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Asian studies workshop
Representing Excellence: The Authoritative in South and East Asian
Art and Literature is part of a two-year project funded by the National
Endowment for the Humanities. Dr. Steven Goldberg, Chinese Art History,
Hamilton College, will serve as the workshop director. The workshop will
be April 10-14 in Nashville, Tenn. For more information visit the
following Web site http://www.belmont.edu/philosophy/AsianArtLitNEH.html
or contact Dr. Joe Hatcher, director
of humanities and world cultural programs, at 450-5100.
IDC Brown Bag
The IDC will have a Brown Bag program titled "10 years of IEP--how
are we doing?" on Feb. 20 in East McCastlain at 12 p.m. Intensive
English Program Interim Coordinator Lynn Ramage Schaefer, assisted by
IEP
faculty, will report on the progress of the
Intensive English Program since its beginning at UCA in January 1992.
She will also share results of a faculty survey on international
students and suggest ways to accommodate international students in
university courses.
Please call Sylvia at 450-5240 or e-mail idc1@mail.uca.edu
to sign up for this program. Lunch
will be provided.
Rotaract Club planning meeting
All students are invited to attend the second planning meeting of
the UCA Rotaract Club on Tuesday, Feb. 26 at X-period in Irby Room 208.
Rotaract Club is a student organization sponsored by the Conway Morning
and Noon Rotary Clubs designed to provide an avenue for college students
to fulfill Rotary International's motto, "Service above Self."
International students who are Rotaract members in their home countries
are also encouraged to attend.
Ashley Ridlon, a junior medical sociology major in the Honors
College, who is also a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar will be the guest
speaker.
Rotaract Clubs around the world work in their communities to provide
needed humanitarian services and to increase international
understanding. Be part of those who strive to make a difference. For
more information on Rotary and the Rotaract Club visit http://www.rotary.org/programs/rotaract/index.html.
For more information contact about Rotaract Club, contact Phillip
Bailey at 450-5645 or phillipb@mail.uca.edu.
Continuing Education courses on-line
The Division of Continuing Education is proud to offer on-line
community education classes. Classes are available in the following
areas:
Internet Courses,
Computer Courses,
Certification Prep Courses,
Writing Courses,
Personal Enrichment Courses,
Test Prep Courses,
Legal Courses,
Entrepreneur/Business Courses,
Business Administration/Management Courses
Health Care Professional Courses.
For additional information and a complete list of courses please
visit our website at: http://www.ed2go.com/ucaconted/
To register contact Laura Garner at
450-5372.
Tickets available
Coming February 28, FOOTWORKS, which is free to all UCA students,
faculty, staff, and retirees. Tickets are available starting Monday,
February 11, at the Reynolds Box Office.
FERPA training session
There will be a training session addressing the Family Educational
Rights and Privacy Act, otherwise known as FERPA or the Buckley
Amendment, on February 19 during X-period in McCastlain Room 143. Norma
Tio, Tony Sitz, Jeff Showell, and Melissa Rust will present information
and be available to answer questions. If you have any involvement with
student educational records and did not attend a session last semester,
you should consider attending this presentation. You may register by
contacting the Advising Center at 450-5149.
Music concerts and recitals for February
Feb. 18 Faculty Recital, Maureen Hurd, Clarinet, Snow
Fine Arts Recital
Hall - 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 19 Guest Concert, Richard Alderson, Voice. Snow
Fine Arts Recital
Hall - 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 20 Symphonic Band Concert. Reynolds Performance
Hall - 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 25 Concerto Aria Winners Concert. Reynolds
Performance Hall -
7:30 p.m.
Feb. 26 Jazz Band Concert. TBA - 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 28 Faculty Recital, Chiharu Linuma, Piano. Snow
Fine Arts Recital
Hall - 7:30 p.m.
UCA Business seminars
Employee Teams: Working Together for your Business Success
This eight-hour seminar will focus on practical knowledge and use of
successful business team building and applications. Participants will
work together in developing an understanding of how teams in
various-sized businesses can add to their commercial success. The roles
of managers, team leaders and members will be discussed.
Feb. 26, 28, March 5,7 from 3-5 p.m. in Brewer-Hegeman Conference
Center, Room 3.
Customer Service: Builds Profits!
This eight-hour seminar will explore the answer to the question,
"So, if everyone understands what customer service is, why are
there so many customer service complaints?" The participants will
look at how business owners, managers, and employees can work together
and understand customer service from their customers’ perspective and
then provide a level of service based on the expectations of their
customers. Simply, quality customer service built on relationship
management secures success!
March 19, 21, 26, and 28 from 3-5 p.m. in Brewer-Hegeman Conference
Center, Room 3.
Mr. Phil Bartos, retired business executive, UCA instructor of
marketing and management, will be the instructor for these seminars. The
registration fee is $60 per seminar. For more information on how to
register, contact UCA Continuing Education at 450-3118.
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