RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, Dec. 21 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news: Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced on Thursday, Dec. 19, that Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus has earned a $2.75 million grant to expand and modernize its workforce training programs in the skilled trades sector. The grant is part of the Arkansas Workforce Initiative HIRED (Higher Industry Readiness through Educational Development) program. The grants are intended to provide funding for sta more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Dec. 20 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: Ross and Mary Whipple pledged $1.5 million to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), supporting rural cancer care, patient services and orthopaedics. The gifts include $1 million to establish the Ross and Mary Whipple Family Community Outreach and Engagement Fund for Excellence in the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, $250,000 to The Orthopaedic and more PR

FORT SMITH, Arkansas, Dec. 20 (TNSgra) -- The University of Arkansas-Fort Smith issued the following news: The University of Arkansas - Fort Smith has been awarded a $1.7 million Higher Industry Readiness through Educational Development (HIRED) grant, one of just three universities in the state to receive awards from both the Division of Higher Education and the Department of Commerce tracks of the HIRED program. "Receiving this $1.7 million HIRED grant from the Division of Higher Education i more PR