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ASU receives $219,984
through federal McNair Program
U. S. Senators
Mark Pryor and
Blanche Lincoln, along
with U. S. Representative
Marion Berry, announced Tuesday that ASU-Jonesboro will receive
$219,984 through the federal
Ronald E.
McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program. The program
provides grants to institutions of higher education to aid
low-income, first-generation college students or students
underrepresented in graduate education by preparing such students to
undertake doctoral study. The McNair Program provides opportunities
for research or other scholarly activities including internships,
seminars, tutoring, academic counseling, mentoring programs,
cultural events, and other academic programs or events. For details,
visit
http://www.lincoln.senate.gov/newsroom/2009-07-21-1.cfm.
Native American Culture
Night to be held July 23
The
International Center for English (TICE) at ASU presents Native
American Culture Night tonight, from 5:30-7 p.m. in the Student
Union Auditorium, 3rd floor, Reng Student Services Center/Student
Union, 101 N. Caraway Road. The guest speaker will be John Thomas, a
member of the Pima tribe. For details, contact
Art Polío, faculty and
director of student activities, international students/ESL, at (870)
253-1862.
John Hemingway to sign copies of 'Strange Tribe' July 29
John Hemingway,
grandson of Ernest Hemingway, will read from and sign copies of his
memoir, "Strange Tribe," on Wednesday, July 29, from 3-4:30 p.m. in
the third-floor
 exhibition
area of the Dean B. Ellis Library. Hemingway's visit to ASU is part
of the celebration of the Hemingway-Pfeiffer
Museum and Educational Center's
tenth anniversary.
Hemingway will make two other scheduled appearances, one at 1:30
p.m., Thursday, July 30, at
the
Hemingway-Pfeiffer
Museum and Educational Center (HPMEC), 1021 W. Cherry Street, Piggott, Ark.
On Thursday, July
30, he will also read from and sign copies of "Strange Tribe"
at 5 p.m. at That Bookstore in Blytheville, 316 W.
Main Street, Blytheville, Ark. "Strange Tribe" is a fascinating look
at Ernest Hemingway’s relationship with his youngest son Gregory
(the author’s father). As a cross-dresser and eventually a
transsexual, Gregory struggled with personal demons until his death
in 2001 in the Women’s Correctional Facility of the Miami Dade
County Jail. In this narrative, John reveals how his father and
grandfather were actually “two sides of the same coin,” sharing
surprising
similarities.
The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center
is an Arkansas State University Heritage SITE. For details, call
ext. 2803, or see the NewsPage release.
ASU's Convocation Center to present
The Fray
The Fray, the Denver-based,
Grammy Award-nominated piano rock band, is coming to Jonesboro to
the ASU Convocation Center
on Friday, September 25, at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets go on sale
this Friday, July 24, at 10 a.m. All seats are $42, including a $3
facility fee per ticket. Internet fees of $2.50 per ticket will
apply to all online purchases.
Call the ASU Convocation Center at ext. 3870, or call
(870) 972-ASU1 or toll-free at 1-888-ASU-FANS.
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