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Dr. Dave McAlpine, UALR professor of Spanish and second language education, completed his term as president of the American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages by presiding over the largest convention of the organization’s 46-year history at the Philadelphia Convention Center from Nov. 15 to 18.

A team of UALR philosophy students competing against squads from 15 universities in Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas has qualified for the National Ethics Bowl Competition in the spring.

The UALR Opera Theatre will present a holiday production of the “The Christmas Box,” featuring the newest young talent in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in the UALR Fine Arts … Holiday Opera Features Young Vocal Talents

The UALR Department of Theatre Arts and Dance will present the annual Fall Dance Harvest from Thursday, Nov. 15 through Sunday, Nov. 18, in the University Theatre in the Center for Performing Arts.

UALR Artspree will host Di Wu, finalist of the 13th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, in concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4, in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in the UALR Fine Arts Building.

Dr. George A. Lopez, chair of Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame, will present a lecture “Can We Achieve Peace in the War on Terror?” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in UALR’s Fine Arts Building.

Brian Ward, a British professor of American Studies, will present a lecture on how Southern rock music influenced Britain’s view of the American South at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30, at the Central Arkansas Library’s Darragh Center at 100 Rock St.

Richard B. Dixon, a legendary professor who joined Little Rock Junior College in 1953, died Monday, Oct. 29. He was 86.

Jerry Tachoir, jazz vibraphone and marimba performer, will present a recital at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, at the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in UALR’s Fine Arts Building, sponsored by the UALR Department of Music and hosted by Charles Law, director of percussion studies.

Dr. Donald N. Clark, the Murchison Professor of History and co-directer of East Asian Studies at Trinity University in San Antonio, will speak on “Art and Politics in North Korea,” at 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, at the Arkansas Studies Institute at 401 President Clinton Ave.