A Night of Hope will return in person this year on Oct. 6 for a celebration of single parent scholars and the community that supports their rising success, as The Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund announced. The ASPSF will honor…
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University of Arkansas System President Dr. Donald Bobbitt has named his recommendation for the next chancellor of the University of Arkansas Community College at Hope-Texarkana (UAHT). Christine Holt, D.B.A., J.D., is Bobbitt’s recommendation for the role. Currently, Holt serves as…
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U of A System, UAM Partner with Five Oaks to Expand Forestry and Wildlife Research
by Tyler Haleby Tyler HaleTwo state educational institutions are partnering with the Five Oaks Ag Research and Education Center to expand forestry and wildlife research in Arkansas. The University of Arkansas at Monticello and the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture have partnered…
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Arkansas Forest Resources Center Director Retiring at End of 2020
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe head of the University of Arkansas at Monticello’s College of Forestry, Agriculture and Natural Resources is retiring at the end of 2020. Dr. Phil Tappe will be retiring from his UAM post, in addition to his role as the…
The University of Arkansas System has established a task force focused on racial equity. Fourteen individuals in the UA System have been appointed by President Donald R. Bobbitt to sit on the UA System Task Force on Racial Equity. Announced…
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The Future is Here: eVersity Sets Itself Apart in Crowded Educational Marketplace
by Dwain Hebdaby Dwain HebdaSince being established as the newest member of the University of Arkansas System in 2014, eVersity endured trials related to growing out of the shadow of the state’s more established institutions of higher learning. But those days are gone. “So…
The University of Arkansas System universities and colleges will not be raising students’ tuition for the fall of 2020. The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas met earlier today for a special board meeting via teleconferencing to discuss…
University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) Chancellor Karla Hughes is resigning from her position and retiring at the end of this year. Her resignation and retirement will be effective Dec. 31, 2019. Hughes said in a statement that she and…
Arkansas’ only 100 percent online university is ready to go global. That’s the assessment of administrators who say while the three-year-old eVersity isn’t quite a global brand – yet – all the pieces are there. “Do we have the bones…
September/October 2015 Issue In October 2015, the University of Arkansas System will launch a new, wholly online college named eVersity. Its backers want to raise the educational bar for the state, but can they do that without triggering infighting with…