University of Central Arkansas

Alumni Association Scholarship applications for the 2006-07 academic year will be available beginning Thursday, Jan. 5.

Applications and scholarship criteria may be picked up in Buffalo Alumni Hall or on-line at www.uca.edu/alumni/scholarships. The deadline for submission is Noon on March 10.

The following presentations, publications and accomplishments were submitted by UCA faculty and staff:

The following presentations, publications and accomplishments were submitted by UCA faculty and staff:

In December, lords and ladies dined by candlelight on prime rib, flaming plum pudding and wassail while being serenaded by a choir dressed in Renaissance-period cloaks and gowns during the 31st annual Ye Old Christmas Madrigal Feaste.

The feast and carols, hosted by the University of Central Arkansas Foundation, was in thanks to members of the Foundation?s Presidents Club, UCA?s highest annual giving club. Members of the Presidents Club give at least $1,000 annually to the UCA Foundation.

A group of University of Central Arkansas students have set a new record for the world?s largest Christmas stocking.

The group, led by senior public relations major Brittany Jones, constructed a 53 foot tall and 26 foot wide red felt stocking that broke the previous world record set last September by more than 13 feet in length and 11 feet in width.

The Youth Theatre of Central Arkansas is registering participants for a unique one-day acting workshop titled ?Shakespeare in Pajamas.? The workshop is for students in grades 7-12 and will be held Saturday, Jan. 14 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Studio Theatre of the Snow Fine Arts Center on the campus of UCA.

In 1951, the fledgling National Broadcasting Company (NBC), wanted to create holiday programming for television, so it commissioned Italian-born Gian-Carlo Menotti to compose a one-hour opera for children. ?Amahl and the Night Visitors? premiered on Christmas Eve in 1951 and for the next 16 years it was NBC?s holiday favorite of children and adults alike.

The Three Wise Kings? journey to Bethlehem is interrupted as they seek shelter for the night at the home of a crippled shepherd boy. When Amahl?s poverty-stricken mother attempts to steal some of the kings? gold, a battle royale ensues, and young Amahl?s life is changed forever. ?Amahl and the Night Visitors? is a story of redemption, true generosity and small miracles.

The following presentations, publications and accomplishments were submitted by UCA faculty and staff: