Scholarships, awards and honors were presented to several students at Henderson State University during the annual Heart & Key awards assembly April 27.
Ouachita Baptist University recognized the academic achievements of students across the university at its 31st annual academic awards banquet April 29.
A national advocacy is voicing its opinion of a proposed curfew ordinance that would, the organization says, violate the constitutional rights of home-schooled children in Clark County.
When Aaron Harford was a child, he was interested in space. As an adult, a trip to space is still pretty much impossible, but taking photos from 80,000 feet was completely doable.
Louisa E. Perritt Primary School is asking for help in the fundraising efforts for Relay For Life, scheduled for April 23, at HSU”s Carpenter-Haygood Stadium.
For the second year in a row, a team of Henderson State University business students won first place at the regional Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA) Global Investment Challenge in Memphis.
Henderson State University choirs will perform a concert entitled “Praise and Peace” featuring British composer John Rutter’s latest large-scale choral work, Mass of the Children. The concert will be Tuesday, March 2, at 7:30 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Arkadelphia. The event is free and open to the public.
The Arkadelphia School Board met Tuesday with stimulus spending and a new golf program at the top of the list of topics.
Hannah Chapman, a senior vocal performance major at Ouachita Baptist University, was named one of the five district winners at the recent Metropolitan Opera auditions. The competition was held at Stella Boyle Smith Auditorium on the campus of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and featured 23 singers ranging from 22 to 30 years of age. Chapman was the youngest at age 22.
The filing for Clark County Republican Party candidates begins at noon March 1 and ends at noon on March 8.
Henderson State University’s athletic center will soon carry the name of an alumnus and former athlete who remains a generous supporter of the university. The C.E. “Buddy” Formby Athletic Center will be officially dedicated during a ceremony on Feb. 25 from 4-5 p.m.
The United States Air Force Band of Mid-America Shades of Blue Jazz Ensemble is coming to Henderson State University on Feb. 16.
The Southwest Arkansas Technology Center in Arkadelphia has a new name that better identifies the facility’s mission. The 10-year-old workforce training center officially became the Community Education Center during a ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 28. The center, which is now be operated by Henderson State University, seeks to expand education opportunities to the community. Dr. Lewis Shepherd Jr., vice president for external programs at Henderson, is the supervisor for all center operations.
Piano Day at Henderson State University will give local teachers, pre-college students, parents and adult amateurs an opportunity to attend workshops, lessons and concerts on Jan. 30. The opening concert featuring Henderson faculty members Dr. Hee-Kyung Juhn and Dr. May Tsao-Lim will begin at 10 a.m. in the Russell Fine Arts Center Harwood Recital Hall.
The planetarium at Henderson State University’s Reynolds Science Center has scheduled four public shows this spring. From the Magellan probe’s mapping of Venus to recent images from the Hubble space telescopes, visitors will learn about the planets on the planetarium’s 360-degree panoramic screen. Numerous projectors are used to display video and slides, which are combined with a modern sound system.
Among state-funded universities in Arkansas, Henderson State ranked third in having the lowest remediation rates for incoming freshmen last semester.
Ross Whipple of Arkadelphia has been reappointed to the Henderson State University Board of Trustees by Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe. Whipple has served on the board since 1996. His new term expires in January 2017.
Gov. Mike Beebe announced earlier this week that $106 million would be cut from the state’s 2010 general revenue budget.
Construction workers must be able to tolerate heights in order to work on the new pedestrian bridge at Ouachita Baptist University, where crews and equipment are stationed in the ravine separating the main campus and the new student village.
