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Pat Walker Health Center wins the Innovation Award for Vaccine Challenge
By: Tanner Shotwell FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) – The Pat Walker Health Center won the Innovation Award for the Vaccine Challenge across the state of Arkansas. The University of Arkansas participated in a challenge with other colleges and universities across the state of Arkansas. The vaccine challenge tests schools and their ability to spread awareness of…
Experience Fayetteville wins Tourism Organization of The Year award
By: Tanner Shotwell FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) – Experience Fayetteville won the Tourism Organization of the Year Award for the state of Arkansas, and won the Natural State Tourism Development for Art Court. Experience Fayetteville is a website that keeps up with Fayetteville’s events and shows off the fun things going on around the city. The…
Arkansas bill would require Naloxone kits in every schools
By: Tanner Shotwell FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) – Arkansas State Legislature has passed a bill that would require every school and campus in Arkansas to have Naloxone rescue kits on standby. Opioid overdoses have been on the rise in Arkansas over the last five years. In each of the last five years, the increase has been…
Razorback Diamond Dolls
By : Lauren Spencer FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) – The Razorback Diamond Dolls are a group of 24 girls who work for the baseball team selling programs, writing the lineup board, and being bat girls. And with Razorback Baseball in full swing, so is the Diamond Dolls season. “They get to be on the field right…
International swimmer navigates life as a student athlete
By: Camryn Johnson FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) – Moving away from home can be an intimidating process for many young adults. However, for some students, the journey can be even bigger. The University of Arkansas is home to approximately 1,200 international students from 110 different countries every year, including Andrea Sansores, a graduate swimmer for the…
Walton Family Foundation is giving $3.6 million to Arkansas Teacher Corps.
By: Tanner Shotwell FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) – The Walton Family Foundation has donated $3.6 million to help grow the Arkansas Teachers Corps. The Arkansas Teachers Corps. mission is to “…recruit, train, license and support committed Arkansans as empowered teachers facilitating excellent, equitable education every day.” The program is a partnership with the U of A…
The chair of the music department uses her platform to break boundaries
By: Kristin Kite FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) – Earlier this spring semester, Lia Uribe was named chair of the Department of Music. She is the second woman and first person of Latin heritage to chair the department. The Columbian native said she is ready to step into this role because it gives her more agency. Uribe…
LEARNS Bill Receives Criticism at Arkansas House Education Committee Meeting
By: Beau Russell FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) – The Arkansas House Education Committee met on Tuesday, February 28th, to thoroughly discuss the new LEARNS Act, and will vote on the bill today. The LEARNS Act, or Senate Bill 294, is a sweeping education reform bill sponsored by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders. The bill was drafted by…
Critical race theory: the ban, the definition, and UA education students
By: Kaitlin Garza FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) – Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed an executive order to prohibit indoctrination and critical race theory from being taught in schools. Signed on her first day in office, Jan. 11, the new order establishes that the state education department take further measures to alter current curriculum plans and…
Registered student organization raising awareness on sexual assault
By: Lakyra Banks FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) – The registered student organization, “It’s On Us” is raising awareness on sexual assault. The RSO held a tabling event outside of the student union. Teal ribbons and flyers were passed out to students as they passed by. Molly Kline, the president of It’s On Us, said the organization…