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University of Central Arkansas

UCA receives $1.6 million grant from U.S. Department of Education

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CONWAY – The University of Central Arkansas was awarded a $1.6 million grant through the Strengthening Institutions Program with the U.S. Department of Education to support a new initiative for first-time, low-income students during their first year. The new program, titled Bear Life, is a five-year program that aims to decrease the achievement gap in […]

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Hendrix College News

Hendrix Windgate Museum of Art opening four new exhibitions this Friday

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sustainABILITY: Fiber Artists’ Ideas to Improve Our World at the WMA   From Feb. 3 – March 17, Windgate Museum of Art at Hendrix College features quilts exploring questions of care for Earth, sculptures made from reclaimed plastics, paintings seeking to reconnect humanity with the land, and commentary on the war in Ukraine  CONWAY, Ark. (January

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University of Central Arkansas

Baum Gallery to host new exhibition: ‘Source of Light: The Hearne Collection’

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CONWAY—The University of Central Arkansas Baum Gallery will host a new exhibition “Source of Light: The Hearne Collection” from Jan. 26 to Feb. 24, 2023. This exhibition is curated by Brian Young, Baum Gallery director and Garbo Hearne and Archie Hearne III, owners of Hearne Fine Art, a Little Rock-based institution that has celebrated Black

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University of Central Arkansas

UCA, Conway Fire Department partner for CPR/AED training

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This event has been updated with a new time. CONWAY—The University of Central Arkansas and Conway Fire Department have partnered to offer a free CPR and automated external defibrillator (AED) training on Wednesday, March 1, from 6-8 p.m. The event will be held in the Prince Center on the UCA campus. Representatives from the Conway

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Hendrix College News

Violinist Er-Gene Kahng to Perform at Hendrix College February 5

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Nationally recognized violinist, researcher, educator to give free Sunday afternoon recital CONWAY, Ark. (January 20, 2023) — Dr. Er-Gene Kahng will perform Sunday, Feb. 5 at Hendrix College in a recital that is free and open to the public. The performance will take place at 3 p.m. in Reves Recital Hall, Trieschmann Fine Arts Building

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Hendrix College News

Hendrix Alumnus and Logitech CEO to Receive Honorary Degree at Commencement

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Bracken Darrell ’85 to receive honorary doctorate of humane letters and address Class of 2023    CONWAY, Ark. (January 25, 2023) — Logitech President and CEO Bracken Darrell, a 1985 Hendrix College graduate, will receive an honorary doctorate of humane letters degree and address the Class of 2023 at the College’s 139th Commencement on Saturday, May

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Hendrix College News

Dr. Karen K. Petersen Named 13th President of Hendrix College

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Petersen to begin June 2023, following retirement of W. Ellis Arnold III CONWAY, Ark. (January 9, 2023) — The Hendrix College Board of Trustees has named Dr. Karen K. Petersen to be the 13th President of Hendrix College, beginning in June 2023. Petersen will succeed W. Ellis Arnold III ’79, who will become President Emeritus

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Martin Luther King Day

UCA celebrates MLK legacy with annual Prayer Breakfast

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CONWAY–The University of Central Arkansas Office of Diversity and Community will host the annual MLK Prayer Breakfast Friday, Jan. 13, in the Ronnie Williams Student Center Ballroom. The official program begins at 9 a.m., and breakfast begins at 8:15 a.m. The keynote speaker will be Pastor E.C. Maltbia, Senior Pastor of True Holiness Saints Center,

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Hendrix College News

Hendrix College’s Candlelight Carol Services are Dec. 1-4, 15-16

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Hendrix College’s Candlelight Carol Services Dec. 1-4, 15-16; Tour Takes Choir to West Tennessee and Little Rock Free reservations now open; Dec. 2 and 3 performances will be streamed live from Greene Chapel CONWAY, Arkansas (November 21, 2022) – For nearly 60 years, the Hendrix College Choir’s Candlelight Carol Service has marked the start of

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Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre

Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre announces 2023 season

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CONWAY—The Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre at the University of Central Arkansas announced its 2023 season at the “Sounds and Sweet Airs” event in downtown Conway on Friday, Nov. 4. The season will feature three works: “The Tempest,” “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged” and a Shakespeare cabaret. Shakespeare’s last great solo work, “The Tempest,” takes

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