Native American artist Ronald Anderson of Whites Creek, Tenn. has presented 18 paintings and four sketchbooks to UALR’s Sequoyah National Research Center.
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UALR’s College of Business recognized BKD LLP and its staff who are UALR alumni at a luncheon May 8 for the firm’s significant philanthropic support over the last 20 years to the accounting program. BKD is one of the top 10 CPA and advisory firms in the country.
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Ben Hardy Jr. of Mentone, Ala., has established an annual award for members of the Theta Eta chapter of Kappa Sigma Fraternity at UALR. Hardy made a gift of $5,000 to establish the Ben Hardy Jr. Kappa Sigma Excellence Award.
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Dwane Treat of Searcy, the 33rd-degree sovereign grand inspector general in Arkansas for the Scottish Rite, presented a $10,000 gift to UALR recently for the Beth B. Eaton Scottish Rite Language and Literacy Center.
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Dr. R. Paul Yoder, associate professor of English in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, won the $10,000 Ted and Virginia Bailey Foundation Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching May 21 at the University’s 21st Annual Faculty Excellence Award ceremony.
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A new scholarship has been established at UALR honoring the legacy of construction contractor and former mayor Martin Borchert. Jim Russenberger, Borchert’s business partner when they founded ASCO Hardware, endowed the new UALR Martin Borchert Construction Management Scholarship with a $15,000 gift.
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No sooner did the bulldozers and graders retreat than wildlife began returning to the 4.3 acre park being constructed on the southeast corner of the campus. A pair of killdeer birds set up housekeeping on a rolling hill behind the Office of Communications building. At least four eggs were in the couple’s nest.
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Five UALR students have been selected by the Rotary Club of Little Rock to receive annual scholarship awards.
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Three national sororities are planning to establish chapters at UALR in the fall. Kappa Delta, Gamma Phi Beta, and Sigma Sigma Sigma will join the already established Chi Omega to form the UALR College Panhellenic Council.
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