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Jumpstart Arkansas Volunteers Serve During MLK Day
The University of Arkansas – Fort Smith program Jumpstart Arkansas mobilized residents to serve this week as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. For 25 years, groups around the nation have served their communities on the MLK holiday, honoring Dr. King’s legacy of leadership and service.
UAFS Grounds Team Earns Water & Sustainability Innovation Award
The University of Arkansas – Fort Smith’s grounds management team Southeast Service Corporation (SSC) was presented the Ewing Irrigation & Landscape Supply and Audubon International Water & Sustainability Innovation Award January 15, 2020, for their overhaul of UAFS irrigation systems and their continuing commitment to sustainability on campus. The honor recognizes landscape companies, organizations, and municipalities for sustainable, water-efficient projects that strive to impact environmental and economic health and quality of life.
UPDATE: UAFS Campus to Close Jan. 22.
The University of Arkansas - Fort Smith remain closed all day, Wednesday, January 22, due to winter weather. No classes or labs will be held. Offices will remain closed all day. 
UAFS and PRADCO to Partner on Fishing Workshop
The University of Arkansas – Fort Smith Center for Business and Professional Development (CBPD) and PRADCO Outdoor Brands will host an eight-hour fishing course on how to catch America’s favorite pan fish Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Windgate Theater, located at 5210 Kinkead Ave.
MLK Panel Empowers Community Toward Courage, Purpose
Leaders in the Fort Smith community gathered together Monday, Jan. 20, to honor the legacy and mission of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith and Martin Luther King Jr., Community Association’s annual breakfast and panel discussion
Fall 2019 Dean's List Announced
The University of Arkansas – Fort Smith has released the Dean's List for the fall 2019 semester, according to Dr. Georgia Hale, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs.
UAFS and Food Bank to Collect Peanut Butter during MLK Week.
In partnership with the River Valley Regional Food Bank, the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith will host its second annual peanut butter donation drive in conjunction with the Martin Luther King Junior Week celebrations. 
Darbeau Appointed Lock Haven University Provost
Dr. Ron Darbeau, dean of the University of Arkansas Fort Smith College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, and interim dean of the College of Health Sciences will step down at the end of the 2020 academic year to serve as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Lock Haven University in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. 
UAFS to Host National Science Foundation Grant Workshop
The University of Arkansas - Fort Smith will partner with the Arkansas INBRE Program to bring the National Science Foundation Grant-Writing Workshop to Fort Smith Tuesday, Jan. 14,  welcoming researchers from across the state to learn from some of the NSF’s leading experts.
Dooly graduates with career, Arkansas teachers Corps fellowship in place
UAFS student Meagan Dooly, walked across the commencement stage this December, a full semester early, with a bachelor’s degree, a career plan, and a fellowship awaiting her in the new year. Caring faculty who both supported Dooly, and empowered her to seek her true calling, helped her find her place as an educator herself.

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UAFS Grounds Team Earns Water & Sustainability Innovation Award
The University of Arkansas – Fort Smith’s grounds management team Southeast Service Corporation (SSC) was presented the Ewing Irrigation & Landscape Supply and Audubon International Water & Sustainability Innovation Award January 15, 2020, for their overhaul of UAFS irrigation systems and their continuing commitment to sustainability on campus. The honor recognizes landscape companies, organizations, and municipalities for sustainable, water-efficient projects that strive to impact environmental and economic health and quality of life.
Date Posted:
Thu, 01/23/2020
Jumpstart Arkansas Volunteers Serve During MLK Day
The University of Arkansas – Fort Smith program Jumpstart Arkansas mobilized residents to serve this week as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. For 25 years, groups around the nation have served their communities on the MLK holiday, honoring Dr. King’s legacy of leadership and service.
Date Posted:
Thu, 01/23/2020
UAFS and PRADCO to Partner on Fishing Workshop
The University of Arkansas – Fort Smith Center for Business and Professional Development (CBPD) and PRADCO Outdoor Brands will host an eight-hour fishing course on how to catch America’s favorite pan fish Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Windgate Theater, located at 5210 Kinkead Ave.
Date Posted:
Tue, 01/21/2020
UPDATE: UAFS Campus to Close Jan. 22.
The University of Arkansas - Fort Smith remain closed all day, Wednesday, January 22, due to winter weather. No classes or labs will be held. Offices will remain closed all day. 
Date Posted:
Tue, 01/21/2020
MLK Panel Empowers Community Toward Courage, Purpose
Leaders in the Fort Smith community gathered together Monday, Jan. 20, to honor the legacy and mission of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith and Martin Luther King Jr., Community Association’s annual breakfast and panel discussion
Date Posted:
Mon, 01/20/2020
UAFS and Food Bank to Collect Peanut Butter during MLK Week.
In partnership with the River Valley Regional Food Bank, the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith will host its second annual peanut butter donation drive in conjunction with the Martin Luther King Junior Week celebrations. 
Date Posted:
Thu, 01/16/2020
Fall 2019 Dean's List Announced
The University of Arkansas – Fort Smith has released the Dean's List for the fall 2019 semester, according to Dr. Georgia Hale, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs.
Date Posted:
Thu, 01/16/2020
UAFS to Host National Science Foundation Grant Workshop
The University of Arkansas - Fort Smith will partner with the Arkansas INBRE Program to bring the National Science Foundation Grant-Writing Workshop to Fort Smith Tuesday, Jan. 14,  welcoming researchers from across the state to learn from some of the NSF’s leading experts.
Date Posted:
Fri, 01/10/2020
Darbeau Appointed Lock Haven University Provost
Dr. Ron Darbeau, dean of the University of Arkansas Fort Smith College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, and interim dean of the College of Health Sciences will step down at the end of the 2020 academic year to serve as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Lock Haven University in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. 
Date Posted:
Fri, 01/10/2020
Dooly graduates with career, Arkansas teachers Corps fellowship in place
UAFS student Meagan Dooly, walked across the commencement stage this December, a full semester early, with a bachelor’s degree, a career plan, and a fellowship awaiting her in the new year. Caring faculty who both supported Dooly, and empowered her to seek her true calling, helped her find her place as an educator herself.
Date Posted:
Mon, 01/06/2020
Pate Carves Own Path
The career path of Remington Pate suggests two truths for job hunting in the 21st century: 1. Be willing to switch positions if the offer is right; and 2. Keep your LinkedIn profile current. Pate, a December 2016 graduate, has some solid experience changing jobs in the last three years.
Date Posted:
Fri, 01/03/2020
UAFS Pioneers Jumpstart Program Offering Volunteer Opportunities, Scholarships
The University of Arkansas - Fort Smith School of Education is pioneering a state-wide program that will expand student opportunities for community service, scholarship, and hands-on learning and impact the state’s youngest learners. Thanks in part to a $103,414 grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service, UAFS will be able to support nearly 40 students of any major as they volunteer with the AmeriCorps Jumpstart program, delivering innovative early learning instruction to local preschoolers with a focus on language, literacy, and social-emotional skills. In return, the program offers professional development, monetary incentives, and scholarships for those who volunteer.
Date Posted:
Fri, 12/20/2019
UAFS Volunteers Pack Food Boxes for Students, Families
As University of Arkansas - Fort Smith students head home for the holidays, caring staff and faculty members are ensuring those in need will be food secure through the break. Nearly 60 large boxes of food,  adorned with festive papers and ribbon, were sent home with students this week, stocked to meet the needs of not only those Lions who requested a box, but their families as well. 
Date Posted:
Thu, 12/19/2019
Nursing Education Opens Doors to Travel for Alumnus Newton
Cody Newton, a 2016 graduate of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at UAFS, has experienced a phenomenal rise as a Registered Nurse, traveling the world and earning the title of Charge Nurse in the Emergency Department at Baptist-Fort Smith, just two years after his graduation.
Date Posted:
Thu, 12/19/2019
Two Grads Commissioned Second Lieutenants
After more than 600 University of Arkansas - Fort Smith students were honored for their academic achievements at the commencement ceremony Dec. 14, two newly commissioned second lieutenants returned to the platform to recite their military oaths of office in a ceremony acknowledging their commitment to their country as well as their education.
Date Posted:
Wed, 12/18/2019
UAFS Grad Conquers College and Cancer
On December 14, 2019, Lauren Luginbill crossed the stage in the Stubblefield Center and accepted a Bachelor of Science in biological sciences from the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith. Though the 14-year childhood cancer survivor has faced more than her share of struggles, she used the strength she found through that adversity to excel in every pursuit while at UAFS.
Date Posted:
Tue, 12/17/2019
Jones Implores Grads to Carry Lessons Forward
During the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith’s 102 commencement ceremony held Saturday, December 14, UAFS Alumnus Tony Jones encouraged graduates to carry forward the lessons learned on campus, both academic lessons and life lessons, in all they do.
Date Posted:
Sat, 12/14/2019
UAFS Announces $1.7 Million Windgate Foundation Gifts
The University of Arkansas – Fort Smith announced today that it will receive three new gifts totaling more than $1.7 million from the Windgate Foundation.
Date Posted:
Tue, 12/10/2019
UAFS, MLK Association Announce January Events.
The University of Arkansas – Fort Smith has announced a slate of events January 17-24 sponsored by the UAFS American Democracy Project and the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Association celebrating the legendary civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Date Posted:
Fri, 12/06/2019
School of Education Earns $1.8 Million Grant
The UAFS School of Education has earned a $1.8 million grant from the Arkansas Department of Human Services Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education that will allow the university’s early childhood education (ECE) program to increase its free professional development offerings to Arkansas early childhood educators.
Date Posted:
Thu, 12/05/2019
Lay Finds Purpose at UAFS, Lands Dream Career With Sigma Nu
As a high school sophomore weighing his options, Michael Lay had no intention of graduating college, a feat neither of his parents had yet completed. But thanks to a campus tour through the Upward Bound program, Lay fell in love with UAFS and began charting a course toward his future. 
Date Posted:
Thu, 12/05/2019
Kannan earns Second, Third Fulbright Award
For many university professors, the idea of receiving one Fulbright award would be a dream come true. For Dr. Ragupathy Kannan, professor of biology at UAFS, that dream has now come true three times.
Date Posted:
Thu, 12/05/2019
UAFS Undergrads Present Biomedical Research
Two undergraduate students from the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith were honored with presenting their research at the 2019 conference of the Arkansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) Oct. 26-27 at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Harmeet Kaur Chohan and Jeremiah Smith presented their findings to more than 400 students and faculty assembled at the conference.
Date Posted:
Tue, 12/03/2019
Theatre@UAFS Claims 14 Awards at Festival
The University of Arkansas – Fort Smith theatre program earned a wealth of accolades at the Arkansas State Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival earlier this month. Held at the University of the Ozarks Seay Theatre, the Theatre@UAFS company and crew for the shows "Side Man" and "Ghost Sonata" took home a whopping 14 awards, including excellence awards in virtually every facet of production and a half-dozen individual actor awards. 
Date Posted:
Mon, 12/02/2019
CLC Students Review Year of Service Projects
The University of Arkansas - Fort Smith 2019-20 Chancellor’s Leadership Council is wrapping up the service project and leadership training portion of their four-year scholarship program, having partnered with numerous leaders from across the state to better their university and their community.
Date Posted:
Tue, 11/26/2019
College of Business hosts Advances in Business Research Symposium
The University of Arkansas - Fort Smith College of Business hosted the Advances in Business Research Symposium, an intensive academic research event, Nov. 11-12, 2019,  welcoming 30 presenters representing nine universities from Texas to Florida to the UAFS campus.
Date Posted:
Tue, 11/26/2019
Shop small. Shop Local. Shop Alumni.
While the turkey is cooking and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade streams across the television, we know many of you will be flipping (or scrolling) through Black Friday ads, thinking of the best holiday gifts for your loved ones. This year, we invite you to add these alumni-owned businesses to your list, and shop Lion local! 
Date Posted:
Tue, 11/26/2019
Board Approves Resolution for Naming of Gayle Kaundart Arena at UAFS Stubblefield Center
The court and seating area at the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith Stubblefield Center will soon bear the name “Gayle Kaundart Arena,” following the adoption of a resolution by the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees honoring the legendary basketball coach.
Date Posted:
Fri, 11/22/2019
Jones to be Fall 2019 Commencement Speaker
Tony Jones, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith class of 2016 alumnus and University of Arkansas School of Law Juris Doctorate candidate, will speak at UAFS’s fall commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, in the Stubblefield Center, located at 532 N. Waldron Rd.
Date Posted:
Fri, 11/22/2019
UAFS Police to Accept Food for Fines
The University of Arkansas – Fort Smith Police Department is in the giving spirit this holiday season, launching their third annual Food For Fines program this week. 
Date Posted:
Thu, 11/21/2019
Reagan Heppner Announced as 2020 Cub Camp Director
Reagan Heppner, a 19-year-old vocal music education major at the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith, is a natural leader who is always seeking a new challenge, and her upcoming role as Cub Camp director will undoubtedly be one of her most rewarding challenges yet.
Date Posted:
Thu, 11/21/2019
Slate of Holiday Events at UAFS Begin Nov. 25
Area residents can get in the holiday spirit this month with a slate of free, public events hosted by the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith, including a campus lighting ceremony, a festive holiday concert and a meet and greet with Santa.
Date Posted:
Tue, 11/19/2019
UAFS To Host Arkansas Scholarship Lottery and ADHE Nov. 22
The University of Arkansas – Fort Smith American Democracy Project will host a town hall with the executive director of the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery and the financial aid manager at the Arkansas Department of Higher Education at noon Friday, Nov. 22, in the Smith-Pendergraft Campus Center Reynolds Room, located at 800 N. 49th St.
Date Posted:
Tue, 11/19/2019
Angel Tree Brings Community Need to Campus
In celebration of the holiday season, students, faculty, and staff and the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith gathered together this week to pull the first angel tags from the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree. 
Date Posted:
Sat, 11/16/2019
Social Work Program at UAFS Earns CSWE Accreditation
The University of Arkansas - Fort Smith social work program has earned initial accreditation from the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).
Date Posted:
Fri, 11/15/2019
UAFS Earns ALL IN Award for Civic Engagement
The University of Arkansas – Fort Smith earned a coveted bronze seal from the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, in Washington, D.C.
Date Posted:
Thu, 11/14/2019

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