of appreciation to a fellow BT����employee 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Eligible for gift card drawings.

**Wednesday March 4**
-Aramark: Drawing for five Starbucks free beverage coupons
-Bookstore Employee Appreciation 35% Discount with BT����ID
-Lost Pizza (2600 College Ave) Dine-In, 20% Faculty/Staff with BT����ID
-Stobys (805 Donaghey Ave) Dine-In, Free small cheese dip with purchase and BT����ID Big Bad Breakfast (1004 Oak Street) 20% off, dine-in with BT����ID
-Makerspace (250 Donaghey Ave) – 2:00 – 4:00. Come over and create your FREE Bear coaster while supplies last!
-Bear to Bear – Drop by the Student Center lobby table and write a note of appreciation to a fellow BT����employee 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Eligible for gift card drawings.
-BT����Athletics – – – BT����Softball vs. Tulsa 5:00 p.m.

**Thursday March 5**
-Aramark: Drawing for five Chik-Fil-A free beverage coupons
-Bookstore Employee Appreciation 35% Discount with BT����ID
-Lost Pizza (2600 College Ave) Dine-In, 20% Faculty/Staff with BT����ID
-Stobys (805 Donaghey Ave) Dine-In, Free small cheese dip with purchase and BT����ID
-Big Bad Breakfast (1004 Oak Street) 20% off, dine-in with BT����ID
-Bear to Bear – Drop by the Student Center lobby table and write a note of appreciation to a fellow BT����employee 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Eligible for gift card drawings.
-TREC (formerly HPER) Event – 2:30 – 4:30 Drop in and participate in whatever manner you enjoy. Attendance guarantees your place in a drawing for fun door prizes. Activities include pickleball, volleyball, track, weights, and Don Pepe’s, etc.

**Friday March 6**
-Aramark: Friday lunch in Cafeteria with BT����ID (Discount $6.50)
-Bookstore Employee Appreciation 35% Discount with BT����ID
-Lost Pizza (2600 College Ave) Dine-In, 20% Faculty/Staff with BT����ID
-Lost Pizza – Drawing for two $25 gift cards
-Stobys (805 Donaghey Ave) Dine-In, Free small cheese dip with purchase and BT����ID
-Big Bad Breakfast (1004 Oak Street) 20% off, dine-in with BT����ID
-Staff Senate – Dining with Staff Senate 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Christian Cafeteria Executive Dining Room. Lunch Compliments of Staff Senate!
-BT����Athletics – – – BT����Softball vs UT Chattanooga (5:00 PM)
-BT����Athletics – – – BT����Baseball vs Little Rock (6:00 PM)

*BT����Athletics
1. Visit ucasports.universitytickets.com
2. Register under student/faculty/staff
3. Login using your BT����Credentials
4. Create an account (if you have not already)
5. Select a game & secure your tickets

 

Submitted by: Joseph Somervell, jsomervell@uca.edu on 02/20/2026

GivePulse is UCA’s Volunteer platform for on and off campus service opportunities. If you are interested in recruiting volunteers or want a place to track current volunteers’ service hours, we can help wherever you are in the process of recruiting volunteers!

Whether you have a volunteer program set up or just an idea, we are here to work with you.

Contact us at volunteer@uca.edu!

uca.edu/service

Submitted by: Teresa Burton, tlb90003@uca.edu on 02/20/2026

Dining with Staff Senate- March 6, 2026- 11-1 Executive Dining Room at Christian Cafeteria.

 

Submitted by: Christina Lammers, clammers@uca.edu on 02/23/2026

The BT����Veterans and Military Resource Center will be hosting a special event called “Arts and Artifacts, a Veterans Perspective.” All staff, faculty and students are invited to attend! Please join our student Veterans in classroom 134 of the Veterans Center for a short presentation on the purpose of our Veterans Center and why we do what we do.

Then we will walk the group down the Veterans Center Hall to see the student-created veterans’ centric art and poetry. We will also have numerous artifacts belonging to our military student population on display. These items of memorabilia reflect the unique experiences our student veterans bring to the classroom and demonstrate the precious resources that our student vets and service members are.

March 10, 2026 (Tuesday)
X-Period (1:40 pm-2:30 pm)
Veterans Center, Classroom 134
Presenters: Greg Pelts, Director of BT����Veterans and Military Resource Center

Please register at link provided.

/hr/protectedcontent/veterans-center-program-march-10-2026/

Submitted by: Caroline Bivins, cbivins@uca.edu on 02/20/2026

⚡ BearBolt Research Pitch Competition ⚡

BearBolt Research is an elevator pitch competition that gives graduate students like yourselves just one PowerPoint slide and 90 seconds to communicate your research project or agenda. The Graduate School is hosting its first competition in March. All currently enrolled graduate students are eligible to participate and compete for cash prizes of up to $250! Online and on-campus graduate students are able to present research they are currently conducting for a thesis, dissertation, terminal project, or an original future research project. Registration to participate in the competition is now open until Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 11:59 p.m Central Time.

Submitted by: Caroline Bivins, cbivins@uca.edu on 02/20/2026

Call for Proposals: University Research Symposium
April 23, 2026 | McCastlain Hall
Submission Deadline: March 13, 2026

The BT����Graduate School and the University Research Council invite ALL students and faculty from ALL colleges to present at the inaugural University Research Symposium, a new annual showcase of research and creative work at UCA.

Presentation formats include:
– Poster Presentations for individual research or creative projects
– Thematic Roundtables for interactive, discussion-based presentations

Abstracts (max 350 words) should outline your project, approach, and its significance. Presentations will be grouped into interdisciplinary thematic areas.

Submit your proposal at uca.edu/go/uca2026urs by March 13, 2026.
Questions? Contact Dr. Michael Mills at mmills@uca.edu.

Submitted by: Caroline Bivins, cbivins@uca.edu on 02/20/2026

Celebrate Graduate Student Appreciation Week (GSAW) with the BT����Graduate School from March 30 to April 3! Join us for Barkanalia, pop-up events across campus, raffle prizes, and professional headshots for graduate students. Faculty and staff are encouraged to participate and celebrate their graduate students. Barkanalia and pop-ups are open to everyone, while raffle prizes and headshots are exclusively for graduate students.

Graduate programs and organizations are invited to table at Barkanalia—email cbivins@uca.edu or averkler1@uca.edu to get involved.

 

Submitted by: Michael Blanchard, mblanchard@uca.edu on 02/24/2026

SLANT and Vortex will co-host a spring semester Poetry Coffeehouse at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 6, in the Fireplace Room of McCastlain Hall. This event, which is open to both undergraduate and graduate students in any academic discipline, is designed to provide student writers with an opportunity to showcase their creative work.

Students may read up to three poems, which can be either original or from a favorite poet. Other students, faculty, and members of the BT����community are invited to attend in support of our student poets.

To be added to the line-up of readers, students should contact Macy Cloninger, Graduate Assistant for SLANT, at mcloninger@cub.uca.edu.

SLANT is UCA’s journal of contemporary poetry, now in its 40th year. Twice annually, it publishes original work by some of the finest poets from around the United States and beyond. Now in its 51st year, Vortex is an award-winning literary and art magazine run for, with, and by BT����students who comprise the editorial staff and make all editorial decisions.

 

Submitted by: Christina Lammers, clammers@uca.edu on 02/19/2026

Join the HR team and fellow employees for a meeting to receive specific information on retirement. Whether you
retire this year or two years from now, it’s helpful to know what to expect!

Date: February 26th, 2026
Time: 1:40-2:30 pm
Location: Zoom link:

Speaker: Donna Evans
Questions? Contact Jerri Worthington, jworthington@uca.edu

Please register at the link provided below.

/hr/protectedcontent/soon-to-retire-meeting-february-26-2026-2/