Arkansas State University

Dr. Shane Speights, Dean of the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University, will join the slate of speakers who will present at the 2021 Arkansas Rural Development Conference, the Arkansas Economic Development Commission…

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has named Brittany Straw as the new director of Career Services. A native of Batesville, Straw is a first-generation college student who learned the importance of hard work and higher education by participating…

The Arkansas Department of Agriculture recently awarded $20,000 in scholarships to students attending Arkansas universities with agricultural programs. The universities include Arkansas State University, Southern Arkansas University, the University of Arkansas, and Arkansas Tech University.   “The Arkansas Department of…

The New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University (NYITCOM at A-State) has been working to provide COVID education and vaccines throughout the region.   However, Dr. Brookshield Laurent, chair of clinical medicine at NYITCOM…

Arkansas State University Chancellor Kelly Damphousse on Thursday instituted an indoors mask policy, effective immediately for the Jonesboro campus. The move comes two days after the University of Central Arkansas in Conway made a similar move regarding indoor masks. ASU’s…

More than 40 percent of the nation’s rice production is attributed to Arkansas rice farmers. In fact, no other state in the nation produces more rice than Arkansas, which contributes more than $6 billion to the state’s economy. Enhancing this…

Keith “Catfish” Sutton, a prolific wildlife journalist, will be inducted into the Legends of the Outdoors Hall of Fame August 21 at the John A. and Genny Morris Conference Center in Springfield, Mo. Sutton’s first wildlife article was published in…

Arkansas State University Chancellor Kelly Damphousse, a former prison guard in Alberta, Canada, doesn’t want to run his university like a penitentiary when students return this fall. Unlike other colleges – mostly private ones – that mandate students be vaccinated…

Eleven faculty members at Arkansas State University have been promoted in academic rank and six have attained tenure, announced Dr. Alan Utter, provost and vice chancellor for Academic Affairs and Research. “I would like to extend my sincerest congratulations to…