by - January 31, 2022 6:01 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson appointed Stephanie Sutton of Pocahontas to a seven-year term on the Board of Trustees of Black River Technical College. Sutton is the accounting manager at Peco Foods,…
by - January 31, 2022 4:16 pm
Stephanie Duffield has been elected chairman of the Arkansas Tech University Board of Trustees for 2022. Duffield was appointed to a five-year term on the board by Gov. Asa Hutchinson…
by - January 31, 2022 8:33 am
When Arkansas State University changed its mascot from the Indians to the Red Wolves in 2008, the school became a part of an effort to save one of the most…
by - January 26, 2022 6:17 pm
With the contract with its project manager drawing to a close and substantial work still to be done on the Peak Innovation Center, Fort Smith Public Schools hired a second…
by - January 26, 2022 2:02 pm
The finance department of the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas recently launched an initiative that’s expected to accelerate impact investing in Arkansas. Cash Acrey,…
by - January 25, 2022 11:45 am
After nearly 12 years in the role, Dr. Suzanne Mitchell will retire as executive director of the Arkansas STEM Coalition and be succeeded by Hannah Vogler. Mitchell was a founding…
by - January 24, 2022 7:39 pm
COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the Fort Smith Public Schools area, meaning a mask mandate will stay in place, at least for now. The mandate helped significantly reduce COVID…
by - January 24, 2022 11:44 am
Two anonymous gifts totaling more than $5 million will support the creation of an endowed dean’s chair and professorship for University Libraries and name two spaces in Mullins Library at…
by - January 24, 2022 9:29 am
The Razorback Foundation has opened a new office in Jonesboro. Anna Kay Hilburn, associate director of development, will lead the efforts in Jonesboro. “There are Razorback fans in all four…
by - January 21, 2022 2:07 pm
Simon Saw-Teong Ang, a former engineering professor at the University of Arkansas, pleaded guilty Friday (Jan. 21) to one count of making a false statement to the FBI about the existence…
by - January 20, 2022 6:25 pm
COVID-19 may have caused the Future School of Fort Smith to take classes virtual starting Jan. 14, but students have not missed their breakfast and lunches. When child nutrition staff…
by - January 19, 2022 3:05 pm
Arkansas’ public schools are now in their third school year that’s been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, but educators at least now have plenty of practice, and they have federal…
by - January 19, 2022 11:30 am
NorthWest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville announced Wednesday (Jan. 19) the Willis Shaw Family Endowed Scholarship for NWACC’s commercial driver’s license (CDL) trucking program. The scholarship is endowed by the…
by - January 19, 2022 11:06 am
Forward Arkansas has named Victoria Watson as its director of policy and engagement. In her role, Watson will collaborate with the Arkansas Department of Education, school districts, local communities and…
by - January 17, 2022 9:13 am
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the Jan. 3 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
by - January 16, 2022 12:43 pm
Bentonville firm CEI Engineering Associates Inc. donated $100,000 to the University of Arkansas to support the new Grady E. Harvell Civil Engineering Research and Education Center (CEREC). The $14 million…
by - January 14, 2022 4:24 pm
With almost 13,000 new COVID-19 cases reported in Arkansas Thursday (Jan. 13) and 2,621 active cases in Sebastian County, the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) has decided to…
by - January 13, 2022 4:50 pm
Arkansas Tech University alumnus Stan Miller and his wife, Patrice, made a $5.3 million gift to the Arkansas Tech University Foundation that will support the establishment of the Miller Center…
by - January 13, 2022 11:56 am
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced Thursday (Jan. 13) that Navient, one of the nation’s largest student loan servicers, has agreed to a $1.85 billion settlement to resolve allegations of…
by - January 10, 2022 8:09 pm
Fort Smith Public Schools voted Monday (Jan. 10) at a called board meeting to reinstate a mask mandate for 30 days or unless the district falls to 49 or less…
