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In 2014, the Honors College established the Path Program, which recruits, mentors and provides scholarship funding for exceptional students from underrepresented populations. The Path Program has received nearly $2 million in grants to fund scholarships from the National Science Foundation, [16] [17] as well as generous support from private ...
Hamilton College, Lexington was founded in 1869 as Hocker Female College. a private women's college affiliated with the Disciples of Christ. Its name changed in 1878. In 1889, Kentucky University (later Transylvania University), bought a stake in the school, taking total control in 1903. Closed in 1932. John Lyle's Female Seminary (founded in ...
Pat Walker (May 9, 1919 – September 2, 2016) was an American philanthropist and co-founder of the Walker Charitable Foundation. She is known for her charitable donations to the University of Arkansas and medical institutions such as Arkansas Children's Hospital.
Posthumously, the University of Arkansas established a memorial bookshelf in her honor [30] and in 1959 named a women's residence hall in her honor. [34] In 1961, a new public library was built bearing her name [35] and the dining hall of the Northwest Quad residence halls at the University of Arkansas was renamed in her honor in 2012. [36]
The School of Journalism and Strategic Media at the University of Arkansas is a subdivision of the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences that teaches and researches news, broadcasting, advertising, public relations, and related media subjects. The school is located in Kimpel Hall just north of the Walton College of Business. [12]
The UADA/UAM Geospatial Science Lab promotes the use of geo-technologies throughout the state and the nation. The lab work allows interdisciplinary cooperation, data-rich analytics research, and active outreach across a range of scientific fields (agriculture, forests, and climate change) with major societal impacts. It works closely with ...
Though Arkansas’ men’s basketball program has been a perennial tournament team in recent years, the football program has been to just two bowl games in the past eight seasons and went 4-8 in 2023.
During World War II, Arkansas A&M College was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program, which offered students a path to a Navy commission. [4] Arkansas A&M became part of the University of Arkansas System on July 1, 1971. It then became designated as the University of Arkansas at ...