Michael Heavner has a deep-seeded love of music and began taking piano lessons at the age of 7. His mother bought him his first guitar from a garage sale when he was 12. Since he is left-handed, he was so engrossed in learning how to play the instrument that he didn’t even realize he was playing it with the strings upside down for an entire year. Continue reading “Grad shares love of music, dance through educational website”
As a Spanish interpreter at the 12th Street Health and Wellness Center in Little Rock, Rebecca Parker Moreira sees the challenges medical professionals and patients face when they cannot communicate with each other. Continue reading “Future doctor plans to use language skills to help people get better access to healthcare”
The first time Doyle Rankins was a student at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 1970, he was a 19-year-old rail service worker for Missouri Pacific Railroad (now Union Pacific) as well as a member of the Arkansas Air National Guard. Continue reading “Doyle Rankins’ graduation day is nearly 50 years in the making”
University of Arkansas at Little Rock students who are graduating this spring can find all of their commencement day needs at Gradfest from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. March 6-7. Continue reading “Gradfest to kick off March 6 and 7”
When Emily “Addie” McClenny gave birth to her son, Phariss, seven years ago, that was the moment she decided to go back to college. Continue reading “Single mother works hard to provide better life for her son”
Imagine having no dream. That’s where Tracy Shatwell found herself after graduating from high school. Continue reading “Tracy Shatwell: Success starts with a dream”
In 2002, after taking a gap year, Alexis Parker Williams had been accepted to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and was ready to take the next step in her life. Continue reading “Williams completes degree 15 years after being accepted to UA Little Rock”
When J.T. Poole graduated high school in 2005, he joined the U.S. Air Force and served his country as an emergency medical technician and military police officer in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Iraq. Continue reading “Veteran finds love and success at UA Little Rock”
At just 22, Joseph Eggburn, of Sheridan, has already worked on important construction projects familiar to residents of central Arkansas – the Outlets of Little Rock off I-30 and the recently completed on-ramp from Cantrell Road to I-430 in west Little Rock. Continue reading “On the road to success: Joseph Eggburn”
When Alecia Walls-Barton was a little girl, she loved watching her grandfather work with fabrics in the small shop in his home in Sheridan, Arkansas. Continue reading “Walls-Barton explores identity and childhood memories through artwork”