EXPANSION

EXPANSION

GREEK VILLAGE PHASE II

In fall 2019, the University of Central Arkansas broke ground on Greek Village Phase II, continuing progress on building a community that accommodates the needs of campus fraternities and sororities through housing, chapter room spaces and common-use spaces. Greek Village Phase I opened in August 2015 and included residences for the five sororities of the Panhellenic Council and a National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) Sorority Complex. Phase II includes Interfraternity Council (IFC) houses for Sigma Tau Gamma, Sigma Nu and Pi Kappa Alpha, along with an NPHC Fraternity Complex that will house meeting spaces and chapter rooms for Alpha Phi Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, Omega Psi Phi and Phi Beta Sigma. Each fraternity house will be approximately 7,365 square feet and will include 11 bedrooms, a chapter room, living room, study room and kitchen, with other amenities specific to the current and future needs of the individual fraternities. The NPHC Fraternity Complex will be located adjacent to the NPHC Sorority Complex and will include 4,730 square feet of chapter rooms and other features to support the meeting and event needs of each chapter. The new IFC fraternity houses and NPHC complex are situated on Donaghey and College avenues, near UCA’s existing sorority houses and NPHC Sorority Complex. Architects for the project include WER Architects/ Planners and H+N Architects. Nabholz Construction is the general contractor for the project. UCA will lease the fraternity houses from the UCA Foundation, and UCA will maintain and operate the houses as residence halls. The UCA Foundation, along with private donor support from Greek alumni, parents and students, made this project possible. Some of the primary areas of focus for Greek organizations include scholarship and service. Currently, more than 1,000 students are members of the Greek community at UCA, with a cumulative 3.24 GPA for the spring 2019 semester. Last year, UCA Greeks participated in more than 800 volunteer projects, donated more than $42,000 in philanthropic support and logged more than 11,000 hours in community service.

| GREEK VILLAGE PHASE II GROUNDBREAKING

INTEGRATED HEALTH SCIENCES BUILDING

The Integrated Health Sciences Building will be home to some new additions for the College of Health and Behavioral Sciences. UCA broke ground on the facility in October. The new 80,000-square-foot, four-story facility will house the School of Nursing and the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, along with the Nabholz Center for Healthcare Simulation and Interprofessional Teaching Center to be utilized by the entire college. The integrated design of the building aims to foster an interprofessional educational environment that is most conducive to replicating real-life health care scenarios. This means students will participate in clinical and simulation experiences that require collaboration with all majors within the college. The first floor will be home to the Interprofessional Teaching Center where students will learn and work alongside each other, instead of independently, creating a modern health care team. The third floor of the building will house the Nabholz Center for Healthcare Simulation. The state-of-the-art simulation lab will more than double the space of the current simulation lab and provide students with carefully programmed lifelike training scenarios. The remaining two floors will contain classrooms and office space for faculty and staff. The College of Health and Behavioral Sciences is the largest college at UCA, accounting for more than 34% of undergraduates and 42% of graduate students. The college has more than 1,200 affiliations and contracts with health care entities across the state, while students participate in approximately 420,000 hours of clinical, internship and practicum hours annually. Located at Western Avenue and Bruce Street, the Integrated Health Sciences Building is scheduled to be open for the fall 2021 semester. Taggart Architects developed the planning and architecture for the facility. Primary funding for the project is provided through a $37.7 million bond appropriation by the UCA Board of Trustees.

INTEGRATED HEALTH SCIENCES BUILDING GROUNDBREAKING OTHER CAMPUS CONSTRUCTION • Windgate Center for Fine and

Performing Arts (WER Architects and Baldwin & Shell) • Lewis Science Center Annex (WD&D Architects and Western

Millwright Construction) • Bear Village Storm Shelter (SCM Architects and Cline Construction) • Bernard Hall Roof Replacement and

Brick Repair (Stocks Mann Architects and Kinco

Constructors) • State Hall Renovation (Stocks Mann Architects and Nabholz

Construction) • Carmichael Hall Renovation (Stocks Mann Architects and Nabholz

Construction) • Buffalo Hall Addition (Cromwell Architects and Nabholz

Construction) • Gravel Parking Lots Project (Crafton Tull Engineers and Wooster

Construction) • Lewis Science Center Paved Parking (Crafton Tull Engineers and Curtis

Construction)