Comprehensive Campaign

Janet Jones, founder and president of the The Janet Jones Company, has created a $25,000 mentorship program honoring Dr. Alex Biris, chief scientist of UALR’s Nanotechnology Center.

Reinforcing its commitment to early childhood literacy, the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation (WRF) has announced a $400,000 grant to UALR and its Reading Recovery training efforts in the Center for Literacy in … WRF’s $400K Targets Reading Recovery Efforts

UALR Trojan men’s basketball standout and Los Angeles Laker Derek Fisher added to the UALR Foundation’s coffers last week when he and teammate Shannon Brown won $75,000 on the hit … D-Fish Wins for UALR on ‘Minute To Win It’

The study of law is not what it used to be. Students now need access to the most up-to-date technology – like lecture capture and projection screens – in order … Friday Law Firm Donation First to Benefit Courtroom

Arkansas innovator and entrepreneur James Hendren and his wife Carol have presented UALR’s College of Science and Math a $50,000 pledge to provide funding needed to take scientific research from … Innovator’s Gift to Lift UALR Discoveries to Marketplace

UALR Trojan and Los Angeles Laker Derek Fisher has taped an episode of NBC’s game show “Minute to Win It,” and his winnings will go to UALR Athletics’ Fisher Fellows … Root for Derek!

A fifth generation of Coleman dairymen – the sons of W.C. “Buddy” Coleman – has presented UALR a gift of 10 acres of what was part of the oldest dairy … Coleman Sons Donate Dairy Land to UALR for Sports Complex

When a three-day on-air funding drive fell $6,275 short of a goal needed to expand central Arkansas’s public radio signal, KUAR General Manager Ben Fry feared the station would miss … Gwatney Helps Public Radio Reach Tower Goal

Six offices and departments at UALR have reached 100 percent participation in the 2010 Campus Campaign, and are in store for a pie or cake as a congratulatory reward, compliments … Join the 100 Percenters Club

Students, the ultimate beneficiaries of The Fund for UALR, made more than 20,000 telephone calls to alumni and friends this fall to thank them for current support to the fund … Alumni, Friends Connect with Students at Fund Phone-a-thon