One of the goals of the “It’s Time for UALR” campaign was to assist Arkansas in attracting high-achieving students by increasing scholarship opportunities. Leigh Wing is one of those deserving students.
It started with a goal of $75 million and launched at the start of the worst economic climate since the Great Depression. But today, UALR officials brought the institution’s first ever comprehensive fundraising campaign to a close, announcing a final tally of $103.6 million in gifts and pledges. Continue reading “UALR’s First Campaign Tops $103 Million”
On April 11, UALR will release the results of its first comprehensive fundraiser campaign, “It’s Time for UALR,” and when the final tallies are told, much of the credit for its success will go to the institution’s faculty and staff.
Continue reading “Faculty, Staff Spearhead Campaign Success”
The UALR Gallery program has received a $30,000 grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities for a project to photograph and produce a film about the mural by Joe Jones – “The Struggle of the South” – in an effort to rescue and restore the work.
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Grayson Shelton, a mild-mannered computer whiz for the Office of Development, is Little Rock’s latest rock star.
UALR’s Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology will celebrate Better Hearing and Speech Month as well as the springtime tradition of the Kentucky Derby at the third annual Jazz and Juleps reception from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, at the Governor’s Mansion.
Continue reading “Mason to be Honored at Jazz & Juleps May 22”
How sweet it is! UALR alumna Kelli Marks, owner and baker of Sweet Love – a new dessert bakery at 8210 Cantrell Road – will be baking cookies for the UALR Alumni Association’s “Taste of Argentina” event at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 15, in the Bailey Alumni Center.
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Dr. Marcus Felson, co-creator of the criminological theory of routine activities, will inaugurate the UALR Department of Criminal Justice Sheriff Orval Walker Lecture Series from 3 to 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6, in Arkla Room 116 in Ross Hall.
Continue reading “Criminology Theorist Felson to Lecture Feb. 6”
Thursday, March 1, is the deadline for students to apply for the various privately endowed scholarships, including four separate scholarships offered by the UALR Alumni Association, and college-specific scholarships for students in various majors. Continue reading “Apply for Private Scholarships by March 1”
Jack Kinnaman, a 2004 inductee into the UALR Athletics Hall of Fame and one of UALR’s most substantial supporters over the past quarter century, will be the honoree at the Department of Athletics’ fourth annual SpectacUALR on Thursday, Oct. 11, at the Jack Stephens Center.