by - September 27, 2020 2:39 pm
CRITICALSTART, a cybersecurity provider of Managed Detection and Response services, announced last week it is now providing enhanced security services to all of Arkansas’ public colleges and universities tied to…
by - September 25, 2020 8:14 pm
The Arkansas PBS Foundation board of directors has hired Marge Betley as its new CEO. Betley will begin in her new role on Monday, Sept. 28. Betley’s career has spanned…
by - September 25, 2020 7:42 pm
The University of Central Arkansas received a $120,000 commitment over five years from Acxiom. This will take the company’s support to $1.1 million across a 30-year collaborative partnership for initiatives…
by - September 24, 2020 2:08 pm
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Arkansas State University a grant of $1.5 million over a five-year period to continue funding for student retention and completion initiatives. The grant…
by - September 23, 2020 10:56 am
The Walton Family Foundation is distributing $500,000 to Little Rock nonprofit organizations based on the results of a poll showing a need for helping students in specific areas, providing tutoring,…
by - September 22, 2020 2:19 pm
As veterans of World War II returned to civilian life and used the G.I. Bill to resume their education, faculty members at then-Arkansas State College worked to meet these students’…
by - September 22, 2020 10:50 am
It’s a game-changer, part two. That’s the claim by Kyle Parker, CEO of the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE), about buying Golden Living’s former headquarters building in Fort Smith…
by - September 21, 2020 5:22 pm
Fort Smith Public Schools continues to lead the state in number of COVID-19. On Monday (Sept. 21), the Arkansas Department of Health showed the Fort Smith school district with 151…
by - September 21, 2020 9:39 am
The Arkansas State University System Board of Trustees has approved a new policy regarding student accounts to protect the financial health of its institutions. The policy issues guidance for evaluating…
by - September 20, 2020 10:11 am
Skip Rutherford, dean of the UA Clinton School of Public Service, announced last week that he would retire from the post at the end of June 2021. By then, he…
by - September 17, 2020 1:01 pm
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded the University of Arkansas at Little Rock a $2.1 million, five-year grant that will help undergraduate students who are low-income, first-generation, and/or have…
by - September 16, 2020 9:10 pm
The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center (ASBTDC), based at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, is offering a new webinar series and free business consulting for college…
by - September 16, 2020 8:11 am
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced Tuesday (Sept. 15) an agreement to obtain $2,728,651.67 in debt relief for 473 outstanding loans taken by Arkansans who are former ITT Tech students….
by - September 15, 2020 10:15 pm
The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) reported a sharp increase in year-over-year enrollment of new and continuing students, including graduate, undergraduate, transfer, Associate-to-Bachelor’s (A2B) and concurrent students. The…
by - September 14, 2020 5:26 pm
The Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) in Fort Smith has hired Dr. Monica Rojas as medical director of international medicine and cultural education for the Arkansas College of Osteopathic…
by - September 14, 2020 11:17 am
NorthWest Arkansas Community College (NWACC) is now offering Amazon Web Services (AWS) Academy curriculum and the opportunity to prepare for AWS Certification exams and careers in the fast-growing cloud-computing industry….
by - September 13, 2020 3:54 pm
Arkansas State University’s student roster numbers for the fall of 2020 are virtually the same as in 2019 despite the threat of COVID-19. The school reported to the Arkansas Division…
by - September 11, 2020 10:57 am
Daniel Sui, vice chancellor for research and innovation at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville since October 2018, is leaving the school for a job at Virginia Tech University. The…
by - September 10, 2020 4:58 pm
The Windgate Foundation has gifted more than $3 million to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock for a center for art and design. The gift will be used to…
by - September 10, 2020 3:41 pm
As businesses, nonprofits, cities and academia bring more awareness to the need for social justice, the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas said it will…
