Mean-based tuition means a UCA education is available to families of all economic brackets, but it also means the year-to-year expenses of running our school relies more heavily on generous hearts than tuition dollars.
When he started as a freshman at UCA, Timothy Purnell knew he liked playing Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on the Nintendo Switch — and at the time he knew he was “kind of decent” at it. Turns out, he’s more than decent.
This year, students found their A-Term “classrooms” in the steep ravines of Starved Rock State Park, the rich architecture of historic Chinatown, the storied halls of nearby colleges…
When freshman Davayah Hull heard Chico Fajardo-Heflin speak in chapel last fall, she knew she wanted to learn more. Many months, lessons, prayers, introductions, and meals later, she certainly has.
“Even if just one person is listening, repents, and acknowledges the love of God that they have upon them, all of heaven rejoices. That’s the mentality I try to have.”
Keilah has already done work for a client, going with a supervisor on a photo shoot in Chicago. Specifically tasked with taking photos of a specific train, Keilah adjusted camera settings and focused on getting the right composition for the image.
“When I was a kid, I always wanted to be a pastor, and that is still my end goal. All these things I’m doing along the way are helping me get toward that goal of pastoring, or even evangelizing,” Nathan said.
At the hospital, Saniya greets families, makes sure they’re comfortable in the waiting room as they wait for their loved one to come out of surgery, and communicates with the nurse’s station to provide updates to the families.
A crown jewel of Kenyun’s internship will be a fight week he’ll be covering in December in Florida. The boxing manager he works with, Peter Kahn, will be managing Xander Zayas, a highly-rated boxing prospect fighting at the event.
His day-to-day often includes the following: helping cook meals for the day’s shift, riding along on fire engine calls, sitting in on training sessions…
The boys basketball program has improved at UCA since its days of only offering open gyms on Wednesdays. Now, the dedicated boys team is looking forward to a season slate of 28 games.
Saniya is the driving force behind Vending Delights, LLC — a vending machine company that has placed its first machine in the very spot where Saniya first saw a need for it: the lunch area at UCA.
