UCA, Conway Fire Department partner for CPR/AED training
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 Fire Department and Conway Regional Health System will facilitate the training, as well as provide materials and CPR dummies and other equipment. The training will not qualify for CPR certification in order to keep the training free for attendees. The event is limited to 150 […]
Applications Open for Sixth-Year of Award-Winning Healthcare Innovation Sprint
Conductor, UAMS, BioVentures, and Arkansas INBRE collaborate to host innovation sprint for undergraduate and graduate-level students around the state. CONWAY—Conductor, BioVentures, UAMS, and Arkansas INBRE are collaborating for the sixth year to host a weeklong sprint for undergraduate and graduate students from across the state of Arkansas. Formerly known as the Health Science Entrepreneurship Bootcamp, the Healthcare Innovation Sprint will take place May 14-18, 2023. The Healthcare Innovation Sprint will guide students through an immersive training program in which they learn about healthcare innovation, how to identify potential problems, talk to key stakeholders and customers to gather information, and […]
Violinist Er-Gene Kahng to Perform at Hendrix College February 5
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 (labeled 18a on the current campus map). Assisted by Hendrix College’s Willis H. Holmes Distinguished Professor of Music Dr. John Krebs, Kahng will present sonatas for violin and piano by Arthur Foote and Amy Beach, Bostonian composers of the Gilded Age. Kahng, who serves as professor […]
Hendrix Alumnus and Logitech CEO to Receive Honorary Degree at Commencement
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 13. “We are excited to honor Bracken at this year’s Commencement. A true innovator and visionary, he has been an internationally recognized leader for many global corporations,” said Hendrix College President Ellis Arnold. “He is the embodiment of the power of the liberal arts to […]
Dr. Karen K. Petersen Named 13th President of Hendrix College
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 following his retirement in June. A native of northwest Arkansas, Petersen was selected following a comprehensive national search process involving Hendrix alumni, Board of Trustees members, faculty, staff, and students. She joins the Hendrix community from the University of Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she […]
UCA celebrates MLK legacy with annual Prayer Breakfast
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, and UCA Board of Trustees member. The breakfast is held each year to celebrate the spiritual legacy and moral courage that King brought to the social justice movement. This year’s theme is “The Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.”
Natural State Update: Episode #12
Jason Pederson interviews Ronnie Williams who talks more about the book he wrote which shares the devastating detail of his brother’s brutal murder. Anne Jansen introduces us to an artist who credits his artwork and journaling to his own survival after losing his wife. Amanda Horton gives us all the entertainment options for December and there are LOTS of Christmas-themed performances. And Scott Inman gives us a wrap up on the year in financial terms. I also share about my 2023 Bible study where I lead a group through the entire Bible in a year so if you want […]
Natural State Update: Episode #11
Learn more about the Center for Humanities and Arts at UA Pulaski Technical College, more about the new event venue space in Conway called The Max, and more about all the entertainment options during November in central Arkansas.