by Dustin Jayroe Little Rock Christian Academy Grade Levels: Pre-K through 12 Enrollment: 1,423 Leadership: Dr. Gary Arnold Title: President and Head of School Education: B.A., Wheaton College; M.A., Wheaton College; Ed.D, National-Louis University (IL) Hometown (and when you moved…
August 2019
by Dustin Jayroe Little Rock School District Number of Schools in District:48 Enrollment: 23,000 Superintendent: Michael Alan Poore Education:B.A., Colorado State University; M.A., University of Colorado Hometown: Born in Hayes, Kansas, but grew up in Colorado. Moved to Arkansas in 2011. What…
“I am convinced education in Arkansas is in the beginning stages of ascendancy, and the levels of student success in the next decade will be unprecedented. With strengthened reading instruction through the R.I.S.E. Arkansas initiative, the nationally-recognized success in computer…
by Angela Forsyth [Editor’s note: Every 4-year institution of higher learning in Arkansas was invited to participate in our profile of the state’s college and university leaders. Not all institutions chose to participate.] University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Name: Joe Steinmetz…
- August 2019Magazine
The Conductor: Providing A Much-Needed Nudge To Arkansas Startups
by Tyler Haleby Tyler Haleby Tyler Hale | Photos By Jamison Mosley For many entrepreneurs, the first question they ask themselves after launching a startup is, “Now what?’” That’s where the Conductor‘s startup accelerator comes in. Through its 10X Growth Accelerator, the Conductor has…
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Challenges Accepted: For Cabinet Secretary Stacy Hurst, The More Moving Parts The Better
by Kitty Chismby Kitty ChismBy Kitty Chism | Photo by Jamison Mosley Stacy Hurst relishes a good challenge. As secretary of the newly formed Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism, challenges don’t come much bigger. Hurst, long active in the Little Rock business and philanthropy…
by Jeremy Peppas | Photographs Courtesy of Russellville Chamber of Commerce, Arkansas Tech University and Kellie McAnulty The settlement that became known as Russellville was started two years before Arkansas was granted its statehood in 1836. The Pope County seat,…
- August 2019Magazine
R-e-l-i-e-f: Between The Trade War And Floods, Arkansas Farmers Hanging Tough – But Help Must Come Soon
by Dwain Hebdaby Dwain Hebdaby Dwain Hebda | Photography By Jamison Mosley The superlatives to describe the challenges of 2019 for the state’s farm producers have nearly been exhausted – unprecedented, catastrophic, devastating. Arkansas’ producers have endured a two-front assault by a raging Mother…
- August 2019Magazine
Arkansas Farmers Bracing for Flood’s Economic Aftermath
by Tyler Haleby Tyler Haleby Tyler Hale | Photography Courtesy of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Bobby Crow had just left for vacation when a levee near Dardanelle breached, sending water from the Arkansas River cascading through Yell County. Flood waters tore…
Overachiever Natalie Ghidotti’s award-winning agency reflects her ‘dual citizenship’ in journalism, PR by Greg Graham | Photography By Jamison Mosley The door to the corner office at Ghidotti Communications on the 29th floor of the Regions Bank building in downtown…