UA BOARD APPROVES NEW DOCTORATE PROGRAM AT UAPB Sep 5, 2009
The University of Arkansas System Board of Directors voted Friday to expand UAPB s role and scope to include the fisheries Ph. D. program, the first doctorate program at UAPB.. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Local briefs Aug 19, 2009
ASMSA, a campus of the University of Arkansas system, is a public, residential high school for academically advanced juniors and seniors. While attending ASMSA, students participate in a rigorous academic program designed to educate tomorrow s leaders through instruction, laboratory experiences and technology. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF DROPOUT STUDENTS DISCUSSED AT SUMMIT Jul 31, 2009
Don Bebee, a project specialist at the University of Arkansas System s Criminal Justice Institute, moderated and asked six panel members five questions each. Panelists brought their personal stories to the table to discuss how leaving high school effects the student, family and community. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
TRUSTEES REVIEW PLANS FOR UAPB’S DOCTORAL FISHERIES PROGRAM Jun 27, 2009
Doctoral programs are not just masters degrees with a few more classes added, they are very different animals, Dan Farritor of the University of Arkansas System said. Farritor was given the assignment of reviewing the program internally. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
UAPB AND UAM TUITION AND FEES WILL INCREASE Jun 23, 2009
School administrators submit their recommendations to the University of Arkansas system board, Brewer said ... The two system schools were not the only ones to meet increases, said Ben Beaumont, the director of communications for the University of Arkansas system. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
LT. BOB RAWLINSON COMPLETES LEADERSHIP COURSE Jun 21, 2009
Pine Bluff police Lt. Bob Rawlinson recently completed a law enforcement leadership course conducted by the Criminal Justice Institute, a division of the University of Arkansas system. Called the Arkansas Leader program, the course has been designated as a command college by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and is one of only 16 programs throughout the country to have received than designation. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Chicken Meat: Organic Acids, Plant Extracts And Irradiation Combine To Beat The Bacteria Jun 2, 2009
Food Safety Consortium researchers at the University of Arkansas System s Division of Agriculture found that they could greatly reduce E. coli O157:H7, Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella Typhimurium in the chicken breast meat by infusing combinations of organic acids acetic, citric, lactic, malic and tartaric into the meat. The experiments were also performed with extracts from green tea and grape seeds in combination with the acids. (Science Daily)
TRUSTEES APPROVE FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAM AT UAM Apr 18, 2009
University of Arkansas System President Alan Sugg reported that Monticello area businesses were surveyed and many expressed an increased need for hiring employees with foreign language skills. Sugg reported the proposed biochemistry option would more closely align a student s chemistry education with the requirements of some segments of industry and health sciences. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Ark. gov. sets first meeting for lotto commission Apr 18, 2009
Gov. Mike Beebe announced Friday that the nine-member Arkansas Lottery Commission will hold its first meeting May 5 at the University of Arkansas System board room in Little Rock. Beebe this week named his three appointments to the panel, clearing the way for the panel to begin meeting and hiring staff for the state-run games. (KSLA.com, LA)
Analysis: Ark. lotto pays political dividends Mar 29, 2009
He also points to another part of his biography, his work as president of both the University of Arkansas system and Arkansas State University, at different times. "I think this bill gives the commission the ability the opportunity to develop a program that will allow a lot of Arkansas students to go to college, especially at a time when our economy is really suffering and we need to give our students an opportunity to perform," Thornton said last week. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Rahn's exit timetable questioned Mar 25, 2009
Dr. Rahn was approved in a unanimous vote Tuesday by the University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees to become the next chancellor of the Little Rock school. "In my judgment, we're getting somebody who has strong leadership abilities," said university system President B. Alan Sugg. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Rahn accepts new post Mar 25, 2009
The University of Arkansas System board of trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to name Dr. Daniel Rahn as the chief executive of one of the state's largest employers. In naming Rahn, 59, the board also offered a salary package worth nearly three-quarters of a million dollars a year - almost double that of outgoing chancellor Dr. I. Dodd Wilson. (Athens Banner-Herald)
David Pryor named to UA Board of Trustees Mar 10, 2009
David Pryor to the University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees. In a statement Monday, Beebe said Pryor's name "is synonymous with not only with Arkansas, but with the U of A as well." Pryor, a former Arkansas governor, teaches a weekly political science class for honor students at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Rahn is finalist for post Feb 25, 2009
Medical College of Georgia President Daniel W. Rahn is one of four finalists to fill a similar post with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, the University of Arkansas System announced Tuesday ... Dr. Rahn will go to the Little Rock campus for a two-day visit March 9, and University of Arkansas System President B. Alan Sugg is expected to make a recommendation shortly after that to the university system's Board of Trustees, spokesman Ben Beaumont said. (The Augusta Chronicle)
