50-year-old fieldhouse gets new look, new name

Little Rock Athletics officially unveiled the updates to the newly named Donaghey Athletic Center (DAC) on the University of Arkansas at Little Rock campus on Feb. 8. The renovations are a significant upgrade to one of the original athletic facilities, which was constructed as the Trojan Fieldhouse in 1969. Continue reading “50-year-old fieldhouse gets new look, new name”

UA Little Rock names EIT Auditorium in honor of Little Rock businessman and family

Thomas Schueck, a Little Rock business owner who went to college at night to obtain his engineering degree, built his steel company from the ground up in the late 1960s.

Fifty years later, Schueck’s name became a permanent fixture in the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology (EIT). During a dedication ceremony on Sept. 11, the EIT auditorium officially became the “Schueck, McCarty, Lexicon Inc. Auditorium” in recognition of his family’s contributions to the college. Continue reading “UA Little Rock names EIT Auditorium in honor of Little Rock businessman and family”