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New Scholarship Makes College More Affordable
By: Destiny Washington FAYETEVILLE, Ark. – Advance Arkansas is a new scholarship initiative that is a part of Campaign Arkansas. This scholarship will help new, returning, and transfer students from Arkansas. Recipients should show a strong leadership skills, academic skills, and financial need. Preference will be given to students who are the first in their…
New Scholarship Makes College More Affordable
By: Destiny Washington FAYETEVILLE, Ark. – Advance Arkansas is a new scholarship initiative that is a part of Campaign Arkansas. This scholarship will help new, returning, and transfer students from Arkansas. Recipients should show a strong leadership skills, academic skills, and financial need. Preference will be given to students who are the first in their…
ASG Election Results Announced
By: Bradley Bullock FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – University of Arkansas students voted for Associated Student Government executive positions March 5 through March 7. ASG announced the positions of Secretary, President and Vice-President all require a run-off election. The candidates for these positions did not meet the “majority-threshold,” which requires candidates to receive 50 percent of the…
University Seeks Instructors for Freshman Class
By: Bradley Bullock FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – University of Arkansas invites faculty and staff to apply to teach University Perspectives. The course centers on helping freshmen transition into college life by giving them various tools for success. Teachers use theme-based courses such as literature, music and politics. Those who apply for the fall can opt to…
Students Walk-Out at Fayetteville High School
By: Haleigh Ball FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – It’s been one month since 17 students were killed by a mass shooter in Florida. Students from Fayetteville High School marched down Harmon Ave. and ended at the court house today in protest of gun policies. FHS is one of the only schools in northwest Arkansas that allowed students…
University Kicks Off New Graduate Program
By: Layne Blank FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The graduate department at the University of Arkansas announced the start of a new bridge program aiding underrepresented populations. The name of the program is RISE, which stands for the Razorgrad Institute for Success and Engagement. The program takes place in early August over the course of one week.…
Spring Fling to Cover Spring Break Safety
By: Layne Blank FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – University Housing hosts an event giving students health and safety tips for spring break. The event takes place tomorrow night from 7 to 9 p.m. in the International Connections Lounge in the Union. A DJ, food and prizes are in store for those who come. Attendees can partake in…
Pulitzer Prize Finalist to Visit the University
By: Hunter McEachern FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Novelist, essayist and professor of creative writing at the University of California at Riverside, Laila Lalami, will visit the University of Arkansas Campus to read from her novel The Moor’s Account. A finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, The Moor’s Account is about a Moroccan slave who is the first…
Local Artist Thanks University for Helping His Career
By: Hunter McEachern FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Local Artist Ben Edwards acknowledges the University of Arkansas for helping start his art career. He specifically credits University Programs, where he served as the coordinator for the Anne Kittrell Art Gallery from 2004-2006. “University Programs gave me essential professional experience that was entirely relevant to the world of…
Local High School Students Plan Protest Walkout
By: Breybinda Alvarez ROGERS, Ark. – Benton County and Washington County school districts talked with students about participating in the nationwide walkout planned to protest gun violence. On March 14, 2018, students nationwide plan to walk out of high schools at 10:00 a.m. for 17 minutes. Each minute represents each of the 17 lives lost…