by - September 4, 2014 9:18 am
Football Season Rings The Cash Registers
For regional businesses, the return of fall football means money in the bank.
Campus Talk
by - September 3, 2014 10:59 pm
University Of Arkansas Enrollment Tops 26,000
The University of Arkansas reported preliminary enrollment figures at its Fayetteville campus of 26,301 students for the fall semester. Officials said the enrollment was 3.8% higher from year ago levels…
by - September 3, 2014 4:03 pm
ASU Sees Large Freshmen Class, Slight Drop In Enrollment From 2013
Arkansas State University welcomed more than 13,000 students to campus last month for the start of the 2014-15 academic year. The 1,699 first-time students – the largest group on campus…
by - September 3, 2014 8:29 am
Broadband Poll: Strong Support For ARE-ON Expansion (UPDATED)
A statewide survey conducted last week found that a strong majority of Arkansans are persuaded by a variety of arguments to increase broadband access to K-12 schools and students.
by - September 3, 2014 6:09 am
Ken Coon: Gainful Employment Regulations Threaten Career Training Options
As the former director of the Arkansas Employment Security Division (now the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services), and a professor of human resources development for Webster University, I have long…
by - September 1, 2014 9:28 am
UALR Names New Analytics Center Director
Dr. Carolina Cruz-Neira, globally recognized as an international pioneer in the areas of virtual reality and interactive visualization, is the new director of the George W. Donaghey Emerging Analytics Center…
by - August 28, 2014 9:24 am
NWACC Moves Forward With Sanctioning Of Division III Sports
NorthWest Arkansas Community College is moving ahead with plans to offer sanctioned baseball and softball under Division III, perhaps fielding its first team as soon as the fall of 2016….
by - August 27, 2014 7:00 pm
Sports-themed Restaurants Open For Business
It is often like a sporting event, attempting to drive down Red Wolf Boulevard, battling lunch time traffic. Now there are places in Jonesboro where people can stop off and…
by - August 26, 2014 11:04 pm
Costs, Benefits Of Merging State And School Health Plans Considered
There are no legal issues standing in the way of combining the public school employee and state employee health programs, but there would be financial issues to work out. That…
by - August 26, 2014 10:52 pm
UAFS Receives $734,000 ‘Jobs Driven’ Grant
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith received a $734,000 grant by the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services that will be used to train veterans and unemployed area residents in…
by - August 26, 2014 7:44 pm
Economic Developers Hear Of Workforce ‘Emergency,’ Superproject Amendment Changes
The state’s economic development community concluded two days of workshops hearing from leaders who called for a workforce overhaul and potential changes to Amendment 82, the state’s superproject amendment. Grant…
by - August 26, 2014 5:09 pm
Johnny Allison Family Gifts $5 Million To ASU Stadium, Hints Of Major Bank Deal
Home BancShares Chairman Johnny Allison makes a huge personal gift and says pending bank acquisitions are on the way.
by - August 26, 2014 4:50 pm
Johnny Allison Family Gifts $5 Million To ASU Stadium, Hints Of Major Bank Deal
Home BancShares Chairman Johnny Allison makes a huge personal gift and says pending bank acquisitions are on the way.
by - August 23, 2014 3:08 pm
Hutchinson Announces Teacher Coalition
Republican gubernatorial nominee Asa Hutchinson announced the formation of a “Teachers for Asa” coalition, which identified that one of its efforts would be to find a long-term fix to the…
by - August 22, 2014 7:32 am
First Plans For Osteopathic School Building In Fort Smith Revealed
The planned Arkansas Colleges of Health Education presented the first renderings of the layout of its proposed $60 million college of osteopathic medicine at a meeting of the Fort Chaffee…
by - August 21, 2014 7:10 pm
ASU Mexico Campus Now Focusing On 2016 Kickoff
A series of unanticipated infrastructure challenges have led Arkansas State University’s Mexico partners to request a new 2016 opening date for its Queretaro campus.
by - August 20, 2014 6:14 am
Walton Family Foundation To Invest $302 Million In Projects In Arkansas
The Walton Family Foundation said its new strategic plan includes an anticipated investment of more than $302 million in Northwest Arkansas and the Arkansas and Mississippi Delta through 2020 —…
by - August 19, 2014 3:25 pm
UALR Professor Licenses Water Purifying Technology
A technology invented by a UALR professor has been licensed by a worldwide leader in water purification with the help of the university’s TechLaunch technology transfer office. Dr. Tito Viswanathan,…
by - August 18, 2014 9:02 pm
ASU Program Aims To Increase STEM PhDs
Arkansas State University is participating in a research program called “Bridging the Divide,” which aims to increase the number of Ph.D graduates in the so-called “STEM” fields, especially among minority students.
by - August 18, 2014 2:45 pm
Teacher Of The Year: Make Teachers Leaders
The formula for keeping and attracting good teachers is simple: Let them be leaders. That’s the message of Jonathan Crossley, Arkansas’ Teacher of the Year. Crossley, 26, teaches 11th and…