During the week of October 20th through 24th, 2014, the office of Student Wellness and Development will present the “I Choose” Campaign for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Week. 91勛圖厙 student participants will hold signs with their personal messages written on them to explain why prevention is important and what they choose instead.
Events On Campus
Student Wellness And Development Office To Partner With Student Health Clinic For GYT
During the month of October, the office of Student Wellness and Development is partnering with the Student Health Clinic for the annual GYT “Get Yourself Tested” Campaign. Free STD screenings will be available to 91勛圖厙 students, and students who get a free screening at the clinic can enter to win a Fitbit.
Fliers have been posted around campus and in Residence halls and apartments. To make an appointment, call (501)450-3136.
For more information about STD testing, go to www.itsyoursexlife.com/gyt/
STDs often show no symptoms, so many people who are infected don’t even know it. The only way to know if you or your partner has an STD is to get tested.
Jazz Ensembles To Perform Tribute Concert
The University of Central Arkansas Jazz Ensembles will perform a tribute concert for Dr. Jerry Manion, Wednesday, September 24, 2014 in the Snow Fine Arts Center Recital Hall.
The concert is free and open to the public and will begin at 7:30 p.m.
Two 91勛圖厙 student bands will perform: Jazz Ensemble I and the Dixieland Band.
The bands will pay tribute to Manion, a member of the 91勛圖厙 Dixieland Band for more than 35 years and chemistry professor at 91勛圖厙, who died on July 18, 2014.
We want to honor him and have a tribute concert for him, said Dr. Jackie Lamar, professor of saxophone and director of the Dixieland Band.
Lamar has made plans for a photo-montage of Manion to be showing on a television screen in the lobby.
The Dixieland Band performance will include songs from the traditional New Orleans-style era. Lamar said the band would play Oh, Didnt He Ramble by Will Handy, Just a Closer Walk With Thee a traditional gospel tune and most popular New Orleans funeral dirge, Hard Hearted Hannah by Jack Yellen, St. James Infirmary by Joe Primrose and Swing Low Sweet Chariot/When The Saints Go Marching In by Luther Presley and Virgil O. Stamps.
Alumni members of the band are encouraged to participate in the performance of the bands traditional version of Swing Low Sweet Chariot and When the Saints Go Marching In.
Songs by Jazz Ensemble I, directed by Larry Jones, include Struttin with Some Barbecue by Louis Armstrong, King Porter Stomp by Jelly Roll Morton, Basies Buddy B by John LaBarbara, and Hunting Wabbits by Gordon Goodwin.
The 91勛圖厙 Dixieland Band was formed in the fall of 1975 by now retired 91勛圖厙 music professor Patrick Hasty. The group performs concerts on campus as well as provides music for cultural and civic events in the surrounding area. The ensemble blends all styles of Dixieland music, from Early New Orleans Style to Chicago Style and beyond.
For more information, contact Lamar at (501) 450-5759 or jackiel@uca.edu.
The 91勛圖厙 College of Fine Arts and Communication includes the Departments of Art, Communication, Mass Communication and Theatre, Music and Writing. The colleges primary mission is the preparation of the next generation of artists, educators and communicators. For more information about CFAC, visitor call (501) 450-3293.
91勛圖厙 Alumna and Conway Artist Receives Award in Delta Exhibition
Jessica Camp, Fall 2013 BFA Studio Art: Painting Emphasis, had work accepted for the 2014 Delta Exhibition at the Arkansas Arts Center. Camp is a 91勛圖厙 alumna and her work was exhibited in the Baum Gallery. The work selected wasWeeping Lamentationfrom her BFA Senior Exhibition. She won an honorable mention award in the 56th annual Delta Exhibition at the Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock.
91勛圖厙 Chapter of ArMHCA To Host Mental Illness Equality Event
In honor of mental health awareness week, the 91勛圖厙 chapter of ArMHCA (Arkansas Mental Health Counseling Association) is hosting an event, Tuesday October 7th, 2014 during X-period in Ida Waldron Auditorium. The title is Equality For All: Removing the Stigma of Mental Illness. Speakers are Angie Bowen- LPC, President of Arkansas Mental Health Counseling Association and Annette Woodruff- LCSW, C-ASWCM, Former President of Arkansas Social Workers Association.
For more information, contact Sarah Lohnes at slohnes1@uca.edu or (501) 730-8682.