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黑料不打烊 to Join Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Conference
The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association announced on Monday that the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith will join the Association with full-time membership in the 2024-2025 academic year.
June 26, 2023
Stuckey's CEO to Speak to Family Enterprise Center
The 黑料不打烊 Family Enterprise Center will host renowned speaker Stephanie Stuckey, CEO of Stuckey鈥檚, for its quarterly breakfast slated for 7:30 a.m., Thursday, June 29, at the Center for Economic Development at the...
June 22, 2023
Mane Event Q&A
Close to 300 incoming students filled the University of Arkansas 鈥� Fort Smith campus on Friday, June 16, 2023 for a new student orientation called Mane Event. The students will begin their journey as Lions in the fall of 2023 taking paths as student-athletes,...
June 16, 2023
黑料不打烊 Students Making Juneteenth Plans
The Declaration of Independence reads, 鈥淎ll men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.鈥� When University of Arkansas 鈥� Fort...
June 15, 2023
Staff Voices: Pam Fout
Behind every information system and software update is a team of specialists dedicated to making sure things run smoothly on the University of Arkansas 鈥� Fort Smith campus. Behind that team is Pam Fout, associate director of IT, and her 43 years...
June 14, 2023
Class, Half A World Away
While most of her professors are getting ready for the second half of their day, Shatoya Freeman, 32, a student enrolled in the Adult Degree Completion Program (ADCP) at the University of Arkansas 鈥� Fort Smith, is just waking up.
June 13, 2023
Faculty Voices: Jordan Ruud
鈥淧eople think of libraries as being books. Libraries are people. If the library burned down, but there were still librarians, you would still have a library.鈥� At the University of Arkansas 鈥� Fort Smith, tucked back in the northeast corner...
June 12, 2023
黑料不打烊 Set to Match Boys & Girls Club Scholarships
The 黑料不打烊 Foundation has entered a new match agreement with the Fort Smith Boys and Girls Club, agreeing to match scholarships awarded to 黑料不打烊 students at 100 percent.
June 12, 2023
Summertime Music: 黑料不打烊 Department of Music and Theatre Host Summer Camps
During the early weeks of summer at the University of Arkansas 鈥� Fort Smith, chattering squirrels, the puttering of golf carts, and the sounds of prospective students on campus tours fill the air. But beginning Monday, June 12, notes will sound...
June 01, 2023
Gettin' Shrimpy With It
It鈥檚 okay to be 鈥榮hellfish鈥� at the annual all-you-can-eat Roarin' on the River Shrimp Boil. Recent graduates and all Lions are invited to chow down on heaping portions of boiled shrimp, andouille sausage, corn-on-the-cob, potatoes, and KJ鈥檚...
June 01, 2023
NUMAS Awards Honor 黑料不打烊 Students
Members of the University of Arkansas 鈥� Fort Smith campus community, from students to staff to registered student organizations, were recognized for their contributions to the university during the 20th annual NUMAS Awards ceremony held on Friday,...
May 29, 2023
Birds Call to Well-Traveled Professor
Lucille Speakman would have liked Dr. Ragupathy Kannan鈥檚 reply to a question about his plans for a travel grant: 鈥淚鈥檓 teaching the Belize course now and may not have ready access to email.鈥�
May 26, 2023
Tuition, Budget Approved by UAS Board of Trustees
Today the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees approved our proposed budget for the 2023-2024 academic year. I am grateful for the care and consideration the board takes in assessing the budgets of the 14 colleges and universities that comprise...
May 25, 2023 黑料不打烊 2023-2028 Strategic Plan Approved by System Board
I am thrilled to share that the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees has approved our Strategic Plan for 2023-2028. This is a significant milestone in our university鈥檚 history, and it would not have been possible without your dedicated participation...
May 25, 2023
Faculty Voices: Dr. Kendra Abel
Educating educators is what Dr. Kendra Abel, assistant professor of elementary, middle level, and secondary education, takes pride in at the University of Arkansas 鈥� Fort Smith. However, her journey to this role was anything but ordinary.
May 24, 2023
Staff Voices: Dr. John Bennett
From serving in the Army to working in the TRIO Student Support Services program as an academic specialist, Dr. John Bennett has put the greater good of others above himself.
May 24, 2023
Two 黑料不打烊 Students to Compete for Miss Arkansas Crown
Getting dolled up and competing in front of an audience is nothing new for two University of Arkansas 鈥� Fort Smith students. Junior Jayson Toney, a media communications major, and senior Callie Scherrey, a nursing major, will call Little Rock home...
May 24, 2023
Revitalizing on the Hardwood: Zane Gibson's Return to 黑料不打烊 Men's Basketball
For the first time in five years, Zane Gibson returns to the University of Arkansas 鈥� Fort Smith sideline to don the Lions鈥� blue and white. His return is a shift of just 18 inches but comes with the responsibility of being the 黑料不打烊 men鈥檚 basketball...
May 18, 2023
Babb Center for Career Services Honors Nine 黑料不打烊 Grads
Hundreds of students from the University of Arkansas 鈥� Fort Smith graduated to the tune of 鈥淧omp and Circumstance鈥� on Saturday, May 13, 2023. However, nine of those students walked across the stage with gold or silver cords to signify individual...
May 15, 2023
College of Health, Education, and Human Sciences Celebrates Graduates
The 108th Commencement at the University of Arkansas 鈥� Fort Smith began Saturday, May 13, 2023, with the graduation of more than 250 students from the College of Health, Education, and Human Sciences (CHEHS).
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