Dr. Anthony Chelte, dean of UALR’s College of Business, announced today several changes in college’s programs, administration, and faculty, including the hiring of an economics professor whose research includes ways to reduce traffic congestion.
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Downtown Little Rock is a hub for nightlife, food and local culture. No wonder it’s the ideal place for writers to find inspiration. For the 12 school teachers in the Little Rock Writing Project’s Summer Invitational Institute, a day-long writing marathon downtown led to personal essays, a profile of a River Market artist, and poetry.
Dr. Jane Wayland has been named chair of Marketing and Advertising in UALR’s College of Business, Dean Anthony Chelte announced today.
In 1996 as she was graduating from Wilbur D. Mills High School, Cloyce Kathleen “Katie” Brents just assumed she didn’t have the brains nor the bucks to go to college. No one in her family had ever pursued higher education, and she figured she wouldn’t either.
An exhibit of the traditional native American of Oklahoma opens with a reception at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 1, at the J.W. Wiggins Native American Art Gallery at UALR’s Sequoyah National Research Center for a 17-day run. Read more »
He graduated from UALR in 1970 and made a career in Colorado and California. But Steven Lewis Mourning understood the importance of supporting hometown institutions. He was a lifetime member of UALR’s Alumni Association.
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Dr. Ann E. Robinson, professor of educational leadership and director of UALR’s Center for Gifted Education, presented a paper at the European Council of High Ability’s conference, “Perspectives on the Evaluation of Giftedness: From Binet to Today,” at L’Institut de Psychologie, Université Paris Descartes. Her paper: “What Can We Learn from Creative Lives? Biography as Research.” ECHA conferences attract scholars from around the world with a mission to connect the scholarship of eastern and western Europe.
UALR Head Women’s Tennis Coach Abby Wilson was named at-risk academic advisor starting the 2010-11 academic season. Along with her tennis coaching responsibilities, Wilson will serve as the primary advisor for those students designated as at-risk.
Aaron Baker, web services coordinator for UALR, brought home the coveted red stapler from this weekend’s Arkansas Higher Education Web Conference regional gathering. Baker’s presentation on Google Analytics was ranked tops by those in attendance.
Anyone who attended classes at Little Rock University from 1958 to 1969 is invited to join the Facebook group “I Attended Little Rock University” in advance of an Oct. 2 party reuniting students from 40 years ago.