The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has announced a major new student success initiative that offers half-off course tuition and fees for freshmen who enroll at UA Little Rock for the fall 2022 semester. In this first-of-its-kind initiative, first-time…
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UA Pine Bluff Receives $400k Beyoncé, JAY-Z and Tiffany’s Scholarship Fund
In partnership with Tiffany & Co., Beyoncé and JAY-Z’s philanthropic initiatives—BeyGOOD and the Shawn Carter Foundation—launched the About Love Scholarship for students attending the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB), and four other Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The $2 million…
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UAMS Offers Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Mindfulness Program is offering the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program online starting Sept. 28. Participants will learn mindfulness techniques that foster positivity, inner strength and peace, while providing useful skills for navigating…
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Ethel Brickey Hicks Charity Gives $1M for UAMS College of Medicine Scholarship
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $1 million gift from the Ethel Brickey Hicks Charitable Corporation to create a scholarship in the College of Medicine, which will be called the Ethel Brickey Hicks Endowed Scholarship. …
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Deadline Set for 2021 Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Applications
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe deadline to apply for an Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship is approaching. The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery (ASL) announced that applications will be accepted through July 1. “The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery was started with the goal of helping Arkansas students realize their higher education goals,”…
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With New Scholarship, UAM Aims to Attract Students to Forestry Industry
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffStudents interested in forestry will have a new source of funding for college. The Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Forestry Division and the University of Arkansas at Monticello have unveiled a new scholarship aimed at incoming freshmen pursuing forestry. This scholarship,…
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A-State Scholarship Endowed in Honor of Gen. George Barker
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffArkansas State University alumni have established a scholarship in honor of Gen. George Barker. Buddy and Charlotte Beck of Fairfax Station, Va. have established the Gen. George Barker Scholarship Endowment. The couple established the scholarship to honor Barker for his…
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UA Little Rock Receives $100K Gift to Endow Art Scholarship
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received a $100,000 donation that will create an endowed scholarship for senior art students. Leslye Shellam has donated the funding for the scholarship, which will honor her mother, Linda Blaine Flake and…
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Berry Makes Planned Gift to Support STEM Education at UA Little Rock
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffA University of Arkansas at Little Rock dean has made a planned gift of approximately $50,000 to benefit the university’s STEM efforts. Dr. Brian Berry, vice provost for research and dean of the Graduate School, has pledged the gift to…
A new scholarship for music students has been established at Arkansas State University in honor of a longtime music faculty member. More than $25,000 has been committed to create the Dan Ross Memorial Scholarship, in honor of the late Dr.…