The Forum takes numerous awards at annual convention
April 26, 2013 – 6:15 pm | 9 Comments

For the second consecutive year, The Forum maintained its third place ranking in the Newspaper General Excellence category at the annual Arkansas College Media Association convention Friday, April 26 at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia.
Cameron …

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The Forum takes numerous awards at annual convention
April 26, 2013 – 6:15 pm | 9 Comments
The Forum takes numerous awards at annual convention

For the second consecutive year, The Forum maintained its third place ranking in the Newspaper General Excellence category at the annual Arkansas College Media Association convention Friday, April 26 at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia.
Cameron …

Advisers to become boss over declaring a major
April 18, 2013 – 12:08 pm | 2 Comments

Students who want to select or change their major will no longer be able to make the request in the Banner Online Service System, known as BOSS. Instead, beginning June 1, students will have to …

Mayflower oil spill hits home for student
April 18, 2013 – 12:07 pm | 2 Comments
Mayflower oil spill hits home for student

Mayflower residents, including one UALR commuter, are still experiencing illness and distress after last month’s pipeline rupture, according to reports.
The Exxon Mobil-owned Pegasus pipeline burst March 29 in a yard between homes in the Northwood …

New student organization hosts panel discussion of LR lawyers
April 18, 2013 – 12:01 pm | Comments Off

The Pre-Law Society’s bimonthly “Law@Lunch” meeting on April 3 featured a panel of Little Rock lawyers who spoke of future law school decisions, attorney career opportunities, and personal advice.
Guest attorneys were Murad Elsaidi, staff attorney …

Winners named in annual Faculty Excellence Awards
April 18, 2013 – 12:01 pm | 2 Comments

Three professors were honored with top accolades at the UALR 2013 Faculty Excellence Awards held Friday, April 12.
Margaret E. McMillan, a geoscientist and professor in the College of Science, received the Bailey Teaching Award, the …

Sustainability Committee plans events to encourage awareness for Earth Day
April 18, 2013 – 11:54 am | Comments Off

The Sustainability Committee has a week of activities planned to raise campus awareness of Earth Day. The committee is calling this week UALR Pre-Earth Day Week and there are several opportunities for student involvement. The …

Academic restructuring to bring change
April 12, 2013 – 2:45 pm | Comments Off

With seasoned faculty retiring and budget cuts looming, the Chancellor has called on upper administration to assist in improving UALR’s 25-year-old academic structure.
Chancellor Joel Anderson, in a Feb. 8 memo, tasked Provost Zulma Toro with …

Spring break gunfire strikes campus building
April 4, 2013 – 11:58 am | Comments Off

Numerous shots fired near campus during spring break caused several hundred dollars in damage, according to police.

Health Services reports STDs on campus
April 4, 2013 – 11:57 am | 2 Comments
Health Services reports STDs on campus

The UALR Health Services Department reported that it has conducted 230 screenings for sexually transmitted diseases since March of 2012.

Racial attitudes survey focus on crime, punishment finds gap in perspectives
April 4, 2013 – 11:54 am | 4 Comments
Racial attitudes survey focus on crime, punishment finds gap in perspectives

While the gap is narrowing in many areas, results of the Racial Attitudes in Pulaski County survey, which this year focused on crime and punishment, revealed great disparities in the perceptions of life in our …