JONESBORO – Arkansas State University will hold its 2024 Spring Commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 4, at First National Bank Arena, 217 Olympic Drive. Approximately 2,500 students are candidates for graduation. The ceremonies will be held at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. The events are open to the public and [read more…]
JONESBORO – Dr. Les Johnson of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration will be the keynote speaker at Arkansas State University’s 29th annual Delta Symposium Friday, April 5. His presentation starts at 3 p.m. in the Carl R. Reng Student Union auditorium. Afterward, Johnson will answer questions and sign books at [read more…]
DYESS — Visitors to the Historic Dyess Colony: Johnny Cash Boyhood Home, an Arkansas State University Heritage Site, will experience a fun-filled series of events leading up to the eclipse. On Saturday, April 6, the Arkansas Roots Ride will begin at 9 a.m. Registration begins at 8 a.m. “This supported [read more…]
NEWPORT, Ark. — Construction will begin on the $25.2 million Windgate Art and Innovation Center at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro following approval by the ASU System Board of Trustees today at its regular quarterly meeting on the ASU-Newport campus. The new, 38,887-square-foot Windgate Center will house spaces to support [read more…]
JONESBORO – Arkansas State University has announced the list of students who completed degree requirements to graduate at Fall Commencement, held Dec. 16 in First National Bank Arena. The list includes graduates from 45 states and territories and 18 other countries. Chancellor Todd Shields presented diplomas at the associate, bachelor’s, [read more…]
JONESBORO – Arkansas State University has begun advertising for applicants and nominees for the next dean of its proposed College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM). The dean will be chief administrative officer for the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM), responsible for its missions in teaching, research and service. Primary duties will include [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK — Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has reappointed Jerry Morgan of Jonesboro, a 1992 graduate of Arkansas State University and longtime banking executive, to the Arkansas State University System Board of Trustees. Morgan was appointed by Gov. Asa Hutchinson in December 2021 to fulfill the remaining term of Dr. [read more…]
PIGGOTT – In celebration of its 25th anniversary, the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center (HPMEC) will lead a trip to Cuba this spring. The trip will begin on Saturday, May 25, and continue through Saturday, June 1. Ernest Hemingway lived in Cuba for more than two decades. He wrote “The Old Man [read more…]
JONESBORO – Due to anticipated harsh winter weather, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade scheduled for Monday, Jan. 15, at Arkansas State University has been cancelled. The remaining activities will continue as planned. This includes a youth program at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 14, at the Jonesboro High [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas State University System Board of Trustees today in a special meeting voted to designate Dr. Chuck Welch as President Emeritus in recognition of his nearly 13 years of service as system president. Welch announced Nov. 14 that he would resign as system president effective Jan. 15 to move to Washington, [read more…]
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