Campus Talk: New baseball park in works for UALR
by January 19, 2016 7:22 am 179 views
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NEW BASEBALL PARK IN WORKS FOR UALR: UALR plans to build a new baseball field and expand its sports complex thanks to a land donation from the Coleman family, who operated a dairy on the premises for decades. Members of the Coleman family, longtime owners and operators of the former Coleman Dairy, agreed to donate nearly eight acres of land in the area of the University Village Apartments and the Coleman Sports & Recreation Complex. A 10-acre property donation by the Coleman family in 2010, combined with land the university already owned, cleared the way for UALR to build its current sports complex.
Plans for the baseball park include seating for about 1,500 — about 30% more than Gary Hogan Field, an off-campus location that has hosted the Trojans since the 1970s. Private donations will have to be raised for the ballpark plan, which could take several years to come to fruition.
UALR HOSTS ART EXHIBIT EXPLORING PRO WRESTLING: A new exhibit that opened Thursday, Jan. 14, at UALR is a nod to professional wrestlers. “Jobbers, Heels, and Faces” by Robert McCann will be on display in Gallery I of the Fine Arts Building until March 3. It features monumental paintings with popular pro-wrestlers from the past and the present as the central motif. McCann will present a guest lecture at 5:30 p.m. Friday, March 4, in Room 161 of the Fine Arts Building. UALR Galleries are open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays and 2 to 5 p.m. Sundays. All exhibitions and lectures are free and open to the public.
TERRY CARTY APPOINTED TO THE KAYS FOUNDATION: The Kays Foundation announced the appointment of Terry Carty of Jonesboro as executive vice president/treasurer. The Kays Foundation makes grants and funding available to help Arkansas State University meet its teaching, research and service goals. Carty succeeds the late Wayne Blake, who served in the same position for 14 years before his sudden death in November. Blake served on the board for almost 20 years, and was an employee of the foundation for 39 years. Carty has served as a board member since 2011.
SHORTER COLLEGE TO HOST RIBBON CUTTING FOR IMPROVEMENTS: Shorter College, the nation’s only private two-year Historically Black College, will be conducting a ribbon cutting ceremony to display its handicap accessibility improvements. The event will be held Thursday, January 21, at 10 a.m. in the Sherman-Tyree Hall on the Shorter College campus. The event will highlight the school’s partnership with Arkansas Workforce Centers/American Job Centers to operate as a Workforce Investment Act (WIA) provider of educational services.