After graduating from Harvard University with a degree in applied math nearly 45 years ago, Paul Hackbarth is continuing his passion of lifelong learning at the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith.

The Center for Lifelong Learning at the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith has released its schedule of 16 classes, talks and trips for the May and June months.

​The Academy of the Arts On Stage series at the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith will continue in April with the Academy Kidz production of “A Year with Frog and Toad KIDS,” which will be performed at 2 p.m. April 26 at The Blue Lion at UAFS Downtown.

A Fort Smith native will take area residents on a tour of maritime archeology in a presentation at 7 p.m. April 17 on the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith campus.

Nina Dutton is not your average college student. As a nontraditional student and a native of Russia, Dutton is a rare breed on the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith campus.

A visiting team has informed the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith that two bachelor’s degree programs will receive initial accreditation and seven other programs in the College of Applied Science and Technology will be reaccredited.

The endearing story of a romance between an ogre and a princess will be retold on the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith campus when the Xtreme Teenz will perform three showings of “Shrek: The Musical” in April.

A University of Arkansas - Fort Smith student interning at an area high school won a statewide technology grant contest that awarded seven free iPads and accessories for educational use in his classroom, an accolade he credits to a student-focused approach to education he learned in his University courses.

Vocal Performance Workshop students from the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith will entertain local audiences on April 3 with “Broadway: Our Favorite Things,” a series of vignettes performed revue-style.

A new musical comedy featuring an endearing television family will be shown in Fort Smith as the final touring show of the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith’s Season of Entertainment 33.

Faculty and students from the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith’s theatre department attended the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Region VI Festival held Feb. 24-28, taking home two awards while participating in a week’s worth of events.

​The Arkansas Council of Teachers and Mathematics held a regional mathematics contest March 1 on the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith campus that saw 18 students from local junior and senior high schools receive awards in a variety of categories.

The African Student Association at the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith will host its second edition of African Night on March 14 -- a social event featuring, a state-renowned African dance group, an African performing artist from Dallas, Texas, an African dinner, and an African fashion show.

The Free Extraction Day sponsored by the Dental Hygiene Clinic at the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith has been rescheduled for March 15.

​University of Arkansas - Fort Smith theatre students will display their own interpretations of classic cinema when they show “Great Movie Scenes Redone” at 7:30 p.m. March 21 in the Breedlove Auditorium.

The Center for Lifelong Learning at the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith offers over 50 courses in their March and April schedule, with courses varying from night photography to learning how to blog.

The ongoing research at the Spiro Mounds will be a topic of discussion yet again at an archeological talk held on the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith campus.