June H. Williams endows scholarship to support elementary education

Former second-grade teacher June H. Williams has endowed a scholarship at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock to support the next generation of elementary education teachers.

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UA Little Rock to announce scholarships for art and design students

Feb. 23 topping out ceremony will be broadcast on Facebook Live

Next week, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock will announce a significant total of donations raised for endowed scholarship funds that will make quality art and design education attainable for more UA Little Rock students.  Continue reading “UA Little Rock to announce scholarships for art and design students”

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UA Little Rock scholarship deadline March 1

The deadline for University of Arkansas at Little Rock students to apply for scholarships is fast approaching.  Continue reading “UA Little Rock scholarship deadline March 1”

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Donors honor memory of Michael Allen Lasiter with UALR scholarship

Former friends and colleagues are honoring the memory of Arkansas construction industry leader Michael Allen Lasiter by donating $60,000 toward helping future civil and construction engineering students at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

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Nabholz Charitable Foundation supports new UALR scholarship campaign

With recent gifts totaling $80,000, national commercial contractor Nabholz has committed to supporting education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

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Steve Stephens and Belinda Shults endow UALR Golden Mike Award

Legendary television and radio personality Steve Stephens and Belinda Shults recently established an endowment for the Steve Stephens Golden Mike Award in the Department of Mass Communications at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

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Ed Bethune to discuss book, raise funds for scholarships  

Ed Bethune, a former congressman and University of Arkansas at Little Rock alumnus, will help raise scholarship funds while discussing his latest book at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, at the UALR Bailey Alumni and Friends Center.

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Lana Bethune, daughter of George Douthit, helps present a ceremonial check to UALR, KUAR and Arkansas Public Media staff.

‘Dean of the Capitol press corp’ honored with endowed scholarship

In the mid-1980s, the current and former living governors of Arkansas gathered to honor George Douthit, the “dean of the Capitol press corp.”

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UALR student Everett Elam earns Gilman Scholarship

A University of Arkansas at Little Rock student will spend the final weeks of his undergraduate studies in Spain this summer — thanks to a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship.

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Chancellor Joel E. Anderson is greeted during a University District meeting where a scholarship was announced in his honor.

University District establishes Anderson scholarship

In future years, residents of the area around the University of Arkansas at Little Rock campus will be eligible for a scholarship that honors retiring Chancellor Joel E. Anderson.

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