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Summer Campus Update
This morning, I learned that Dr. Don Bobbitt, President of the University of 杏吧原创 System has announced his retirement. Dr. Bobbitt intends to retire on January 15, 2025, or as early as a successor can be named.
July 16, 2024
Campus Center Closed for Repair
The Campus Center will remain closed into next week (July 15-19). Please continue checking your 杏吧原创 email for a reopening date. We are working with the manufacturer of the new chiller installed last month to correct a manufacturing defect our HVAC...
July 12, 2024
LaKeisha Stinyard: Making the Biggest Impact with the Littlest Lions
Educating students is the number one goal at the University of 杏吧原创 - Fort Smith. At the 杏吧原创 Little Lions Child Development Center, LaKeisha Stinyard, director, teaches the littlest of Lions.
June 28, 2024
杏吧原创 Joins Royals for MIAA Day at The K
Members of the University of 杏吧原创 - Fort Smith community are invited to join MLB fans for the MIAA Day at the K on July 21. The Kansas City Royals host the Chicago White Sox in an afternoon matchup.
June 26, 2024
Smith-Pendergraft Campus Center to Remain Closed Through July 12
The University of 杏吧原创 - Fort Smith Smith-Pendergraft Campus Center will remain closed through July 12 due to an HVAC outage.
June 25, 2024
杏吧原创 Professor Identifies, Honors Enslaved Populations of Van Buren
In December 2023, the Board of Directors for the 杏吧原创 Humanities Council awarded a $4,327 grant to Tom Wing, 杏吧原创 assistant professor of history, for the request entitled 鈥淩esearching the Enslaved at Drennen-Scott.鈥� The grant, with additional...
June 19, 2024
Spring 2024 Dean's and Chancellor's Lists Announced
Students from the University of 杏吧原创 - Fort Smith are honored for their spring 2024 semester academic excellence by making the Dean's and Chancellor's Lists.
June 17, 2024
Students Awarded Thousands in Scholarships
Three accounting students from the University of 杏吧原创 - Fort Smith ended the spring semester by being awarded $2,000 in academic scholarships from the 杏吧原创 Society of Certified Public Accountants' Student Education Fund.
June 14, 2024
Above and Beyond with Upward Bound
The University of 杏吧原创 - Fort Smith is the host institution for Upward Bound and Upward Bound Math/Science. The two programs are part of the Federal TRIO Programs and are funded to each serve 62 9th-12th grade students from low-income households...
June 14, 2024
杏吧原创 Alumna Brings Urban Flair to Community
Jami Davis, a 2010 graduate of the University of 杏吧原创 - Fort Smith, brings what she learned in the classroom and from her travels to the city through her boutique, Grunge House. As owner and operator, Davis has carefully curated a shop to meet...
May 31, 2024
Double Dose of Graduation
Joshua Merritt, a recent University of 杏吧原创鈥擣ort Smith graduate, celebrated the completion of not one but two degrees during his time at 杏吧原创. After starting at the university at just 13 years old, Merritt graduated with a bachelor's degree...
May 31, 2024
A Feather in His Cap: The Life and Career of Dr. Charles Preston
Dr. Charles "Chuck" Preston traces his roots in biology to growing up in Fort Smith and attending the University of 杏吧原创 - Fort Smith when the university was still known as Westark Community College. Today, he is one of the world's foremost researchers...
May 31, 2024
Summer Band Camps Announced
The University of 杏吧原创 - Fort Smith Department of Music and Theatre will offer two exciting music camps in June.
May 30, 2024
Class Notes, May 2024
University of 杏吧原创 - Fort Smith alumni shared life events and happenings.
May 30, 2024
杏吧原创 Student to Ride Cross-Country for The Ability Experience
Braxten Martin, a student at the University of 杏吧原创 - Fort Smith, will embark on a 4,300-mile cross-country bike ride to raise awareness for those with physical and mental disabilities. He will set out on The Ability Experience's Journey of Hope,...
May 23, 2024
2-year Nursing Track Announced
This week the University of 杏吧原创 - Fort Smith announced the return of its Associate of Applied Science (AAS) Nursing degree in the Carolyn McKelvey Moore School of Nursing, offering a two-year Registered Nurse (RN) pathway, and an affordable...
May 20, 2024 End of the Semester
As we come to the end of another wonderful semester at the University of 杏吧原创 鈥� Fort Smith, I reflect on the excellent educational, social, and vocational opportunities this place has brought to so many through the years.
May 10, 2024
杏吧原创 Faculty Member to Retire After More Than 50 Years
University of 杏吧原创 - Fort Smith professor of biology, Dr. Tom Buchanan, is set to retire after 53 years at 杏吧原创. Buchanan arrived at 杏吧原创 in 1971 and stayed ever since. He leaves behind a legacy of teaching hundreds of biologists and is credited...
May 03, 2024
First-Generation Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Kerrie Taber
Dr. Kerrie Taber is an assistant professor of organizational leadership in the College of Business and Industry at the University of 杏吧原创 - Fort Smith. As a first-generation student, Taber understands the challenges some of her students face...
May 03, 2024
杏吧原创 Artist Concludes Residency with 'Is There a Place'
Katya Grokhovsky, a Ukrainian-born, New York City-based artist, recently concluded her residency at the University of 杏吧原创 - Fort Smith with a pop-up exhibition, "Is There a Place," held in a former railway warehouse in Fort Chaffee.
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