Tag: education

Club Z! In-home Tutoring Comes to NWA

James and Kathy Dinwoodie recently expanded the nation?s largest in-home tutoring company to service Northwest Arkansas.

Adversity Made Area?s Centennial Club Stronger in Toughest Times

Twenty-six for-profit companies in Northwest Arkansas have had continuous operations for at least 100 years.

NCR Joins UA?s ITRC

NCR, the company founded as the National Cash Register Co. in Dayton, Ohio, has joined the Information Research Technology Center within the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas.

JBU Students Worked on Economics in Guatemala

Nine students from John Brown University in Siloam Springs spent their spring break helping develop economic projects in Guatemala.

Matthews Finds Purpose in Law

David Matthews represented the Rogers and Bentonville school districts in Arkansas? landmark school-funding case.

Pending Contract for WayLink

WayLink Systems Corp., may have an contract Fayetteville to evaluate streets via its high-tech Digital Highway Data Vehicle.

Baum Boxes Bring More UA Revenue

Tom Dorre, associate athletic director at the University of Arkansas, says this year?s $1.35 million addition of 10 new skyboxes at Baum Stadium has been a wise investment.

New Computer Learning Center On the Horizon

Tom and JoAnn Dapp, owners of New Horizons Computer Learning Center in Springfield, Mo., plan to open a second facility in the J.B. Hunt Parkway Tower at Pinnacle Hills.

Kids for Health Wins CCF Grant

CommunityCare Foundation’s first grant of 2004 has gone to the Kids for Health, a health education program for children, in the amount of $67,500.

North Central Accredits Shiloh

The North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement has recently accredited Shiloh Christian School.

Learning, Litter Might be Area?s Only Road Bumps

Litigation regarding public school funding and phosphorus runoff into the watershed might be the only two things to derail Northwest Arkansas? economic gravy train.

Education Proposals Filled Governor?s Plate During ?03

Gov. Mike Huckabee fought the good fight for education reform during 2003.

Watch These in 2004 (President?s Notes)

Education reform is the biggest thing, but not the only one, to pay attention to in 2004.

Financial Reports Don?t Meet SEC Standards

Researchers at the University of Arkansas have found that less than 17 percent of financial reports meet Securities and Exchange Commission regulations aimed at keeping shareholders informed.

UA Engineers Procure Satellite Lab

Bob Friedman, Genesis? director, and Neil Schmidt, the former dean of the UA College of Engineering, have helped procure $2 million worth of satellite equipment to start the Electrical Engineering Department?s UA Satellite Communications Lab.

School Debate Hijacks Holidays (Jeff Hankins Publisher?s Note)

A special session of the Arkansas General Assembly gives us something festive to talk about during this holiday season.

Kennedy Gives 2004 Investment Strategy

Robert E. Kennedy, a University of Arkansas business professor from 1957 to 1999, took time after a Christmas partry drop-in at Garner Asset Management LLC in Fayetteville to talk about investment strategies for the new year.

Rally Makes Consolidation Case

Gov. Mike Huckabee called the shameful use (at taxpayer expense) of innocent children as political props outside the Capitol in early December ?a rally to preserve the past.?

UA Researchers Link Compensation, Risk

Researchers at the University of Arkansas? Walton College of Business have discovered that executives whose salaries don?t depend on bonuses to maintain their standard of living are more likely to make risky decisions.

UA Builds Strong Data-mining Rep

Since 1998, the Walton College has become one of the best schools in the nation at torturing data and getting useful information from it. The catch phrases for this data analysis are ?business intelligence,? ?data mining? and ?data warehousing.?

Walmart leaders note company history, push AI adoption

ArcBest raises its guidance for the second quarter

Walton-led entity buys 900,000 square feet of former Walmart Home Office for $73 million

Gladner to retire from Arkansas Broadcasters Association later this year