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The BTÌìÌÃPlanetarium Show will take place next Wednesday night at 7 p.m. in Lewis Science Center 010. The program will include a tour of the May 2007 evening sky and flights through the universe, and it is recommended for ages 10 and up. Admission is free, and seating is limited to 60. There will be no admittance after the show begins. … [Read more...]

UCA's College of Fine Arts and Communication has appointed Dr. Gayle Seymour as Associate Dean. Seymour joined the BTÌìÌÃfaculty in the Department of Art in 1986 and became a Full Professor in 1998. She served as Interim Associate Dean during the current academic year and has assumed leadership of the College's public art initiatives. Seymour earned her Ph.D. in art history from the University of … [Read more...]

BTÌìÌÃstudents will be featured on "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" on the ABC television network this Sunday, April 29 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. as they help renovate a home for a Murfreesboro, Ark. family. The show can be viewed in Central Arkansas on KATV Channel 7, in Northwest Arkansas on KHBS/KHOG-TV 40/29 and in Northeast Arkansas on KAIT Channel 8. The BTÌìÌÃvolunteers got involved when former … [Read more...]

Jacob Ford is not the only BTÌìÌÃfootball player who is likely to be chosen in this weekend's NFL Draft. According to Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reporter Bob Holt, BTÌìÌÃwide receiver Aaron Fairooz "is projected as a sixth- or seventh-round pick after finishing his BTÌìÌÃcareer with 186 catches for 2,797 yards and 26 touchdowns. He was one of two former BTÌìÌÃplayers invited to the NFL Scouting Combine, … [Read more...]

BTÌìÌÃbusiness law professor Roy Whitehead has accepted an invitation to serve on the Editorial Review Board of the CPA Journal, a monthly professional publication of the New York Society of Certified Public Accountants considered among the top national accounting journals. It is targeted toward practitioners and educators, and most of the Editorial Review Board members are from large New York and … [Read more...]

The BTÌìÌÃConcert Choir and Chamber Choir Spring Concert takes place tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the recital hall at Snow Fine Arts Center. The choir will soon travel to Florence, Italy to participate in the celebration of UCA's Centennial, and they will perform their touring repertoire at tonight's event. Their trip is made possible by UCA's Student Government Association and individual … [Read more...]

The BTÌìÌÃDepartment of Mathematics this Saturday will host the annual High School Mathematics Contest sponsored by the Arkansas Council of Teachers of Mathematics (ACTM). Over 300 high school students from junior high and senior high schools throughout Arkansas will convene on the BTÌìÌÃcampus (Mathematics and Computer Science Building) to compete for trophies, scholarships and other prizes in one … [Read more...]

BTÌìÌÃmusic professor Paul Dickinson will premiere his composition for string quartet, entitled "Transfiguration," this Sunday at 4 p.m. at the Recital Hall at Snow Fine Arts Center. The work, commissioned through a grant from the prestigious Fromm Music Foundation, will be performed by the Quapaw Quartet. … [Read more...]

"Jacob Ford has put himself in position to be picked in the 2007 NFL Draft this weekend," Bob Holt wrote in yesterday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. "Ford, who played defensive end at Central Arkansas the past two seasons, likely will have his name called by an NFL team on Sunday, when rounds four through seven are held." "We?re hearing that he's a solid fifth-round grade," BTÌìÌÃCoach Clint Conque … [Read more...]

Copies of the Centennial edition of the Scroll, UCA's yearbook, have arrived and are available at the BTÌìÌÃBookstore from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. through next week. The 2007 yearbooks are free to full-time undergraduate students who paid fees in both the fall of 2006 and spring of 2007, and who can present a valid student ID. Departments, faculty, staff and alumni may purchase yearbooks for $30 each. … [Read more...]