by - September 10, 2012 11:56 am
Arkansas Community Foundation (ARCF) announced Monday (Sept. 10) that $9.6 million in grants were awarded to Arkansas nonprofits to support charitable projects between July 2011 and June 2012. The fiscal year…
by - September 8, 2012 10:16 am
For the eighth consecutive year, Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus set an enrollment record. And, for the first time in its history, Arkansas Tech-Ozark has a fall enrollment of more than…
by - September 6, 2012 9:15 pm
In a time of shrinking budgets and growing needs, institutions of higher learning actively work toward diversifying their revenue streams. A major component of these efforts is aggressively seeking out…
by - September 6, 2012 5:42 pm
Fall 2012 enrollment at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith officials is down 3% compared to fall 2011, according to a UAFS statement released Thursday (Sept. 6). With an…
by - September 6, 2012 12:52 pm
BENTONVILLE – NorthWest Arkansas Community College enrolled more than 8,400 students this semester, falling short of its 1% goal to increase last year’s record numbers. The gap means less revenue…
by - September 5, 2012 3:34 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — Louie Armstrong played there. So did Chuck Berry, Ray Charles and Peter Paul and Mary. Music was pumping at this old field house long ago — and it will again….
by - September 4, 2012 10:45 pm
BENTONVILLE — When NorthWest Arkansas Community College President Becky Paneitz retires in 2013, it will not be the last that the local community hears from her. Paneitz plans to keep…
by - September 1, 2012 8:49 am
Eight students at Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus have been awarded the Franklin County Single Parent Scholarship for the fall 2012 semester, according to an ATU-Ozark news release. Linda Kaufenberg, executive…
by - August 31, 2012 5:21 pm
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith was notified this week that UAFS will receive $1.3 million over five years from the U.S. Department of Education to fund the University’s…
by - August 31, 2012 12:52 pm
BENTONVILLE—A fired NorthWest Arkansas Community College employee will not receive an appeal hearing before the Board of Trustees, the board members decided in a special meeting Friday morning (Aug. 31)….
by - August 29, 2012 8:55 am
Northwest Arkansas educators are continuing efforts this week to contact teenagers who’ve previously dropped out of school or who haven’t returned since classes started Aug. 20. An areawide push began…
by - August 24, 2012 9:53 am
“If just one comes back, it’s worth it.” Area educators have their hopes up that more than “just one” student who has dropped out will be encouraged this weekend to…
by - August 24, 2012 12:37 am
FAYETTEVILLE—The Washington County Quorum Court found itself between a rock quarry and a hard place Thursday night (Aug. 23) as the justices of the peace heard an appeal over a…
by - August 22, 2012 11:35 am
The cheerful and colorful pinwheels placed throughout Northwest Arkansas every April remind passersby that child abuse still ravages young lives in the community. Each pinwheel represents a child who was…
by - August 21, 2012 9:45 pm
A new virtual initiative at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville has the potential to change the way researchers at state public universities share research and to revolutionize the way…
by - August 20, 2012 1:20 pm
A few years ago, Donna Feyen read a book that had a decent plot, but there was so much offensive material woven throughout the text that she had a hard…
by - August 19, 2012 6:45 pm
Television anchor Daren Bobb pulled an old saying attributed to a college professor – “Look to your left. Look to your right, because one of you won’t be here next…
by - August 17, 2012 3:17 pm
When fans enter the UAFS Stubblefield Center this fall, they will notice a few cosmetic changes to the home court of the Lions and Lady Lions basketball and volleyball teams….
by - August 16, 2012 2:07 pm
NorthWest Arkansas Community College was hoping to avoid more penalties for the late filing of quarterly tax payments but their recent appeal was denied by the Internal Revenue Service, according…
by - August 14, 2012 6:21 pm
Marty Parsons, the former chief financial officer for NorthWest Arkansas Community College, filed an appeal of termination on Aug. 9. Parsons is requesting a hearing with NWACC's Board of Trustees…
