Congressman Ray Thornton Donates Papers to the University Libraries

Posted On Thursday, November 14, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS  Tags: , , , , ,   
Former Congressman Ray Thornton FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The University Libraries announce the acquisition of the personal and professional papers of alumnus Ray Thornton, who served, during his long public career as congressman, Arkansas attorney general, Arkansas Supreme Court justice and president of the University of Arkansas and Arkansas State University. As congressman he received ...

Second RazorVets: Event Celebrating Veterans to Wrap Up Veterans Week

Posted On Wednesday, November 6, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS  Tags: , ,   
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Lt. Gen. Bradley A. Heithold, a 1981 University of Arkansas graduate and vice commander, Headquarters U.S. Special Operations Command in Washington, D.C., will be the keynote speaker for the RazorVets: Celebrating Veterans banquet at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15 in the Arkansas Union Verizon Ballroom. The event, in ...

‘Shakers’ Help Engineers Develop Inexpensive System for Testing Condition of Bridges

Posted On Wednesday, October 30, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS  Tags: , , , ,   
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a new and inexpensive system to test the structural condition of short- to medium-span bridges. The system employs a network of tactile transducers – small-scale, inexpensive and off-the-shelf devices that create the sensation of shaking through feedback of low-frequency ...

Jean Tyson Child Development Study Center Earns LEED Gold Status from U.S. Green Building Council

Posted On Tuesday, October 22, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS  Tags: , , , ,   
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Jean Tyson Child Development Study Center in the Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences at the University of Arkansas has received a design and construction rating of LEED Gold from the U.S. Green Building Council. LEED, Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design, is a green ...

Maggie Jo Pruitt Wins 2013 Homecoming Queen Crown

Posted On Tuesday, October 15, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS  Tags: , , , , , ,   
Maggie Jo Pruitt, a senior in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, was crowned Homecoming Queen 2013 during halftime festivities on Saturday, Oct. 12. Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow sponsored Pruitt, a senior from Bergman, Ark., majoring in agricultural education, communication and technology. Joseph Holloway, a senior ...

Trio Earn Research Honors at Enometrics Conference

Posted On Tuesday, October 8, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS  Tags: , , , , ,   
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Professor Robert Harrington, assistant professor Han-Seok Seo and research assistant Jieun Min from the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences at the University of Arkansas recently won top research presentation honors at the Enometrics XX Conference in Talca, Chile. Harrington holds the 21st Century Endowed ...

Pi Kappa Alpha Breaks Ground for Renovated Chapter House

Posted On Sunday, September 29, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS  Tags: , , , , ,   
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – University of Arkansas officials joined current members and long-time alumni of the Alpha Zeta Chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha – known on campus as PIKE – to celebrate the start of a major expansion and renovation project on the fraternity’s 63-year-old Chapter House on Arkansas Avenue. The ...

Donaghey Scholar Drops Yarn Bomb on Arts Center

Posted On Saturday, September 21, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS  Tags: , , , ,   
Chelsye Garrett, a Donaghey and McNair Scholar at UALR, dropped a bomb on the Arkansas Arts Center last week — a “yarn bomb,” that is. Garrett is a furniture design major at UALR who worked with officials at the Arts Center’s Education Department for six months, organizing a large scale project ...

Medical Tourism is One of the Growing Trends Across the World

Posted On Friday, September 20, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS, DELAWARE, FEATURED, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, HAWAII, INDIANA, LOUISIANA, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MINNESOTA, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, NEBRASKA, NEW JERSEY, NEW MEXICO, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH DAKOTA, PUERTO RICO, SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH DAKOTA, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, VERMONT, WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON DC, WEST VIRGINIA  Tags: , , , , , , ,   
Medical Tourism is One of the Growing Trends Across the World Medical tourism is one of the growing trends across the world. Due to high increase in the cost of health care facility, individual as well as companies are providing incentives to travel across the countries to get the surgeries they need. While travelling other countries for the medical tourists not ...

Haupt Named as New Compliance Officer for U of A Office of Equal Opportunity and Compliance

Posted On Friday, September 13, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS  Tags: , , , ,   
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Shannon Haupt, an Oklahoma City attorney with 12 years of experience in human resources and employment law has been named as the new compliance officer with the University of Arkansas Office of Equal Opportunity and Compliance. “I feel that Shannon will be an asset to my office,” said ...

U of A Bookstore to Expand Its NWA Mall Razorback Shop Location

Posted On Friday, September 6, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS  Tags: , , ,   
The University of Arkansas Bookstore is pleased to announce the expansion and anticipated October grand re-opening of the Razorback Shop located in the Northwest Arkansas Mall. The U of A Bookstore team is working to accomplish its goal of creating a premiere Razorback merchandise destination for shoppers in and around Northwest ...

UASuccess a New Online Appointment Scheduling and Retention Tool

Posted On Thursday, August 29, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS  Tags: , , , , ,   
Last week, the University of Arkansas released "UASuccess," a new online appointment scheduling and retention tool for faculty, staff and students. To support students and increase retention and graduation rates, the university has contracted with Starfish Retention Solutions to adapt its Student Success and Retention Platform to the needs of this ...

Online Catalog of Studies Gives Students Easier Access to Academic Requirements

Posted On Thursday, August 22, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS  Tags: , , , , ,   
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The University of Arkansas has published a new online version of the annual Catalog of Studies, the first designed for easy use on mobile devices such tablets and smart phones. “Having a Catalog of Studies that is fully digital is a service that the University of Arkansas is ...

Recycle Personal Computer Equipment, Parts and Electronics Today

Posted On Wednesday, August 14, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS  Tags: , , , , ,   
The collection of privately owned used, extinct, broken computer equipment, parts and electronics is a service the University of Arkansas Computer Store currently provides to the campus community. Personally owned electronics can be dropped off today between the hours of 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the Garland Center dock. A ...

Walton College Hosts Supply Chain Management Forum with J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc.

Posted On Wednesday, August 7, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS  Tags: , , , ,   
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Nearly 300 sales executives from across the United States who work for J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. attended the company’s supply chain forum July 30-Aug. 1 on the University of Arkansas campus. The forum was organized and hosted by the department of supply chain management in the Sam ...

Esper Named Associate Editor of Supply Chain Journal

Posted On Wednesday, July 31, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS  Tags: , , , ,   
Terry Esper, associate professor in the supply chain management department and executive director of the Supply Chain Management Research Center at the Sam M. Walton College of Business, has been named associate editor of the Journal of Supply Chain Management. "This is an outstanding acknowledgement of Terry's excellent work in supply ...

Walton College Alumnus to Discuss His Book on Panama

Posted On Wednesday, July 24, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS  Tags: , , , ,   
Rodolfo Leiton Rodolfo M. Leiton, a 1997 graduate of the M.B.A. program at the Sam M. Walton College of Business, will be on the University of Arkansas campus July 25 to discuss his novel I Took Panama: The Story of Philippe Bunau-Varilla. Leiton's novel is the story of how the Panama ...

Cooperative Program Boosts Internships With South African Retailer

Posted On Tuesday, July 16, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS  Tags: , , ,   
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – You never know when you might make a long-lasting friendship. In 2004, Claudia Mobley, executive director for the Center for Retailing Excellence at the Sam M. Walton College of Business, attended an industry conference in New York and met three executives associated with South African retail. One of ...
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