by - August 26, 2021 6:53 pm
Lyon College President W. Joseph King resigned Thursday (Aug. 26). King, who was under fire for comments about President Donald Trump supporters and white supremacist in the Ozark Foothills tendered…
by - August 9, 2021 2:49 pm
Lyon College said it is the first college in Arkansas to reportedly offer a loan repayment assistance program (LRAP), also known as the Lyon Pledge, to all new and incoming…
by - July 20, 2021 12:24 pm
The Wilson family has made a gift commitment of $1 million to Lyon College to create the endowed Michael E. Wilson Professorship of Business, Management and Social Entrepreneurship, the school…
by - October 1, 2020 1:15 pm
Lyon College was one of the few colleges or universities in the South to hold virtual-only classes during the fall of 2020. Administrators are preparing for students to return to…
by - July 24, 2020 1:47 pm
Lyon College is the first academic institution in Arkansas to announce that it won’t have in-person classes this fall. College President W. Joseph King said Friday (July 24) students will…
by - May 10, 2020 8:52 pm
Jim and Carole Williamson have made a $25,000 gift to the Lamar Williamson Prize for Excellence in Teaching, increasing the annual award amount from $2,500 to $3,500. This increase allows…
by - May 7, 2020 5:46 pm
We live in a world where data drives everything and one college in Northeast Arkansas has decided to expand its offerings in this discipline. Lyon College in Batesville recently approved…
by - February 17, 2020 6:15 pm
The U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board have announced that Dr. Scott Roulier has received a Fulbright award to Ahmedabad, India, to teach at…
by - February 5, 2020 2:54 pm
It was the mid-1990s and startup technology companies were the rage. The internet had just burst onto the scene, and people in their early 20s were becoming millionaires almost on…
by - October 29, 2019 7:18 pm
Lyon College announced Tuesday (Oct. 29) the addition of an exercise science program, addressing the needs of one of the fastest-growing career fields. The program will have two tracks. One…
by - September 3, 2019 3:33 pm
The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) has approved Lyon College’s Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program and Military Science and Leadership concentration, according to the school. Provost Dr. Melissa Taverner…
by - November 10, 2015 9:37 am
A man whose business acumen and community service was remembered Tuesday as a leader whose family helped to build a college in Northeast Arkansas. Frank Lyon Jr., 74, died Sunday…
