UA Little Rock nursing students Keith Lattimore and Jerrick Johnson collected and donated over 1,000 diapers and 1,150 wipes to donate to a local daycare in Conway as part of a class service project.

UA Little Rock nursing students hold diaper drive for Conway daycare

Two University of Arkansas at Little Rock nursing students donated diapers and baby wipes to a daycare center in Conway to help those in need from COVID-19. Continue reading “UA Little Rock nursing students hold diaper drive for Conway daycare”

Professor Robert Steinbuch

Law professor reappointed to civil rights advisory committee

Robert Steinbuch, a law professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, has been reappointed to the Arkansas Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Steinbuch will serve a second four-year term and will continue as chair, a position to which he was appointed in February of this year. Continue reading “Law professor reappointed to civil rights advisory committee”

Holiday Wish Campaign

UA Little Rock celebrates giving season with launch of Holiday Wish Campaign

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is celebrating Giving Tuesday and the holiday season with the launch of the Holiday Wish Campaign, a first of its kind fundraising campaign where donors become more intimately involved with the university by meeting the specific needs of academic departments. Continue reading “UA Little Rock celebrates giving season with launch of Holiday Wish Campaign”

UA Little Rock Bookstore seeks applications for 2021 Book Grant Awards

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Campus Bookstore will award $25,000 in student scholarships for the spring 2021 semester. Continue reading “UA Little Rock Bookstore seeks applications for 2021 Book Grant Awards”

Support UA Little Rock Helping Hands project by getting dinner from Chipotle Dec. 2

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Staff Senate will hold a fundraiser at Chipotle on Wednesday, Dec. 2, to raise money for holiday food baskets for UA Little Rock employees and students. Continue reading “Support UA Little Rock Helping Hands project by getting dinner from Chipotle Dec. 2”

David Briscoe

Briscoe recognized in UA Little Rock’s Heritage Hall

A man who has spent the past 55 years dedicated to service with the Boy Scouts of America has now been honored by having his picture installed in the Heritage Hall in the Bailey Alumni Center.

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Students sit at computers in a campus computer lab, engaged in their work.

UA Little Rock ranked top university for social mobility in Arkansas

U.S. News and World Report ranked the University of Arkansas at Little Rock as the No. 1 university in Arkansas for social mobility.

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LaKendra Mackey

Mother of six plans career as social worker after graduating from UA Little Rock

As a first-generation student at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock who is about to graduate, LaKendra Mackey, a senior social work major, is working hard to show her six children the importance of a college education.

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Lauv Patel

First-Generation Student Spotlight: Lauv Patel

Lauv Patel, a junior chemistry major and first-generation college student, was a junior in high school when he moved with his family from Albany, New York, to Texarkana, Arkansas.

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