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  • Studying Abroad at the University of Arkansas

    Studying Abroad at the University of Arkansas

    With only one percent of undergraduate students studying abroad it might not seem like an affordable opportunity, but some students are willing to take on the challenge. “These are the children; this one is the newest wife, she’s wife number nine,” said senior biology student Brooke Collins. She said she took a nontraditional approach to…

  • Colleges Increase Contingent Hiring, U of A Professor Speaks Out

    Colleges Increase Contingent Hiring, U of A Professor Speaks Out

    A recent strike at Penn State brought attention to a group of professors and the issues they face being contingent faculty. Doctor Karen Madison is one of the U of A’s adjunct professors who wants their story heard. “The word makes a difference,” Madison said. Over 70 percent of faculty around the nation are adjunct.…

  • RNCIC Hosts 5K to Fund Cemetery Expansion

    RNCIC Hosts 5K to Fund Cemetery Expansion

    Every year, the Regional National Cemetery Improvement Corporation hosts a 5k to fund the expansion of the Fayetteville National Cemetery. “We’ve been able to keep this cemetery open through the actions of the community,” said race director Wes Stites. The RNCIC has tripled the size of the cemetery not only for veterans, but for the community…

  • U of A Student Balances School and Motherhood

    U of A Student Balances School and Motherhood

    While many students depend on their parents during college, others become them. Senior U of A student Elizabeth Jordan is raising her daughter while completing her degree. She came to the university to study horticulture and become a farmer, but when she got pregnant her first semester, she saw a new, exciting future for herself.…

  • Humans of Kimpel Hall

    Humans of Kimpel Hall

    Kimpel Hall is like any other building at the University of Arkansas, but it is the people that make it unique. The communication department on the fourth floor is working to give the building some personality, one story at a time. “We go after students faculty and staff and we just want to know what…

  • New App Makes Donating to Food Pantries Easier Than Ever

    New App Makes Donating to Food Pantries Easier Than Ever

    With the holidays quickly approaching, the Full Circle Food Pantry is putting together their annual holiday food baskets to be distributed in December. This student founded organization is now interacting with donors in a brand new way, through the “Be Neighborly” App. This app makes it easier for people to donate pre-filled grocery bags to not…

  • Preventing Violence on Campus

    Preventing Violence on Campus

    (Fayetteville, AR)—How would you handle yourself if there was an active shooter in your building on campus? UAPD is making it a mission to make sure students and faculty are not only aware, but prepared of what to do in this type of situation. “Folks can be aware that something might happen but we want…

  • Deadlines Approach for UREC Extended Backpacking Trips

    Deadlines Approach for UREC Extended Backpacking Trips

    University Recreation Outdoors is offering two extended trips over Thanksgiving break, one to Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona and the other to Canyonlands National Park in Utah. Both trips are planned for Nov. 19-27, and the registration deadlines are Nov. 15 and 16. For more information about traveling with the UREC Outdoors program, click…

  • College Voting Issues

    College Voting Issues

    Election Day is seen as one of the most important days of the year, but only 17 percent of 18 to 24 year olds casted a ballot. “You know I could either drive home for four hours and go to Kansas, or I can stay here and go to my classes Tuesday afternoon which is…

  • Northwest Arkansas Food Bank Teams Up with Springdale Police

    Northwest Arkansas Food Bank Teams Up with Springdale Police

    The Northwest Arkansas Food Bank and the Springdale Police Department are partnering up this holiday season to serve those in the community who are immediatley suffering from hunger. “Springdale has definitely got a huge need of people who are food insecure in this community and so for us, we decided that would be probably the…

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