Alumni
Tuskegee Roots Inspire Public Policy Alumna’s Fight for Health Equality
Michele Wise Wright was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, to Frankie Berry and Garland Wise, in the same hospital where the Tuskegee Syphilis Study was being conducted by the U.S. government. The experiment to observe the effects of untreated syphilis on Black men unaware of...
Making the Grade
Twin sisters Tina and Trina Fletcher are not from the Arkansas Delta, but they are intensely focused on addressing the academic disparities of students and teachers from the southeastern corner of their home state. “If we can lift the academic performance of Black...
Arabic B.A. Grads Move on to Exciting Careers
Six recent graduates from the U of A's Arabic major program are embarking on promising futures in a variety of fields, from comparative literature and cultural studies to medicine. The Arabic Program takes pride in having been a part of their undergraduate journey and...
Fulbright College Expands Development Team With New Key Leadership
Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences alumnae Becca Bradley and Autumn Spicher have been appointed to lead the college’s fundraising efforts, effective June 17. Arkansas native Olivia Graham also joins Bradley and Spicher on the Fulbright College development team. ...
Alumnus Derden’s Public Policy Insights Support Students as New National Park College President
Wade Derden was teaching history at Pulaski Technical College when he became interested in the question that would lead him into higher education administration: what were the factors that led some students to earn advanced education and others to drop out of school?...