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Make A Difference Day at the U of A
The Volunteer Action Center is bringing “Make a Difference Day” to campus this Saturday, Oct. 29. Students will be partnered with agencies from all around Northwest Arkansas to participate in projects such as building an outdoor earth oven, several garden cleanups, and a variety of fall festivals. To register for a project, you can visit the Make a…
UATV’s 20th Anniversary Special
The year 2016 marks 20 years of student produced broadcasts at the University of Arkansas! To celebrate, the Fulbright College hosted a special event that welcomed back alumni of the program to celebrate the last two decades, and to make a special announcement about the future of UARK student media. The students of UATV produced…
Investiture Ceremony Being Held for Chancellor Steinmetz Today
Today at 2 p.m. Chancellor Joseph E. Steinmetz will be formally vested with the symbols and ornaments of his position in an investiture ceremony held in the Faulkner Performing Arts Center. An investiture ceremony is a formal presentation of rank, commonly held within the first year of a president or chancellor’s tenure. UA System President Donald R. Bobbitt and the…
UATV’s Student Curriculum
This is an ordinary classroom, but these are no ordinary students. Tiffany King teaches television news reporting and newscast producing. These two classes combined drive the content of UATV’s nightly news and while this might be a leaning environment, the skills learned here are the same skills being used in the job market. “They walk…
Miss America to Come Home on ‘Savvy Saturday’
The 2017 Miss America Savvy Shields is set to return to Fayetteville Saturday Oct.22 in lieu of her big win in Atlantic City. Her homecoming is part of a week long celebration of her achievement with the U of A community. Shields will participate in the “Miss America Welcome Home Parade,” which starts at 4 p.m and will…
An Inside Look at UATV
In 1996, Larry Foley, who is now the chair of the Lemke Department of Journalism, decided to start a television station at the University of Arkansas for the first time. “I really felt like we needed a campus TV station for the students to learn and put into practice what they were learning in the…
A Conversation with Officer Tommy Norman
Social media sensation Officer Tommy Norman came to the U of A to discuss his approach to community policing and what it means to be an agent of change. The event was hosted by the Center for Multicultural and Diversity Education and was moderated by UATV’s Callie Barkwill. “‘A Conversation with Officer Tommy Norman’ is…
Clown Sighting in Northwest Arkansas
I’m standing on Old Farmington road, behind me a three story house that used to be known for it’s Christmas lights around the holiday season. This is where Farmington Police say they first received reports of two people dressed as clowns wandering through the neighborhood late Sunday night. According to reports, these clowns did not…
Fayetteville in Fall
As we move into the fall season, the shades of leaves are beginning to change from greens to more beautiful reds and yellows. University of Arkansas horticulture professor Gary McDonald says that shorter days, longer and cooler nights are the reason for the change. “So the plants are thinking, ‘Uh oh, winter’s coming, I need…
Changes in Northwest Arkansas Drinking Water
Beaver Lake is the source of most of Northwest Arkansas’ tap water, and lately the ecosystem has been changing, leaving a bad taste in our H2O. “I saw one of my friends the other day dump his water from the faucet because it was disgusting…luckily there was a Powerade machine close by so we just grabbed…