by - December 8, 2021 8:51 am
Public education foundations in Northwest Arkansas’ four largest school districts are forming a new cooperative to support regional needs. Bentonville Public Education Foundation, Fayetteville Public Education Foundation, Rogers Public Education…
by - December 7, 2021 3:53 pm
Arkansas State University Chancellor Kelly Damphousse has been appointed to the NCAA Board of Governors. The appointment to the primary governing body of the NCAA comes at a time of…
by - December 7, 2021 11:09 am
RealResponse, a feedback and anonymous reporting platform for athletic organizations, announced a partnership Monday (Dec. 6) with the University of Arkansas. The partnership gives Razorback athletes a way to communicate…
by - December 6, 2021 6:01 pm
Officials with the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) dedicated the 66,000-square foot College of Health Sciences facility Monday (Dec. 6) both ahead of and behind schedule. Kyle Parker, president…
by - December 6, 2021 5:03 pm
Louis Whorton, the Hall of Fame head women’s basketball coach for the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, died Sunday (Dec. 5) at age 70. He is the winningest UAFS…
by - December 5, 2021 10:37 am
The Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) is the recipient of the Jerry Kline Community Impact Prize, a national award that recognizes the public library as a vital community asset. Developed…
by - December 3, 2021 2:48 pm
Arkansas State University received a $25 million challenge gift from the Wingate Foundation on Friday (Dec. 3) to build the Wingate Hall of Art and Innovation and an accompanying Art…
by - December 2, 2021 4:40 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has appointed Jerry Morgan, a 1992 graduate of Arkansas State University and longtime banking executive, to the Arkansas State University System Board of Trustees. Morgan will fill…
by - December 1, 2021 3:28 pm
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UA Little Rock), the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) and Forge Institute announced Wednesday (Dec. 1) the establishment of the Consortium…
by - November 30, 2021 7:21 pm
Editor’s note: This story is the third in a series on the details and potential impact of the $32.3 million donation to the Fort Smith-based Arkansas Colleges of Health Education…
by - November 30, 2021 10:56 am
A student-run online business at the University of Arkansas has produced a record-breaking sales year. ForeverRed grossed $108,000 in sales for the fiscal year 2021 that ended June 30. That’s…
by - November 29, 2021 3:59 pm
The city of Jonesboro had been battered by several pandemics and then came the Great War in 1917. Even as the war came to a close a year later, a…
by - November 29, 2021 10:28 am
Enrollment woes continued at most universities across the state this year, and institutions are preparing for a looming enrollment cliff later this decade. According to the Arkansas Department of Higher…
by - November 24, 2021 9:32 am
Arkansas State University and the Arkansas National Guard signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) as part of the ROTC’s 85th anniversary celebration earlier this month. The memorandum contains requirements and…
by - November 23, 2021 2:47 pm
Construction of Fort Smith Public School’s Peak Innovation Center is expected to be completed by Dec. 23, Shawn Shaffer, FSPS facilities supervisor told the FSPS school board Nov. 15. “I…
by - November 22, 2021 2:27 pm
Paragould native Kenneth Flynn has spent more than 75 years of his life collecting seashells and other aquatic life from around the world. His collection, named the Flynn Collection, is…
by - November 18, 2021 12:26 pm
The nonprofit Fayetteville Public Education Foundation (FPEF) announced this week a $110,000 gift from Tamara and John Roberts and their family. John Roberts is president and CEO of J.B. Hunt…
by - November 17, 2021 2:06 pm
University of Arkansas System President Dr. Donald R. Bobbitt will recommend Dr. Brian Shonk, currently vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville (UACCB),…
by - November 17, 2021 9:24 am
The Jim and Cherry Duckett family of Little Rock has made a donation to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock to create an endowed student support fund in honor…
by - November 16, 2021 10:34 am
Lyon College has received $600,000 in federal grants to expand telehealth, distance learning and to promote women’s safety both on campus and in the surrounding area. Lyon has been awarded…
