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PARAGOULD, AR – The Paragould Housing Authority accepted a grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank that will propel funding for an elderly housing unit development. Federal Home Loan Bank awarded $435,000 to the organization that will be added to funds on-hand to continue and finish 48 housing units for [read more…]
JONESBORO – Jana Haskins is the new director of the Beck Center for Veterans at Arkansas State University, announced Dr. Scott Gordon, dean of the College of Nursing and Health Professions. A graduate of A-State in 1994, Haskins succeeds long-time center director Lynda Nash, who retired earlier this year. “We [read more…]
JONESBORO – A pair of Arkansas State University professors have received a $95,173 grant to continue their research. Dr. Cameron Wimpy, assistant professor of political science and interim department chair and Dr. William McLean, associate vice chancellor for faculty relations and associate professor of political science, were awarded the grant [read more…]
JONESBORO – Four departmental chair appointments have been announced by Dr. Mary Jane Bradley, dean of the College of Education and Behavioral Science at Arkansas State University. They are Dr. Asher Pimpleton-Gray, chair of the Department of Psychology and Counseling; Dr. Amanda Wheeler-Gryffin, chair of the Department of Health, Physical [read more…]
JONESBORO – A scholarship has been established to honor a former Arkansas State University faculty member. The Roy Aldridge Legacy Scholarship was established in 2022 in honor of Roy Lee Aldridge Jr. Aldridge was a beloved faculty member in the physical therapy department for 20 years. “He was the heart [read more…]
WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. – Dr. Rodney Harris, Chair and Assistant Professor of History at Williams Baptist University and Director of the Randolph County Heritage Museum, has released a pictorial history of Pocahontas and Randolph County. Arcadia Publishing publishes the Images of America Series. Harris, a native of Pocahontas, holds a [read more…]
JONESBORO – Arkansas State University senior Izzeldin Ahmed is headed west where he will be among researchers making presentations at a national conference. Ahmed, better known on campus simply as ‘Izzo,’ will present a research poster on his studies of interactions between the prescription medicine Xanax and synthetic cannabinoids. The [read more…]
JONESBORO – Riley Strube, a sociology, criminology and psychology major from Cabot, Ark., was crowned Miss Arkansas State University in the 48th edition of the scholarship competition, held Wednesday evening in Riceland Hall at Fowler Center on the A-State campus and presented by Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. The sophomore captured the title [read more…]
Little Rock, Ark. — The Union Pacific Community Ties Giving Program awarded the Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund, or ASPSF, a $7,000 Grant to create the 2023 Union Pacific Scholarship Project. The project will fund scholarships and wraparound services for 10 single parent students in Camden, Hope, Hoxie, Jonesboro, Little [read more…]
JONESBORO – Nine faculty members from Arkansas State University are helping lead development of a “supercomputer” project involving eight education and research entities in three states. Dr. Xiuzhen Huang, professor of computer science and director of A-State’s Center for No-Boundary Thinking (CNBT), is serving as one of the co-principal investigators [read more…]
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