by Jan LeBlanc Wicks | Jun 26, 2018 | Journalism, Student Awards & Achievements, Student Success
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A group of four students enrolled in a Public Relations Writing course in summer 2017 will receive a national award for their work supporting a local nonprofit organization. Sara Brown, Schafer Huggins, Jamie Napier and Kinley Shotts will receive...
by Gina Holland Shelton and Rob Wells | May 23, 2018 | Journalism, Student Awards & Achievements, Student Success
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – University of Arkansas senior Alex Nicoll has been awarded one of the nation’s top journalism internships through the Dow Jones News Fund. Nicoll, editor-in-chief of the The ArkansasTraveler, will spend the summer reporting for the financial...
by Bret Schulte | May 22, 2018 | Journalism, Student Awards & Achievements, Student Success
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Hill magazine, the University of Arkansas’ student-run magazine was a national finalist in the Society of Professional Journalists Best Student Magazine award. Each year, SPJ selects two national finalists, or runners-up, and one winner...
by Steve Voorhies | May 16, 2018 | Alumni, Career Connections, Journalism, Student Success
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Tevin Wooten, who graduated from the University of Arkansas in 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism, has been hired as an on-camera meteorologist for The Weather Channel. “Tevin has been focused on a career in weather...
by Andra Liwag | May 7, 2018 | Awards & Honors, Journalism, Research
Eighteen outstanding, hard-working faculty members have been selected as the 2018 class of Connor Faculty Fellows at the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences. Their expertise spans the natural sciences, humanities, fine arts and social sciences and...
by Gina Holland Shelton and Robyn Starling Ledbetter | May 4, 2018 | Journalism, Student Awards & Achievements, Student Success
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Lydia Fielder, a University of Arkansas Honors College junior majoring in journalism, has been chosen for a 2018 Native American Journalist Fellowship. Fielder will travel to Miami this summer for reporting training. She is a member of the...
