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PostPosted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 9:43 pm 
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http://newtoncountytimes.com/news/uca-northark-reach-agreement-for-online-nursing-program/article_4860aed2-2f24-11e5-ad9a-83f229d3f5c7.html

Good move to smooth path for NAC nursing students coming to UCA.


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http://thecabin.net/news/2015-09-10/uca-among-top-public-schools-south

These are rough measures but good to see the recognition......


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http://www.wsj.com/articles/want-to-hang-out-some-colleges-say-no-to-hammocks-1443052981?tesla=y

UCA makes Wall Street Journal......

Want to Hang Out? Some Colleges Say No to Hammocks

Hammocks are booming in popularity, but Michigan State bans them

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Updated Sept. 24, 2015 12:54 a.m. ET

EAST LANSING, Mich.—The Michigan State University Hammocking Club has a problem. Hammocks aren’t allowed on campus.

“It’s hammock at your own risk,” the club’s president, Alex Valigura, a sophomore studying jazz performance and music education, told members at a recent meeting on the grass, surrounded by tantalizing and forbidden trees. “But I hammock pretty much every day.”

Hammocks are booming in popularity across the U.S., especially with college students always looking for a new way to hang out. Frazzled students say hammocks provide a calming escape just a few steps away from the dorm.

Last spring, 17 students at Kansas State University clambered into 14 hammocks stacked as high as 30 feet between two trees. A photo and video of the feat went viral. “Overachievers!” Kansas State President Kirk Schulz bragged in a tweet.

But some colleges have outlawed hammocks or limited their sway, citing tree damage and safety hazards.

Margo MacIntyre is curator of Coker Arboretum on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus. She recalls hearing a cracking noise two years ago and arriving to find an embarrassed student, his hammock and the downed branch of an American basswood.

“He didn’t get hurt,” she says. “He helped us clean it up.”

Ms. MacIntyre later learned that hammocking is prohibited on campus. Sling-loving students had been taking refuge in the arboretum. After she began enforcing the no-hammock rule at the arboretum, hammocking there plummeted, she says.

Hammocks have been around for centuries, often made from rope stretched between two trees. These days, the most popular ones weigh about a pound, are made from fabrics like breathable nylon taffeta, and scrunch into a pouch the size of a grapefruit. Instead of screws or a supporting base, the hammocks attach with easily adjustable straps.

This year has brought “by far the most hammock sales we’ve ever seen,” says Mike McCarty, category merchandising manager at REI Inc. The outdoor retailer’s top-selling brand is Eagles Nest Outfitters Inc., based in Asheville, N.C., and begun in 1999 by two brothers who sold homemade hammocks out of a minivan at music festivals.

An ENO spokeswoman says sales at the closely held company have doubled each year for the past five years. Dozens of other companies make similar hammocks. Most cost less than $100, including straps, and some retailers offer discounts to college hammocking clubs.

Hammocking is a rite of passage at Auburn University in Alabama, says senior Libby Knizley, whose older sister gave her a hammock when she started college. Ms. Knizley recalls a “moment of panic” a few years ago when rumors surfaced of a hammock ban at Auburn.

It was a false alarm. Still, Auburn officials are “looking for ways to accommodate hammock use while preventing tree damage,” says Mike Clardy, an Auburn spokesman.

The University of Florida Hammock Club’s end-of-the-year party in April drew so many RSVPs on Facebook▲ that organizers moved the party to an off-campus park, says Jefferson Packer, a club co-founder. About 700 students showed up.

The University of Central Arkansas recently erected two “hammock farms,” or groupings of wooden posts that can hold as many as nine hammocks. The farms sprouted after students made a habit of hammocking among eight Corinthian columns that frame a prominent fountain on campus.

College officials worried that the columns “might not be structurally sound for hammock use,” school spokeswoman Christina Madsen says.

The hammock debate is in full swing at Michigan State. Its entire campus is an arboretum, and seven full-time arborists care for the college’s 21,653 cataloged trees.

When students tie and untie hammocks over and over in popular spots, the straps can erode a tree’s bark and expose the sensitive layer beneath, threatening the tree’s health, says Frank Telewski, a Michigan State plant biology professor and curator of the campus arboretum.

“We’re not anti-hammock,” says Mr. Telewski, noting that he likes relaxing in hammocks while traveling. “We’re anti-tree damage.”

Last spring, Michigan State arborists erected “No hammocking, please” signs in hammocking hot spots such as along the Red Cedar River through campus and in a stand of century-old pine trees near the ice-hockey arena.

The Hammocking Club petitioned Michigan State officials on the website Change.org to designate a hammocking area or amend the decades-old ordinance that prohibits damage to trees on campus to allow “responsible hammocking.”

The petition requested “empirical data” that hammocking hurts trees and gathered nearly 1,000 signatures.

A meeting between Hammocking Club executive-board members and college officials was amicable but largely fruitless. Club members still are pining to hammock on campus, but arborists see no way to allow it without harming their beloved woods.

Driving around on a golf cart recently, Michigan State arborist Paul Swartz came across a few students hammocking. Each time, he hopped out and handed the student a notice about the ban.

Michigan State officials haven’t pursued penalties for hammocking violations, which can include a $100 fine or 90 days in jail, but say they could fine students found responsible for damaging trees.

Sophomore Victoria Blust bemoaned the crackdown in an essay on the website Odyssey earlier this month.

“What they don’t realize is that they didn’t just get rid of little pieces of fabric that hang between trees, they got rid of a community, a stress reliever and a big part of a lot of our lives,” she wrote. “There are no words to describe the love I have for my hammock.”

One morning earlier this month, Taylor Ling, a Michigan State senior studying graphic design, relaxed between two Norway spruces with a sketchbook that included his rendering of a friend hammocking at a nature preserve.

He said he didn’t know about Michigan State’s hammock ban. “Unless someone tells me to stop, I’m going to keep doing it,” Mr. Ling said.

For now, the Hammocking Club is planning off-campus outings and hoping for the best, says Maryssa Trupiano, the club’s vice president.

But temptation is everywhere. She swept an arm toward a towering stand of pine trees and said: “This was made for hammocking.”

Write to Rachel Bachman at rachel.bachman@wsj.com


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 Post subject: Re: General News
PostPosted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 11:08 am 
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Looks like UCA is in talks with PTC to set up a "university center" there so associate degreed students from PTC can transition straight to UCA without ever leaving the campus...... UCA south? Are we starting to become a system? That would give UCA 10,000 more students....or not... :lol:


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Interesting opportuntities with that sort of tie in..........a pretty natural fit..........


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http://thecabin.net/news/2016-03-22/uca-accounting-students-win-awards-regional-meeting

UCA accounting students win awards at regional meeting

Congrats to Accounting Bears for superior chapter recogntion at regional Beta Alpha Psi in Houston and 1st place in Great Practices Competion and qualifying to compete for national championship in Baltimore...........


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Quote:
935 acres of land in south Conway that was recently donated to the
Nature Conservancy.


So UCA grew by 935 acres? :shock:


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 Post subject: Re: General News
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UCA is increasing the Athletic Fee by $1 per credit hour from $17 to $18. Not a big change but every bit helps fund students college costs..


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Expect another round of criticsm re athletics fee ............

PTC looks to be joining ua system.............we stilll will get a lot of student benefit due to proxmity..............


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 Post subject: Re: General News
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uaf can have PTC...there's good reason UCA didn't take them...nearly 30% rate on student loan default, cooking school wanted out, administration is agenda driven, staff is severely underpaid, students only have to read on the 7th grade level to get in, little rock taxes don't support their vision....the list goes on and on. uaf is only buying buildings... :|


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Sounds like an impressive achievement..........

http://uca.edu/news/counseling-psychology-program-receives-accreditation/

Counseling psychology program receives accreditation


The University of Central Arkansas Department of Psychology and Counseling has received a seven-year accreditation from the American Psychological Association (APA) for the counseling psychology program.

With the recent accreditation, UCA is now home to two of the three accredited psychology programs in Arkansas. The counseling psychology program is one of 72 accredited counseling psychology programs in the U.S.

“APA accreditation ensures that UCA will teach and train exceptional doctoral-level counseling psychologists. These professionals will be highly qualified to provide a variety of services: counseling and psychotherapy, assessment and consultation,” Elson Bihm, director of the counseling psychology program, said. “In turn, Arkansas will benefit from an increased number of psychologists available to serve throughout the state, especially in rural areas and in service to under-served groups.”

APA is the only organization that accredits psychology programs and is considered the gold standard for quality education for psychologists.

“Accreditation by the American Psychological Association recognizes the high quality of graduate education in psychology that students receive at UCA,” Art Gillaspy, chair of the Department of Psychology and Counseling, said. “I am very proud of our faculty and students for this accomplishment.”

The Department of Psychology and Counseling has been educating mental health professionals since the 1970s. The counseling psychology program started in 2008 to meet the increasing demand for psychological services in Arkansas and the U.S. The program currently accepts four to five students per year. To date, seven students have graduated and six have stayed in Arkansas to practice.

The department also offers a master’s in mental health counseling, as well as a post-master’s certificate and undergraduate degrees. UCA’s school psychology program, which offers a doctorate and a master’s, started in 2001 and was accredited in 2006.


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http://www.pbcommercial.com/news/20160914/pb-insurer-named-to-state-hall-of-fame

Arkansas Insurance HOF at UCA.............excellent undergrad program and


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http://uca.edu/news/uca-ranks-in-top-25-among-top-public-schools/

U.S. News & World Report releases 2017 rankings

CONWAY—The University of Central Arkansas improved its ranking among top public institutions in the South, according to the 2017 Best Colleges rankings by U.S. News & World Report released Tuesday, Sept. 13.

The university achieved a ranking of 24, which is higher than the 2016 ranking of 29 in the category of “Top Public Schools” among regional universities in the South.

U.S. News & World Report defines a regional university as an institution that provides a full range of undergraduate majors and master’s programs with few, if any, doctoral programs. The 653 universities in the “Best Regional Universities” category were ranked against their peer groups in one of four geographic regions. Generally, these universities draw students most heavily from surrounding states, according to U.S. News & World Report.

“We are honored to once again be listed in the top tier of regional public institutions in the South,” said UCA President Tom Courtway. “The prestigious ranking shows that we continue to be committed to our students and offer an outstanding and very affordable education. Our goal is to improve this ranking each year. With our increased admission standards, improved retention rates and higher ACT scores for entering freshmen, we are on a great path.”

Overall, UCA ranks 72 among public and private institutions in the Top Tier of the “Best Regional Universities” in the South category. One private and six other public universities also ranked at 72.

“I am very pleased that the University of Central Arkansas continues to be ranked as one of the top 25 public universities in the South. Our improvement in this ranking is evidence that our efforts are paying off for our students,” said Dr. Steven Runge, executive vice president and provost. “We strive for excellence in all that we do, and our ranking is an indication of that fact. As we continue to strengthen our programs and operations, we anticipate that our already strong ranking will continue to improve.”

Founded in 1907, the University of Central Arkansas dedicates itself to academic vitality, integrity and diversity. The university strives to provide strong academic programs to meet the diverse needs of those it serves through innovations in learning, scholarship and creative endeavors. UCA is committed to the intellectual, social and personal development of its students, the advancement of knowledge through excellence in teaching and research and service to the community.


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Marvin Williams was recently recognized as the “Arkansan of the Week” for his work as the UCAN Coordinator and Academic Advisor at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway.


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http://www.couriernews.com/view/full_story/27360259/article-The-University-of-Central-Arkansas-is-reducing-spending-for-the-remainder-of-the-fiscal-year--due-to-projected-reduction-in-state-funding

Is this an issue for higher ed in general or UCA?


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