Welcome to the May 2021 Round Up of the Fulbright REVIEW Blog

While it’s been an unusual academic year to say the least, we’ve once again reached one of my favorite times of the year – when we get to celebrate all of our fantastic new Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences alumni!

Get the inside scoop on our recent commencement and lots of student, faculty, staff, alumni and community member accomplishments right here in the May 2021 edition of the Fulbright REVIEW.

To kick things off, check out how we recognized and commemorated the outstanding and resilient Class of 2021 and meet some of our extraordinary new alumni – including a Harry S. Truman Scholar and this year’s three Hantz Award Winners!

You can also get to know one of the folks who leads the team that creates our amazing commencement ceremonies, and meet the new 2021-22 Razorback Marching Band drum majors.

May is also Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, and we’re excited to share some new campus trailblazer features, streaming films, historical resource guides, and a special video message as part of the month-long celebration!

On the research front, learn how one of our geoscientists found tyrannosaurs were actually social carnivores similar to wolves, and a historian’s project was included in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program.

Additionally, get a behind-the-scenes look at our Terrorism Research Center and see how our composition classes are becoming more inclusive and effective.

Finally, help us congratulate the winners of the 2021 Daniel E. Ferritor Award for Departmental Excellence in Teaching and then enjoy the Schola Cantorum’s fun and whimsical cover of the classic 1980’s pop anthem “Take On Me”!

Afterward, if you’d like to learn more about all the extraordinary people, initiatives, projects and activities that make up Fulbright College, please visit our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. Our handle is @uarkfulbright on all three.

And, as always, we’ll keep providing you with more new stories at fulbrightreview.uark.edu. We hope you’ll stay tuned.

In the meantime, please keep in touch, take care and be well!

Sincerely,

Todd Shields
Dean, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences