UALR Public Radio KUAR/KLRE hope that the third time is the charm. An Evening with Diane Rehm, twice postponed because of injury and inclement weather is now on for 7 p.m. Thursday, March 4, at the Embassy Suites Hotel.
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A gift from the Walmart Foundation will allow UALR’s Children International program to provide transportation for children to the Future Smiles Dental Clinic.
Simmons First National Bank, headquartered in Pine Bluff, Ark., which established a $25,000 UALR scholarship fund in 2002, has announced a second gift today, adding another $30,000 for the fund.
A new endowed scholarship to benefit non-traditional students at the UALR William H. Bowen School of Law has been established in the memory of Nancy Hall Bailey.
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Dr. Tom McMillan, chair of UALR’s Campus Campaign Steering Committee, announced today that UALR faculty and staff raised $428,228 in the 2009 campaign, an increase in participation and tied the second all-time high participation in the fundraising effort.
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Initial accounting indicates that last week’s gala celebrating the 10th Anniversary of UALR’s Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology set a new event fundraising record for UALR. Continue reading “UALR Sets New Fundraising Record”
Former President Bill Clinton, whose career in public service was sparked by a desire to lift up his native state, told a sold-out crowd packing the Jack Stephens Center Thursday night that the decision by UALR leaders to entice internationally renowned chemist Mary L. Good to be the inaugural dean of the Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology will have a profound impact on the state of Arkansas. Continue reading “Clinton Celebrates 10th Anniversary of EIT Successes”
Jerry Damerow, who is helping create new business ventures from discoveries from UALR and UAMS laboratories, and his wife, Sherri, have presented a $50,000 gift to UALR to endow a mathematics and statistics scholarship.
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At a recent opening for the exhibit “Law in a Land Without Justice: Nazi Germany 1933-1945” at the UALR Bowen School of Law Library, Wilson and Associates PLLC pledged a total donation of $100,000 over three years.
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U.S. Bank has presented Dr. Anthony F. Chelte, dean of UALR’s College of Business, a gift of $10,000 to help enhance the College’s high quality educational programs and economic development initiatives.
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