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Trustees Approve Amphitheater

The Board of Trustees approved the location of the student ampitheater during a teleconference meeting this week. The Student Government Association (SGA) chose a site in front of the Student Center and adjacent to Ferguson Chapel last month. The board had to approve the site because it is providing $225,000 of the $300,000 it will cost to build the [...]

SGA: Justify Student Fees

The Student Government Association (SGA) is asking every department responsible for collecting a student fee to meet with the Student Fee Advisory Committee to explain their fees as part of SGA’s effort to “ensure openness and transparancy in the distribution and spending of student fees by university officials.” Representatives for the departments are to schedule [...]

Board Suspends Investigation

The Board of Trustees voted yesterday to suspend all internal audits and investigations of the Aramark deal that led to the resignation of former president Allen Meadors. The vote was taken at brief meeting at 9 a.m. yesterday with board members Rush Harding, Victor Green and Bobby Reynolds attending by telephone. Pam Massey, the director of the office [...]

SGA Supports Nature Reserve

The Student Government Association (SGA) is supporting the student-led effort for permanent protection of the Jewel Moore Nature Reserve. SGA voted 16-13 last week to endorse the efforts of the Green Bear Project, a group of Honors College students who plans to ask the Board of Trustees next month to pass a resolution providing permanent [...]

Trustees: More Decorative Sidewalks

Like the new decorative sidewalks around campus? Well, get used to them. We are getting a lot more. The UCA board of trustees has approved spending $510,000 to add another 20,000 square feet of the patterned concrete walkways. The university spent $500,000 last year building the sidewalks, which are designed to resemble bricks. The decorative [...]

UCA Under Review This Week

The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, the group that provides UCA’s institutional accreditation, will be on campus today through Wednesday to evaluate and monitor the school. The HLC team will be meeting with students, facility, staff, administrators, and community representatives to make judgment on UCA’s compliance with good practice, federal requirements, and the [...]