The Wilbur Smith Rotary Club of Texarkana recently donated $500 to the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana Foundation. The scholarship will benefit a student at the U of A Texarkana campus. The scholarship is funded by the Rotary Flag Project which…
The Joint Admission Medical Program (JAMP) at Texas A&M University-Texarkana is making the path to medical school a reality for A&M-Texarkana students. Dr. Nurul Alam, JAMP faculty director and professor of biology, announced this week that the university has…
Dave and Judy Phillips, of Emmett, Arkansas, recently established the Ace Electric Endowed Scholarship at the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana. The scholarship is given in memory of Dave’s parents, Joe A. and Willie Ruth Phillips. Mr. Joe Phillips was a…
At Texas High School, Senior students will hold a Senior Sunrise at 6:45 a.m. on Friday, September 8 in the THS Courtyard. During that time there will be a Moment of Memory for not only Leonard Parks but also for…
Nicole Woods of Hope, Arkansas, has been named the Director of the new Upward Bound Program at the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana. Woods has served at the college as an Educational Specialist and a Student Support Specialist for the last…
Williams Memorial Church in Texarkana, Texas will be assembling flood buckets Saturday, September 2nd from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 at the church. They are taking donations of supplies needed to make the buckets and asking for volunteers to help assemble 200…
Dr. Steve Cole, Chancellor of the University of Arkansas Cossatot, visited the De Queen Rotary Club on Monday to speak about the fall semester at UA Cossatot. Dr. Cole began his remarks with an update on UA Cossatot’s enrollment, stating,…
Georgia-Pacific (GP) donated $10,500 to the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana Foundation yesterday. The funds will be used to support foundation scholarships including single parent scholarships, Kids’ College scholarships, and the GP Excellence in Technology Scholarship.
– Mrs. Anne Formby, a math teacher and math department chair at Arkansas High School, was recently named as an Arkansas Teacher of the Year Regional Finalist. The Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) announced the fourteen state finalist in a…
Col. Mark Tillman, who was chosen as the nation’s 12th presidential pilot and served as pilot and commander of Air Force One from 2001-2009, will deliver the program at the 13th Annual Farmers Bank and Trust Distinguished Speaker Series on…
Around 6,500 people are expected for Family Day on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, making the event possibly the largest Southern Arkansas University will host on campus this year, Dr. Trey Berry, president, said. “This year’s Family Day promises to be…
The University of Arkansas Cossatot has been named third, based on affordability and quality, of all online colleges and programs in the nation by AffordableColleges.com. Specifically, the online Associate of General Studies program is recognized as an ideal way to…
Arthur Pletcher, mural and portrait artist, is collaborating with Texarkana Salvation Army to sell art-prints for the Hurricane Harvey Relief Effort. 60% of all sales will be donated to the Hurricane Harvey victims. “These prints are of my local murals,…
Texas A&M University-Texarkana has been named one of the “12 Most Innovative Colleges for Adult Learners” in the United States by the editors of Washington Monthly magazine. In its September/October issue, the magazine profiled Dr. Lisa Myers’ transformative work on prior…
Ruth Ellen Whitt Executive Director of Leadership Texarkana Ruth Ellen grew up in College Station, TX, enmeshed in the world of Texas A&M from Wee Aggieland kindergarten days due to her father’s administrative roles at the college. Puzzling solutions, supporting…
