News Updates University of Arkansas Students Will See No Tuition Increase for 2009-10 Academic Year
The University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees has approved a tuition request from University of Arkansas Chancellor G. David Gearhart that will leave tuition unchanged for the next academic year – the first time in 24 years that the university has not implemented a tuition increase. “In the current economic climate, we believed keeping tuition rates at current levels was the only rational thing to do in order to hold costs down for current and prospective students, in spite of the fiscal challenges we face as a university,” said Gearhart.
University Develops New Report Outlining Goals, Accountability Measures Through 2021
In an effort to keep the people of Arkansas aware of the decisions of their flagship university and the choices affecting the students and educators of the school, the University of Arkansas administration has developed a document that outlines a vision, goals and measurable objectives for tracking improvement in a variety of key areas. Chancellor G. David Gearhart commissioned the effort, titled “Transparency and Accountability to the People of Arkansas,” to highlight the university’s goals and give the public a thorough look into the operations of the university.
University of Arkansas Intercollegiate Athletics Department Commits $1 Million for Academics
The University of Arkansas department of intercollegiate athletics will commit $1 million to support the university’s academic mission during the 2009-10 fiscal year. “We are honored to be able to commit these funds to the University of Arkansas,” said Jeff Long, director of athletics. “While we have always been very active in our support of the university community, our recent agreement with ISP for multimedia rights, the forecasted revenues from the new Southeastern Conference television agreement and our own cost containment measures implemented within athletics provided us a unique opportunity.”
Business Week Ranks Walton College in Top 50 Public Programs
Business Week has ranked the undergraduate business program at the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas at 43rd among the top public undergraduate programs. To be eligible for the Business Week survey, each school had to be accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business-AACSB International, the organization that accredits business schools worldwide, and exceed its cutoff for at least two of these three criteria: university-wide SAT and ACT scores, percentage of applicants accepted and percentage of students coming from the top 10 percent of their high school class.
University Refocuses on Minority Recruitment
The University of Arkansas has embarked on a philosophical shift in its efforts to foster multiculturalism on campus through the appointment of a vice provost for diversity. “I want our diversity initiative to engage in a vibrant and proactive effort to recruit under-represented racial and ethnic minority individuals to our faculty, staff and student body, as well as strengthen retention,” said Chancellor G. David Gearhart. “In my judgment, the recruitment and retention of faculty, staff and students of color must be the centerpiece of our diversity efforts.”
Students First Sustainability Competition Winners Net $30,000 for Green Campus Ideas
The winners of the first Students First Sustainability Competition received cash prizes and a tree seedling during a ceremony on Earth Day, April 22. The winning "Team ENDY" won the top prize of $15,000 for a series of four proposed projects aimed at enhancing sustainability efforts already categorized by the University of Arkansas Sustainability Council. The multifaceted plan specifies projects addressing energy and greenhouse gas emission reduction, water management, waste management and social sustainability.
University of Arkansas Team Wins National Business Plan Competition
Two students in the Sam M. Walton College of Business and a biological engineering student in the College of Engineering at the University of Arkansas have taken first place and $4,000 in the University of Nebraska 22nd annual New Ventures World Competition.
Their plan for Elevate Medical would first produce a wheelchair that converts to a stretcher form, alleviating much of the pain and risk that nursing staff members endure in lifting patients.
University of Arkansas School of Law Professor Wins 2009 International Human Rights Essay Award
A University of Arkansas School of Law professor is the winner of the 2009 Human Rights Essay Award. Uche Ewelukwa bested legal scholars from around the world to earn the award sponsored by the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at American University Washington College of Law. Ewelukwa’s paper, “The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the African Child Today: Progress or Problems?” asks if the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been beneficial to African children or if it has proved harmful.
New Name, Big Party: School of Architecture to Celebrate Fay Jones this Weekend
The School of Architecture has organized a weekend of special events that will culminate in a formal dedication of its new name, the Fay Jones School of Architecture, in front of the school’s home, Vol Walker Hall, at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 4. The public is invited to participate in this event, which will celebrate Fay Jones’ legacy as an architect and professor and look forward to the school’s future.
Research and Innovation
What's Good for Big Business Not Necessarily Good for National Economy, New Study Finds
In 1953, during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing to determine whether he would become U.S. secretary of defense, Charles E. Wilson famously stated that keeping his existing job as head of General Motors would not constitute a conflict of interest because “what was good for our country was good for General Motors, and vice versa.” A new study by a University of Arkansas researcher suggests the opposite – that a stable group of large corporations is associated with slower economic growth, particularly in high-income countries.
Lasting Questions from the Last Indian War
In The Last Indian War: The Nez Perce Story, University of Arkansas historian Elliott West offers a revealing analysis of a time in which the American nation was transformed. The Nez Perce war of 1877 was a pivotal moment in a period West calls the Greater Reconstruction.
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