by - August 24, 2019 8:19 am
Vice Chancellor for University Advancement Jason Penry is leaving Arkansas State University, Chancellor Kelly Damphousse announced on Friday (Aug. 23). Penry is resigning after seven years with ASU to take…
by - August 21, 2019 11:23 am
The Arkansas Insurance Hall of Fame has announced its 2019 class to be inducted Oct. 17. The inductees are: James Howard Atkins of Herrington Inc.; Matthew Cashion of Cashion Company…
by - August 20, 2019 6:19 pm
Predicting the future can often be a fool’s errand, but in the world of higher education, administrators have little choice. Online classes are booming, tuition rates are constantly on the…
by - August 20, 2019 6:05 pm
The House and Senate Education Committees voted Tuesday (Aug. 20) to make a request for proposals from education consultants to produce the state’s first adequacy study in 16 years. The…
by - August 20, 2019 12:43 pm
Cheryl Murphy, chair of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education and Health Professions at the University of Arkansas, has been selected as the next vice…
by - August 17, 2019 10:50 am
The Arkansas Tech University Board of Trustees and ATU President Dr. Robin E. Bowen recognized C. LeMoyne Smith of Little Rock for establishing a new $1.55 million endowment with the…
by - August 15, 2019 2:41 pm
Henderson State University officials announced Thursday (Aug. 15) the school’s foundation received $2.27 million in private gifts in the 2018-2019 fiscal year that ended June 30. The last time fundraising…
by - August 15, 2019 11:28 am
The University of Central Arkansas set multiple fundraising records during the last academic year, raising $30,051,844 and it issued $1,478,259 in private scholarships, the school said. These numbers represent a…
by - August 15, 2019 11:19 am
Marshall Shafkowitz has been hired as the new executive director of Brightwater: A Center for the Study of Food. The culinary school in Bentonville is a division of NorthWest Arkansas Community College…
by - August 15, 2019 9:13 am
Batesville economic and political leadership has made a huge push in the past several years to invest more in education from pre-K to post-college. Jamie Rayford, chief operating officer of…
by - August 14, 2019 10:21 pm
Arkansas State University Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Dr. Alan Utter is an avid runner. The newly appointed administrator has only lived in Jonesboro for less than…
by - August 14, 2019 5:45 am
The Arkansas Bar Association and the Clinton School of Public Service are jointly presenting a Public Service Academy for member lawyers, law students, and individuals who are interested in public…
by - August 14, 2019 5:17 am
When Jonesboro Superintendent Kim Wilbanks took over the school district about a decade ago, she wanted to find ways to innovate the way the district educated its students. The district…
by - August 12, 2019 5:08 pm
Arkansas State University’s Enrollment Management division will take the lead in providing services to transfer students as well as management of the Registrar’s Office, Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management Dr….
by - August 7, 2019 5:07 pm
The University of Central Arkansas and University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday (Aug. 7) to allow for easier transfers of students between the two…
by - August 6, 2019 1:16 pm
Giving to the University of Arkansas totaled $163.4 million in the 12-month fiscal year that ended June 30, university officials said Tuesday (Aug. 6). That’s a drop of about 44%…
by - August 6, 2019 11:09 am
The Head Start/Early Head Start Program in Pulaski County has received a grant of $41 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The grant has been administered…
by - August 6, 2019 11:03 am
Dr. Nitin Agarwal, director of the Collaboratorium for Social Media and Online Behavioral Studies (COSMOS) at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has been awarded a $2.4 million grant…
by - August 1, 2019 3:28 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Arkansas Department of Education Secretary Johnny Key announced Thursday (Aug. 1) the four teachers named 2020 Arkansas Teacher of the Year State semi-finalists. The semi-finalists were…
by - August 1, 2019 12:14 pm
The location for Arkansas State University’s proposed Windgate Center for Three-Dimensional Arts will shift to the east, due to restrictive parking concerns and it better fits within the university’s overall…
