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January 17: 40th birthday of
a university!
Forty years ago today, Jan. 17, Arkansas
State College was elevated to university status with Gov. Winthrop
Rockefeller's signature on House Bill 8. The bill, which became Act 3 of
1967, took effect on July 1, 1967. Enthusiastic students who
celebrated in Jonesboro included an SGA senator and future chair of
the ASU Board of Trustees, Mike Gibson, and a pledge trainer for
Sigma
 Pi
fraternity and future governor, Mike Beebe. Young faculty members
such as Sam Gennuso, George Horneker and Nancy Young in English,
Julia Lansford in Music, Jerry Crawford in Economics, and Joel
Gambill in Journalism considered the potential impact for academics.
And the co-editor of the newly re-named Herald of Arkansas State
University and future editor of The Jonesboro Sun, Roy Ockert,
chronicled the outstanding local and state legislative support for
the move in a historic special edition that proclaimed in 2 1/2-inch
type, "ASU A REALITY." Read more about the move to university
status in The ASU Story by Lee A. Dew and Voices from State,
an oral history of ASU, by Larry Ball and William
Clements. Both books are available in the Dean B. Ellis Library. Dew and
Ball are former history professors, and Clements still teaches
folklore.
Nomination form
online for Wilson and DSA awards
Reminder:
The nomination/application
form for the 2007 R. E. Lee Wilson Citizenship Award and the
Distinguished Service Awards is available online at
http://events.astate.edu/scholars/Wilson-DSAAward.htm. The link
to download the form is near the bottom of the page. The deadline to
submit nomination/application packets is Friday, Feb. 16 at 5:00
p.m. Incomplete or late applications will not be considered. Packets
should be submitted to Jill Bristow, University Advancement, Room
104, or mailed to Jill Bristow, ASU University Advancement, P.O. Box
1990, State University, AR 72467. For details, contact
Jill Bristow, ext. 3362.
Lecture-Concert series to host
classical guitarist
Guitarist David Burgess will
perform Tuesday, Jan. 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Student Union
Auditorium. The performance, "Guitar Music of Brazil," is free and
open to everyone. Burgess studied with Andres Segovia and has won
many awards for his musical achievements. His performance is co-sponsored by the Lecture-Concert
Series and the ASU Guitar Guild. Click on
NewsPage for
more details.
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