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91³Ô¹ÏÍø business faculty receives $74,000 grant

Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (CFP Board) has awarded $74,060 to Dr. Victor Puleo, CFP?, Dr. John Bratton, and Dr. Mike Casey in the University of Central Arkansas College of Business, and to Dr. Sherry J. Roberts, an assistant professor in the Jones College of Business at Middle Tennessee State University. With the grant award, the 91³Ô¹ÏÍø College of Business will establish a … [Read more...]

91³Ô¹ÏÍø faculty news

Patricia Mounce, associate professor of Accounting, Donna Smith, assistant professor of Accounting, and Keith Atkinson, provost and professor of Accounting, recently received the Best Paper Award at the Academic Business World Conference in Nashville, Tenn. The paper, "Assurance of Learning: A Theoretical Approach to Balanced Scorecarding," has been accepted for publication in publication in a … [Read more...]

New environmental policy book unveiled at 91³Ô¹ÏÍø

The Center for a Better South yesterday unveiled a new book of environmental ideas for Arkansas and Southern policymakers during a press conference in front of the Jewel Moore Nature Reserve on the 91³Ô¹ÏÍø campus. The book, "Getting Greener: Progressive Environmental Ideas for the American South," outlines 15 environmental policy recommendations for state and local leaders and suggests a dozen ways … [Read more...]

91³Ô¹ÏÍø Artists in Residence begin eighth season

Public artist Morton Brown, a University of Central Arkansas alumnus, has kicked off the eighth season of 91³Ô¹ÏÍø?s Artists in Residence program with the Conway Community Mural project. The Conway City Council appropriated $6,000 in January to help finance a city mural, which will be a historically-themed, 26 feet x 36 feet mural celebrating the relationship of 91³Ô¹ÏÍø and the city of Conway. It will be … [Read more...]

91³Ô¹ÏÍø faculty news

Raymond-Jean Frontain, professor of English, has been named Executive Editor of ANQ: American Notes and Queries, a quarterly journal of short articles, notes, documents and reviews that is published by the Helen Dwight Reid Educational Foundation (HELDREF) in Washington, DC. Frontain's renewable three-year term begins with Volume 21 (2008). Joe Cangelosi, professor of Marketing, Scott Markham, … [Read more...]

91³Ô¹ÏÍø professor, students issue report on Gentry's development

A team of 91³Ô¹ÏÍø graduate students led by Don Bradley, professor of marketing and executive director of 91³Ô¹ÏÍø's Small Business National Advancement Center, recently issued a report about the deterioration of buildings in downtown Gentry, Ark. According to an article published last Friday in the Morning News of Northwest Arkansas, "Several buildings in the downtown area that once thrived with business … [Read more...]

Endowed fellowship established for 91³Ô¹ÏÍø doctoral students

A new endowment at the University of Central Arkansas will provide scholarships to doctoral students conducting research in the new Communication Sciences and Disorders doctoral program consortium. The McNiece Doctoral Endowed Research Fellowship was established by the late Virginia McNiece. She was the mother of Dr. Jim McNiece, a retired Conway orthodontist, and the mother-in-law of Dr. Elaine … [Read more...]

91³Ô¹ÏÍø student completes U.S. Senate internship

Jason Arthur, a junior Political Science major at 91³Ô¹ÏÍø, recently completed a summer internship in the Little Rock office of U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln. Arthur, the son of Barry and Patsy Arthur of Little Rock, was exposed to various facets of the federal government and our nation's legislative process while participating in Lincoln's internship program. "Giving young students an opportunity to … [Read more...]

91³Ô¹ÏÍø welcomes freshmen to campus

91³Ô¹ÏÍø hosted its annual Move In Day on Sunday, welcoming thousands of incoming freshmen students as they arrived on campus for the first time. 91³Ô¹ÏÍø President Lu Hardin was on hand to greet the students and their families, and he and other 91³Ô¹ÏÍø faculty and staff answered questions and guided the newcomers to their new homes away from home. To see television news coverage of the day, choose any of … [Read more...]

The economics of college football rankings

The Chronicle of Higher Education featured a recent study about national college-football rankings conducted by Noel Campbell and Tammy Rogers, faculty members in the Department of Economics, Finance, Insurance and Risk Management in 91³Ô¹ÏÍø's College of Business. According to the article, "Wins can take a team only so far in the national college-football rankings, according to a study by three … [Read more...]