by Diane Smith | Jan 20, 2024 | Alumni Awards & Achievements, Events, Features, Student Awards & Achievements, Student Success
Eight Commissioned to Second Lieutenant in U.S. Army With family and friends witnessing, the Razorback Battalion — the U of A Army ROTC — commissioned eight second lieutenants into the United States Army on Dec. 15, 2023. These second lieutenants went through at least...
by Scott Flanagin | Nov 10, 2023 | Alumni, Alumni Awards & Achievements, Features
Student Affairs Names Witherspoon Evans Director of Veteran and Military-Affiliated Student Center Megan Witherspoon Evans has been named the director of the Veteran and Military-Affiliated Student Center. “The military has been part of my life since my first...
by Kori Witt | Oct 19, 2023 | Alumni, Alumni Awards & Achievements, Faces of Fulbright, Features
Giving in Action: Alumnus Lewis Epley Embodies Service Above Self Service Above Self. The Rotary Club motto is embodied well in Lewis E. Epley Jr., whose formative experiences as a young man continue to lead him in a life of service and philanthropy. Epley was born in...
by Darinda Sharp | Oct 3, 2023 | Alumni, Alumni Awards & Achievements, Features, Journalism
Journalism Alumna Wins National Award for Outstanding Reporting FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Journalism alumna Ginny Monk received the Insight Award for Explanatory Journalism during the 2023 Nonprofit News Awards held in Philadelphia in August. Her four-part series Notice to...
by Rachel Gerner | Aug 20, 2023 | Alumni, Alumni Awards & Achievements, Features
Employee Spotlight: Camilla Shumaker When Camilla Shumaker graduated from the U of A with a master’s degree in creative writing, she wasn’t entirely sure what career she wanted to pursue. “I knew I didn’t want to work in an industry that was...
by Shelby Gill | Aug 19, 2023 | Alumni, Alumni Awards & Achievements, Features, Research and Innovation
Honors College Alumna Featured in Webb Space Telescope Anniversary Inspired by watching the brilliant stars visible in the dark night sky above her father’s watermelon farm in Bee Branch, Amber Straughn came to the U of A determined to study astronomy. Straughn, now...