High school students and other dancers, ages 10 and older, will participate in a dance workshop, including ballet, modern, and jazz styles. The workshop will be taught by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock dance faculty and hosted by the Department of Theatre, Arts, and Dance.
Continue reading “Fall Dance Festival set for Saturday, Nov. 21”
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Trojans will honor the community’s hometown heroes during a basketball doubleheader on Wednesday, Nov. 18.
Continue reading “Trojans to honor vets, service members on Wednesday”
Dr. Zulma Toro-Ramos, executive vice chancellor and provost at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, will be the featured speaker at the 2015 League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Council 750 scholarship Banquet.
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock community and its neighbors can enjoy free food, prizes, and live music by the UALR pep band during a National Night Out observance from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6, at the University Plaza parking lot.
Continue reading “UALR, neighbors to gather for National Night Out”
Future cybersecurity experts are set to discuss how people can better protect their online data and identities.
Continue reading “UALR hosts National Science Foundation-funded cybersecurity projects”
UALR Visiting Assistant Professor of English Frank Thurmond, was recently interviewed in Sync Weekly about his new book and the subsequent film to come out of a story within it.
The book, “Ring of Five: A Novella and Four Stories,” is a story of a British master spy that blends “espionage, politics, love and betrayal,” according to Amazon.com.
Thurmond was among several faculty to participate in the 2015 Arkansas Literary Festival, where he launched his new book at the Arkansas Literary Festival, The movie “The Dealer’s Tale” will premier at the Little Rock Film Festival.
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r Godwin, associate director of digital strategy, recently completed her third Walk MS: Central Arkansas as the volunteer chair. The annual event held in 300 U.S. cities each year is the flagship event of the National MS Society, which aims to raise awareness about multiple sclerosis. The disease of the central nervous system affects more than 2.3 million people worldwide.
The central Arkansas walks have raised more than $100,000 each year. Around 78 cents of every dollar goes to support programs, services, and research to help those living with the disease.
We’re continuing our series of How I Work, but are putting a “Summer Edition” spin on it. This week, take a look inside the workspace of Nick Steele. Continue reading “How I Work: CLC Coordinator”
This post was originally published May 2013.
UALR graduation is nearly here! The big day, which we hold twice a year, is the culmination of a long journey that for many students began years ago. For Nick Steele, director of Chancellor’s Leadership Corps here at UALR, that journey began in high school in small-town Hardin, Ark. Continue reading “Advice to grads: Chase your bliss”
When something tragic happens in Arkansas, you can always count on everyone coming together and helping in any way they can.
Continue reading “How UALR is helping in the tornado relief”