Dr. Tom McMillan, chair of UALR’s Campus Campaign Steering Committee, announced today that UALR faculty and staff raised $428,228 in the 2009 campaign, an increase in participation and tied the second all-time high participation in the fundraising effort.
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Initial accounting indicates that last week’s gala celebrating the 10th Anniversary of UALR’s Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology set a new event fundraising record for UALR. Continue reading “UALR Sets New Fundraising Record”
Former President Bill Clinton, whose career in public service was sparked by a desire to lift up his native state, told a sold-out crowd packing the Jack Stephens Center Thursday night that the decision by UALR leaders to entice internationally renowned chemist Mary L. Good to be the inaugural dean of the Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology will have a profound impact on the state of Arkansas. Continue reading “Clinton Celebrates 10th Anniversary of EIT Successes”
Jerry Damerow, who is helping create new business ventures from discoveries from UALR and UAMS laboratories, and his wife, Sherri, have presented a $50,000 gift to UALR to endow a mathematics and statistics scholarship.
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At a recent opening for the exhibit “Law in a Land Without Justice: Nazi Germany 1933-1945” at the UALR Bowen School of Law Library, Wilson and Associates PLLC pledged a total donation of $100,000 over three years.
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The Bank of America Foundation has presented UALR with a gift of $25,000 to support the University’s recruitment and retention efforts, matching a similar gift UALR received from the foundation last year.
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UALR’s 2009-10 “Difference of Degree” advertising campaign launched this month with a fresh new message that emphasizes the metropolitan university’s unique differences from other colleges and universities in Arkansas.
In the wake of record enrollment and new construction efforts, UALR is launching a new annual giving program created to make a difference for students and the community the institution serves.
Tickets are going fast for UALR’s first “SpectacUALR,” a fundraising event at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, at the Jack Stephens Center, benefitting the Trojan Athletic Foundation. The event will honor Annette Fisher, mother of former Trojan basketball star and Los Angeles Laker Derek Fisher.
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Members of the UALR Ottenheimer Library Development Board invite supporters to “The Gathering,” a fall benefit barbeque from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, to benefit the library’s Student Worker Award. Cost is $35.
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