Vaught Appointed to UCA Board of Trustees Shelia Vaught, 62, a Little Rock businesswoman and educator was appointed Jan. 24 to replace trustee Rush Harding III. Harding retired last year after serving 21 years on the board. Vaught has been involved with event coordinating for RiverFest and Race for the Cure, owned the Little Rock School of Dance for 35 years and retired to become a wedding and event planner. Gov. Mike Beebe announced Vaught’s appointment in a news release. She will be appointed to the UCA Audit Committee for two years and her appointment as a trustee expires Jan. 14, 2020.
International Engagement Hosts Clinton Library Trip UCA’s division of International Engagement invited members of the campus community to attend a trip to the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and the Little Rock River Market. Tickets were sold for $5 and attendees received a guided tour in groups of 10-15. A trip to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Ark. is scheduled for Feb. 17.
Week-long Celebration Of Literary Works Begins Feb. 11 UCA’s Department of Writing will host the annual Arkatext literary festival, a week-long celebration, in the Grand Foyer of Thompson Hall beginning at 1 p.m. Feb. 11 with a student reading. All Arkatext events are free and open to the public. Students will read and perform their own prose, poetry and hybrid works. Tuesday will feature faculty lead reading, also in the Grand Foyer at 1:40 p.m. Arkatext week continues in the Grand Foyer with an 11 a.m. craft talk by H.K. Stewart, founder and host of Little Rock Poetry Slam. Fiction writer, Phillip McMath, will hold a craft talk focusing on writing historical fiction in Thompson Hall room 331 on Thurs. Feb. 14 at 11 a.m.
Schools To Compete In Bear Claw Invitational Up to 200 high school students are expected to compete in the Bear Claw Invitational, a debate/communication skills competition hosted by UCA Forensics, Feb. 8-9 on the UCA campus. Officials expect a wide range of schools mainly from Central Arkansas and the Arkansas River Valley. The event will take place throughout the campus, with headquarters at McCastlain Hall. Registration will be at 3:30p.m. Feb. 8 with events scheduled throughout the evening. Saturday’s competition will begin at 8 a.m. Admission is free.