Trustees of The Stephen Harrow Smith Revocable Trust announced a $1.15 million gift to UALR to establish a dean’s endowment and seminar room for the College of Business that will honor the late Little Rock financier.
A who’s who of Little Rock business and political leaders are asking voters on Sept. 13 to approve a 3/8 percent sales tax increase to create the Central Arkansas Technology Park. The goal is to harness innovations coming out of research labs at UALR, UAMS, and Arkansas Children’s Hospital and generate new businesses and new, well-paying 21st century jobs.
UALR’s College of Business has received a gift of $41,550 from Arvest Mortgage Co. to provide the Bloomberg data system that enables financial professionals to monitor and analyze real-time financial market data movements.
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Three new business professors – Dr. Kyle D. Ross, Dr. James Wilbanks, and Dr. David A. Gilliam – have joined UALR’s College of Business, Dean Anthony Chelte announced.
Dr. Sonya Premeaux of Thibodaux, La., has been named associate dean of the UALR College of Business Graduate Studies program, Dean Anthony F. Chelte has announced.
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Dr. Anthony F. Chelte, dean of the College of Business, has named three members of the faculty to direct departments in the college.
Cynthia Treadwell-McConnell, president of Air Transport Services Group Inc., will be honored as the UALR College of Business Distinguished Alumna of the Year, Dean Anthony Chelte has announced.
Four UALR students will benefit this year from scholarships established by father and son benefactors of UALR.
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UALR economics and finance students Kate Hendrix of Benton, Nathalia Garay of Bogota, Colombia, and Brooke Dodd of Hot Springs are heading to Omaha, Neb., on Saturday, April 30, to attend the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders meeting and hear CEO Warren Buffett, considered one of the most successful investors in the world.
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The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center in the UALR College of Business has developed a new program to help start-up business entrepreneurs launch their new businesses quicker.