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Who Makes What at UCA?

Ever wonder what that person standing in front of the class is being paid to lecture you? How about the guy who runs this place? We found the answers in the UCA 2009-10 Budget Book in Torreyson Library. The people in Human Resources tell us it is the most current and reliable source of this [...]

Fans Show Love for Sugar Bears

Administrators, coaches and fans gathered to show their love for the Sugar Bears basketball team at the Centennial Valley Country Club last night. That love added up to $16,820 in donations for the program in addition to the other awards and accolades the players received at the Fan Appreciation Supper. The event was organized by Rush [...]

Archivist: UCA Built on Graveyard

Remember that story about the tunnels under campus a couple of weeks ago? Well, it seems that there is even more under our feet than we knew.  Yesterday, Jimmy Bryant, director of UCA’s archives and our campus historian, released a YouTube video revealing that UCA is built on top of an unmarked Civil War graveyard. [...]

Lu Hardin Buys Naming Rights

Former UCA President Lu Hardin bought the naming rights to the new College of Business building yesterday and had his name added to the front sometime last night. “Looks good, don’t it?” Hardin said this morning. “I am living the dream now, baby.” Hardin said he bought the naming rights with the money he was paid [...]

Meadors “Never Liked Purple”

President Allen Meadors announced today that he is changing the school colors to red. “Well, it’s sort of a brick red, really,” Meadors said at the press conference. “I took a sliver from one of the new sidewalks to Home Depot and had them match the paint.” The change takes effective immediately. All sports events [...]

Honors College Faces Budget Cuts

The Honors College is feeling the effects of the budget cuts with a drastic reduction in scholarships, travel grants and research grants. According to Rick Scott, dean of the Honors College, President Allen Meadors has cut the number of full Honors College scholarships from 100 this year to 60 next year, a 40 percent reduction. [...]

President Praises Volleyball Team

UCA President Allen Meadors congratulated the Sugar Bears volleyball team last night for its conference championship and academic achievement. Meadors made the comments at the Prince Center during a small ceremony to award the members of the volleyball team their Southland Conference Championship rings. The team finished the season undefeated in conference play, 16-0, and [...]