RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, June 21 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news: Cory Cox of Perryville was sworn in as a member of the Arkansas Tech University Board of Trustees by Pope County Judge Ben Cross on Thursday, June 20. Cox will complete the term previously assigned to Michael Lamoureux. Lamoureux resigned from the board effective March 31, 2024. The term Cox has been appointed to will expire Jan. 14, 2027. A 1996 graduate of Arkansas Tech with a Bachelor of Arts degree in h more PR

RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, June 21 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news: Arkansas Tech University will begin construction of Ferguson Student Union on its Russellville campus after the ATU Board of Trustees accepted the guaranteed maximum price for building the facility during its meeting on Thursday, June 20. Kinco Constructors submitted a final price of $33,946,865 for the project. That figure includes the cost of demolishing the Administration Building and Tomlinson Hall, cons more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, June 21 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: By Angelita Faller Jack Higginbotham, a buyer for Procurement Services at UA Little Rock, will be taking on a new leadership role. In July, Higginbotham will begin his tenure as the new president of Staff Senate. "I am very excited to be named the next president of Staff Senate, and I am glad that I get to serve in this capacity," Higginbotham said. "I wasn't expecting to serve as president, so it's a nice more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, June 21 -- The Arkansas Economic Development Commission issued the following news: CONWAY, FAYETTEVILLE and LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas' tech entrepreneurs have a new ally in their journey towards success with the launch of ARise - Arkansas Innovators, Startups, and Entrepreneurs. A fresh and expanded iteration of the Arkansas Statewide Technology Commercialization program formerly known as Innovate Arkansas, ARise is an ambitious initiative funded by the Arkansas Econom more PR

RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, June 21 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news: Dr. Russell Jones was elected the 13th president of Arkansas Tech University by the ATU Board of Trustees during a meeting at Chambers Cafeteria West Dining Room on Thursday, June 20. Jones, who is from Marianna, is the first native Arkansan elected president at Arkansas Tech since Dr. Kenneth Kersh was hired in 1973. His appointment as president is effective July 1, 2024. "It's humbling, and I'm honored at more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, June 22 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: By Angelita Faller The University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Mass Communication celebrated its outstanding students and community partners during an awards ceremony honoring student accomplishments from the spring semester. Tom Brannon, a UA Little Rock alumnus who is now the chief meteorologist at THV11, served as the keynote speaker. "On April 1, I celebrated 25 years at THV11. I never would h more PR

CLARKSVILLE, Arkansas, June 22 -- The University of the Ozarks issued the following news on June 21, 2024: Micayla and Jacob Sharkey will join the University of the Ozarks' Office of Student Life, University officials announced this week. Micayla will serve as the University's new director of student engagement and Jacob will be the residence hall director. Micayla will begin June 24, and Jacob's first official day will be July 1. The Sharkeys, who were married in 2018, are coming to Ozarks f more PR

TYSONS, Virginia, June 22 (TNSres) -- Squire Patton Boggs, a law firm, issued the following news: The Squire Patton Boggs Foundation has awarded its inaugural Justice Jump Start Fellowships, expanding its Fellowship program to include graduating law students and advancing the Foundation's mission of improving access to justice and the rule of law. The below Fellows were selected for the inaugural honor: * Jacob Foor of the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville, Arkansas will be more PR

CLARKSVILLE, Arkansas, June 21 (TNSres) -- The University of the Ozarks issued the following news: A group of University of the Ozarks faculty and students are taking part in a coordinated, multi-year research project that is examining the effects of an event that hasn't occurred since Thomas Jefferson was president of the United States. The event is being called the Great Southern Cicada Emergence. The research project is examining the impacts of two broods of periodical cicadas -- brood XIII more PR