by - July 21, 2003 12:00 am
Time To Get Real On Education Deal (Gwen Moritz commentary)
The inert legislators who have dedicated themselves to preserving Arkansas? abysmal educational system have declared victory even before taking up the battle.
Tag: education
by - June 9, 2003 12:00 am
UA Looks to Patent Another Blackberry
The University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture has applied for a patent on a fourth thornless blackberry that will be available to licensed nurseries this fall.
by - June 9, 2003 12:00 am
NWACF Funds Award College Scholarships
Eight college scholarships totaling $13,000 were awarded May 20 by funds under the Northwest Arkansas Community Foundation umbrella.
by - June 9, 2003 12:00 am
UA Puts Frats Back On Track
Fraternity membership has dropped by an estimated 30 percent at American colleges. Across the country, many chapters have shut down because they?ve lost the members they needed for financial support.
by - May 12, 2003 12:00 am
Sexton Mentors Winners
Two teams from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville won the graduate and undergraduate competitions at the 2003 Governor?s Award for Entrepreneurial Development.
by - April 28, 2003 12:00 am
UA Foundation Ready For Bulls
Fund raising is hard enough when times are good, but during an economic downturn, it can be a bear.
by - April 28, 2003 12:00 am
Program Builds Business Leaders
The Center for Management and Executive Development at the Sam M. Walton College of Business is getting serious about improving the level of leadership at Arkansas businesses.
by - April 28, 2003 12:00 am
Governor?s Entrepreneurial Award Needs More Support
The Governor?s Award for Entrepreneurial Development competition needs additional financial support to survive.
by - April 28, 2003 12:00 am
Walker Foundation Gives $8 Million For UA Building
The Willard and Pat Walker Charitable Foundation will provide $8 million to the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville toward construction of the $16 million Willard J. Walker Graduate Business Building.
by - April 14, 2003 12:00 am
Winslow, Decatur Top School Consolidation List
The state could save at least $712,044 per year by consolidating the two most inefficient school districts in Northwest Arkansas ? Decatur and Winslow ? with nearby districts.
by - March 17, 2003 12:00 am
Finally, A Win For Education (Editorial)
Two organizations long at odds with each other, the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and the Arkansas Education Association, recently endorsed Gov. Mike Huckabee?s compromise education program.
by - March 17, 2003 12:00 am
Heath Impresses UA, Gets Contract Extension
University of Arkansas basketball coach Stan Heath may not have won many games in his debut season, but he won over Razorback fans with the way he handled himself under such difficult circumstances following the ouster of embattled coach Nolan Richardson.
by - March 17, 2003 12:00 am
Work Force Technology Center to Be Complete July 1 at NWACC
The Shewmaker Center for Workforce Technologies at NorthWest Arkansas Community College is expected to be complete July 1.
by - March 17, 2003 12:00 am
Young Hasn?t Seen Freight Demand Uptick
Robert Young III, president and CEO of Arkansas Best Corp., recently told a group of University of Arkansas students that no sign of a potential uptick in the economy has materialized yet in the trucking industry.
by - March 3, 2003 12:00 am
Keep Focus on School Debate (Jeff Hankins commentary)
In recent months, we have tried to contribute to the dialogue and debate over education issues as the state contemplates a system overhaul in response to the state Supreme Court?s ruling in the Lake View case.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Tyson Foods Donates Plane to UA
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale on Feb. 5 gave a nine-passenger turboprop airplane to the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
by - February 3, 2003 12:00 am
Schools Face Their ?Bed Time? (Gwen Moritz commentary)
Too many lawmakers, like the terrified local school administrators and school board members they represent, persist in the wrongheaded mindset that consolidation is a form of punishment.
by - January 20, 2003 12:00 am
Time to Follow Huck?s Lead
Sounding at times like a conservative Republican and at times like a liberal Democrat, Gov. Mike Huckabee on Jan. 14 proposed a sweeping reorganization of the state?s school districts and of the executive branch.
by - January 6, 2003 12:00 am
ATRS Looks for Rebound with Ex-Fayetteville Mayor
The state?s largest pension fund endured a year of turmoil that included the exodus of its top two executives, criminal referrals, civil litigation and the hiring of a new leader.
by - January 6, 2003 12:00 am
McKee Foods Tops Biggest Deals List
McKee Foods Corp.’s 180,000-SF expansion of its Little Debbie Snacks plant in Gentry tops the list of the region’s biggest deals of 2002.