Roko Miocic

Donaghey Scholars start bone marrow donor registration organization on campus

Two University of Arkansas at Little Rock students are giving back through a campus organization that has resulted in hundreds of new participants in the Be The Match registry, a global bone marrow registry operated by the National Marrow Donor Program. 
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Kristi Smith

Kristi Smith named UALR senior director of development

Kristi Smith, a University of Arkansas at Little Rock graduate, has been selected to fill a key fundraising role for the university.

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Kari Payton, a May graduate of UALR, is now an industrial engineer in global plant support with LM Wind Power in Little Rock. Photo by Lonnie Timmons III/UALR Communications.

UALR graduate finds success at LM Wind Power

In 2011, Kari Payton arrived at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock as a decorated athlete with a bright college basketball career ahead of her.

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Chancellor Joel E. Anderson

UALR graduates 1,000 students in 2016 spring commencement

For Jermaine Ruttley, the chance to play basketball at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock meant a way out from his poverty-stricken hometown in Kentucky. Continue reading “UALR graduates 1,000 students in 2016 spring commencement”

Chloe Deaton named Whitbeck Award winner

A Donaghey Scholar who taught women in Nicaragua how to support themselves by making metal jewelry and selling their creations online is the recipient of the 2016 Edward L. Whitbeck Memorial Award.

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Jermaine Marshall

UALR alum receives prestigious National Science Foundation fellowship

Thanks to a prestigious National Science Foundation fellowship, University of Arkansas at Little Rock alumnus Jermaine Marshall will no longer have to work as a teaching assistant to support himself as a first-year doctoral student in Notre Dame’s computer science program.

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UALR holds bone marrow donor registration drive

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is holding a bone marrow donor registration drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, in the Donaghey Student Center Fitness Center basketball courts.

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Mike Wingfield with Tabitha Jordan

Gift to boost student support services, help more graduate

Mike Wingfield, a retired director of counseling and career services at UALR, didn’t expect the call. He was even more caught off guard by what he heard.

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