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Arkansas dugout
canoes subject of archeological society lecture Dec. 1
Dr. Jeffrey Mitchem, Parkin Research Station, will speak (11/20/09)
ASU to
host Seventh Annual MidSouth
Bioinformatics Society Conference
Call for papers and posters by faculty, students, and staff in MidSouth
(11/17/09)
College
of Business announces 2009 Business Plan competition winners
Online grocery, social networking site, bakery garner top prizes (11/17/09)
ASU Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Lab Band present
final concert of year Nov. 19
Musical world of Miles Davis, piece by Dr. E. Ron Horton
featured (11/17/09)
Department of Music presents 11th annual
Madrigal Feaste Dec. 3, 4, 5
Nov. 30 is deadline for bulk of ticket sales (11/17/09)
Department of Music presents ASU
Trombone Choir Nov. 17
Choir to perform works by Bach, Mozart, Saint-Saens, others (11/17/09)
ASU's Moot
Court team helps organize tournament at Bowen School of Law
South Central regional tournament to be held Nov. 20 in Little Rock
(11/16/09)
ASU's Moot Court team
takes third place at Texas Wesleyan tournament
ASU team places third out of 50 teams, takes two speaker awards (11/16/09)
High
school delegates receive awards at ASU Model UN competition
ASU faculty advisor
Dr.
Charles Hartwig leads students to victory(11/12/09)
Susie Pryor Award for Best Arkansas Women's
History Paper
Arkansas Women’s History Institute
submission deadline 2/15/10 (11/12/09)
Turkish higher
education delegation to visit ASU campus Nov. 16
ASU officials, Turkish rectors to discuss proposed relationships
(11/11/09)
Fowler Center
Series rings in holidays with Blind Boys of Alabama Dec. 8
Gospel Music Hall of Fame legends present Christmas show (11/6/09)
Delta Symposium XVI issues call for papers
"Region and the Politics of
Culture" is theme for this year's event (11/6/10)
University of North Texas Percussion and
Gamelan Ensemble Concert
Nov. 10
ASU Department of Music
will present
the concert (11/5/09)
College of Business
announces business plan competition finalists
Record number includes six from ASUJ and four from ASU-Beebe (11/5/09)
Department
of Music welcomes Dr. Frank Ticheli as composer in residence
Internationally renowned
composer performs with various musicians (11/5/09)
Arkansas
Business Publishing Group leader Jeff Hankins to speak Nov. 9-10
ASU grad to close out fall Journalism Alumni Speakers Series (11/4/09)
Alumni
Association hosts Model T event, historical photo re-enactment
Events part of ASU's recent Homecoming celebrations (11/3/09)
George L. Harp
Environmental Field Station to be dedicated Nov. 6
Buffalo River facility to serve education and research (11/3/09)
Department of Social Work to host second World AIDS
Day conference Dec. 1
Conference theme is "HIV Complacency: A Deadly Risk Factor"
(11/3/09)
ASU-Jonesboro
celebrates International Day for Tolerance Nov. 16
Acknowledgement of diversity, respect for others, key (11/4/09)
Lecture-Concert
Series presents pianist Robert Henry on Nov. 30
Atlanta native soloist,
accompanist, and chamber musician performs (11/2/09)
Department of
Military Science-ROTC to induct four into Hall of Heroes
Inductees to be recognized Nov. 7 during football game (11/1/09)
Residence Life staff members garner top awards at regional conference
ASU staffers present four of conference's five top programs (10/30/09)
Department of Music to present ASU
Percussion, Jazz Ensembles Nov. 9
Works by Westlake, Ellington, Camilo, Horton to be performed (10/30/09)
Department of Music presents 2009
University Singers in concert Nov. 5
Men’s Choir, Women’s Choir, University/Community Choir will perform (10/30/09)
ASU Board of Trustees chair Mike Medlock dies Oct.
28 in Houston, Texas
Medlock was appointed to board in 2000, reappointed in
2005 (10/30/09)
Department of Music presents Faculty Brass Quintet, Brass X, Nov. 2
Works by Handel, Ewald, Payne, Douglas to be performed (10/28/09)
Lecture-Concert Series presents 'The
Music of Frank Ticheli' Nov. 12
Boston Symphony Orchestra trombonist Ron Barron joins Ticheli (10/28/09)
ASU
Theatre announces cast for 'Little Shop of Horrors,' opening Nov. 13
Popular musical features singing carnivorous plant, Faustian bargain
(10/27/09)
Strong-Turner Alumni Chapter presents
scholarship, alumni awards
Presentations made at annual Linual Cameron Scholarship luncheon
(10/27/09)
Janet
Jamison is recipient of 2009 Linual Cameron Memorial Scholarship
Jamison, a junior biology major, is honored at reception Oct. 24
(10/26/09)
Department of
Music presents second concert in Faculty Recital Series
Works by Thuille, Bach, Enesco, Copland to be performed (10/23/09)
JETS offers special fixed
route service for ASU 2009 Homecoming game Alternate transportation
between downtown and ASU stadium available (10/22/09)
BEST Robotics Game Day Competition set for Oct. 31
Students from 17 area schools participate in six-week competition
(10/21/09)
College of Business honors Mike Medlock as
Business Executive of the Year
Announcement made at Business, Blue Jeans, and Barbeque event (10/21/09)
Honors Living-Learning Community dedication
ceremony to be held Oct. 24
HLLC provides ideal environment for Honors students (10/21/09
ASU Museum celebrates
Día
de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Nov. 1
Third year of museum event offers cultural
diversity, family fun (10/21/09)
Lecture-Concert Series presents scholar,
author Dr. Beverly Lindsay Nov. 2
Topic
to be “Terrorism, Nobel Laureates, and University Engagement” (10/20/09)
College of Nursing and Health Professions to honor six distinguished alumni
Alumni to be recognized Oct. 24 at Reynolds Center reception (10/20/09)
KASU
presents the Brock McGuire band in concert at the Forum Nov. 1
Band brings award-winning traditional Irish music to Jonesboro (10/20/09)
Communications manager for Electric
Cooperatives of Arkansas to speak
Rob Roedel highlights College of Communication Alumni Seminar Oct. 24
(10/19/09)
Department of Music to present ASU Opera production Oct. 27, Oct. 30
Evening of operatic murders is perfect treat
for Halloween (10/19/09)
Southern Tenant Farmers Union 75th Anniversary
Symposium is Oct. 30
Events will be held in Jonesboro and in Tyronza at museum (10/16/09)
Counseling Center hosts events to increase
awareness of domestic violence
Oct. 19, 20 mark National Domestic Violence Awareness Month at ASU (10/15/09)
Arkansas Delta Writing Project is part of
National Day on Writing, Oct. 20
ADWP's local gallery of writing, National Gallery of Writing, to be unveiled(10/15/09)
College of Business to host scholarship
fundraiser Oct. 17
Tickets are still available for "Business, Blue Jeans, and Barbeque"
(10/14/09)
Dedication of new Delta Center for Economic
Development set for Oct. 15
Gov. Mike Beebe and EDA regional director Pedro Garza to attend
(10/14/09)
Corporate consulting expert is speaker in
Journalism Alumni Speaker Series
Jack Partridge to interact with students, faculty Oct. 19-20
(10/13/09)
Department of Music presents guest tubist
Kevin Sanders Oct. 20
Dr. Lauren Schack Clark, James Albrecht will accompany Sanders (10/12/09
ASU Alumni Association announces plans for Homecoming 2009 on Oct. 24
Events include recognition of Distinguished Alumni, reunions, more (10/12/09)
Lecture-Concert Series presents Maxine
'Precious' Ballard Oct. 27
Author will discuss her book on her Supremes founding member sister
(10/8/09)
Beck PRIDE Center receives surprise donation from
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Local chapter representative presents $2,000 check during open house (10/8/09)
Central Mississippi Valley Archeological
Society celebrates 11th anniversary
Dr. David Dye will speak on Mississippian deities, sacred narratives
(10/6/09)
ASU's Heritage Studies program presents
alumna Dr. Sherry Layton Oct. 15
Layton to read from, sign copies of her book, "Pfeiffer Country" (10/6/09)
ASU choirs host area two-year
schools for fall concert Oct. 13
Silent auction will also be held on behalf of March 2010 Italian tour
(10/6/09)
Fowler Center Series presents 'In the
Mood,' 1940s musical revue, Oct. 25
Big band theatrical swing tribute is a Riceland Distinguished Presentation
(10/6/09)
Distinguished Alumni to be honored at Homecoming, Oct. 24
Wayne and Virginia Baker, Jake Bell, Dr. F. M. Wilson are 2009 recipients
(10/5/09)
Student is awarded Gov. Mike and
Ginger Beebe Single Parents Scholarship
Jonesboro student wins first-ever scholarship (10/1/09)
Workshop set for '7-Minute Strategy for Breakthrough Success'
Delta Center for Economic Development to host one-day workshop (10/1/09)
SBTDC to offer workshop on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
U.S. Small Business Administration free seminar
to focus act's impact (9/30/09)
Bill and Alice Nix Petting Zoo opens to public Oct.
10 with additional offerings
New ASU program on renewable energy technology will be featured (9/30/09)
Department of Music to present Jazz
Ensemble in concert Oct. 8
'Music from Stage and Screen' features big band arrangements (9/30/09)
Exhibitions reveal 100 Years of ASU,
Chinese-born alumnus photographer
Oct. 6 marks opening of two remarkable
photography exhibitions (9/29/09)
ASU Wind Ensemble opens 2009-10 concert
season with Centennial concert
“Centennials, Diamonds, Gold, and Papers” celebrates anniversaries (9/25/09)
ASU
Theatre opens 2009-10 season with Tim Bohn's 'Bound,' Oct. 2
Original drama by ASU Theatre professor premieres in Fowler Center (9/25/09)
ASU Museum opens new exhibit,
'Exploring the Frontier,' Oct. 3
Families can explore frontier life in Arkansas from 1540-1840 (9/25/09)
Gov. Mike
Beebe to attend ABI fifth anniversary, groundbreaking ceremonies
Officials to break ground for ABI's Commercial Innovation Center
(9/24/09)
Donald W. Reynolds Center for Health Sciences to
be dedicated Sept. 25
State-of-the-art facility houses College of Nursing and Health Professions
(9/24/09)
Lecture-Concert Series presents
Jérémy Jouve,
Judicael Perroy, Oct. 1
French classical guitarists perform as Paris Guitar Duet (9/22/09)
Arkansas Biosciences Institute to host ABI fall
research symposium Sept. 25
Five professors to make oral presentations (9/22/09)
Department of Music presents tuba recital with
guest artist Dr. Angelo Manzo
Pianist Peter Miyamoto accompanies Manzo Sept. 28 (9/21/09)
Dr. Lonnie Williams is recipient of
2009-10 Silas Hunt Legacy Award
Award recognizes
contributions to community, state, nation (9/18/09)
Dean B. Ellis Library's 'Soul of a
People' lecture series slated
Library is one of 30 nationwide to receive NEH grant for programs (9/18/09)
Department of Music to present first concert
of Faculty Recital Series
Program features Carey, Schack Clark, Clark, Dauer,
Kyriakos, Pollard (9/17/09)
Constitution Day program features Judge Brian S.
Miller as keynote speaker
Federal district court judge will address Article III of Constitution
(9/16/09)
Central Mississippi Valley Archeological
Society holds first meeting of year
Excavation of 13th century village on Cache River to be discussed (9/16/09)
ASU's Herb Lawrence on mission to serve
veterans via ASBTDC project
Lawrence commended for his service
during year-long project (9/15/09)
Fowler Center Series presents two-time Grammy
nominees Cherryholmes
Family band noted for passionate, boundary-breaking bluegrass music (9/15/09)
ASU to host exhibition on U. S. Senator
Thaddeus Caraway Sept. 22
Arkansas Humanities Council exhibit part of Centennial Celebration (9/14/09)
Beck PRIDE Center selected as recipient of 2009 "Newman's Own" award
Chancellor Potts accepts $5,000 award for center's innovative programs (9/10/09)
Washington Post editor kicks off second season of alumni speakers series
Journalism graduate Chanda Washington to visit campus (9/10/09)
Lecture-Concert Series presents Jonathan Sandys on Sept. 22
Churchill's great-grandson discusses years leading up to WWII (9/09/09)
Arkansas State University announces
record enrollment for fall 2009
Preliminary total enrollment stands at 12,185 on 11th day (9/09/09)
Arkansas Heritage SITES program awarded
three federal grants
National Scenic Byways grants total $560,600 (9/8/09)
ASU graduates 351 in summer commencement
ceremony
Chancellor Robert Potts confers degrees (9/8/09)
ASU Band receives new uniforms for 2009-10
marching season
Uniform components give bandsmen more flair, more choices (9/02/09)
ASU's 2009-10 Lecture-Concert Series opens with Martha A. Sandweiss
Sandweiss's "Passing Strange" details saga of crossing color line (8/31/09)
Fine Arts Center Gallery presents Mack
Gingles exhibit, 'Resisting Closure'
Opening reception is Sept. 1; exhibit runs through Sept. 25 (8/31/09)
ASU's SBTDC to offer stimulus packet
workshop
Cross Co. Economic Development Corp. will partner workshop Sept. 1 (8/31/09)
College of Business to host 2009 business plan
writing competition
Monetary prizes awarded to contest winners (8/25/09)
Fowler
Center Series opens 2009-10 season with
San Jose Taiko
Mesmerizing Japanese taiko drum ensemble gives voice to spirit
(8/25/09)
ASU issues guidelines for students, parents,
about H1N1 flu
Guidelines include what to do if illness strikes, prevention information
(8/25/09)
ASU faculty
present technology education workshop for middle schools
Workshop part of Summer Scholars program
(8/25/09)
Dr. Gary Edwards is awarded Fulbright
Senior Fellowship for 2009-10
Assistant professor of history will travel to, teach in, Berlin (8/21/09)
Small Business and Technology Development Center to offer seminar
'Introduction to QuickBooks' workshop to run four days (8/20/09)
2009 Faculty Biennial opens at Bradbury Gallery Aug. 27
Exhibition features work from estimable faculty of Department of Art
(8/19/09)
Alumni Association sponsors 10th annual 'Watering Hole'
Volunteers to hand out cold bottled water to incoming students (8/18/09)
University/Community Choir to hold
auditions, begin rehearsals
Under direction of Dr. Dale Miller, choir will prepare for Italian tour
(8/17/09)
Southern Tenant Farmers Museum to host 'Growing Up in the Delta,' Sept. 4
Paintings by Nancy LaFarra Wilson will be on display through Sept. 30
(8/14/09)
ASU to host Yellow Ribbon Task Force
meeting here Wednesday
Veteran issues on agenda, including Federal Tuition Assistance progam
(8/11/09)
Master of Public Administration program
receives NASPAA accreditation
ASU's program will be listed on roster of accredited programs (8/10/09)
2009 summer commencement set for Friday in
Convocation Center
Graduates to seal items in first centennial capsule (8/5/09)
Father, Son Authors Share Stories About "A Question of
Character"
Book signing include anecdotes from Dr. Steve and John Abernathy (8/1/09)
Dr. David B. Beasley will serve as new dean of
ASU's College of Engineering
Beasley brings 32 years of experience, Arkansas roots, to position (8/3/09)
College
of Business gets grant for international business education programs
Funds also to expand capacity to engage in global economics (7/30/09)
Former employee charged with theft of property
University will work with law enforcement, surety bond carrier, courts
(7/29/09)
Chili's
of Jonesboro helps ASU scholarship
Local restaurant donates 10 percent of one-day sales to scholarship fund
(7/29/09)
ASU's GK12
program enhances STEM education for fellows, mentors, students
Funded by the National Science Foundation, program is in second year
(7/28/09)
Police continue investigation of campus shooting
Student listed in stable condition; prognosis is good (7/26/09)
Dr. Dan Howard receives appointment to accreditation
commission
Commission accredits English language programs (7/23/09)
Combat veterans find many benefits through ASU's
Beck PRIDE Center
Educational, healthcare, and family benefits among services offered
(7/16/09)
Alumni Center hosts Abernathy book signing
August 1
ASU graduate and son co-author political action thriller (7/15/09)
KASU's Blue Monday-Paragould presents Jeannie
and the Guys July 20
Sonny Burgess and Jean Hendrix head up five-piece group (7/15/09)
Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum celebrates 10th anniversary with special guest
John Hemingway to read, sign his memoir, "Strange Tribe" July 29-30
(7/14/09)
Radio-TV Department to offer sportscasting
class during fall 2009
Students will have opportunity to get hands-on experience (7/13/09)
Southern Tenant Farmers Museum presents "Revisiting the Delta's Past"
Exhibition of works by Suzanne Churchill begins Saturday, August 1 (7/13/09)
Housing assistance programs place ASU among "Great
Colleges To Work For"
Chronicle of Higher Education survey lists ASU in top 10 of category
(7/10/09)
ASU officials address two confirmed Swine
Flu cases on campus
ASU takes proactive stance in treating cases, informing community (7/10/09)
College of Communications faculty introduce youth Digital Book Club July 14
Three-week project encourages adults to read to children (7/9/09)
ASU Summer Children's Theatre presents 'Aladdin' July 29-31
Magical tale of a boy, a lamp, a genie, and a princess will delight all ages
(7/8/09)
Junior Auxiliary presents check to ASU
scholarship endowment
ASU Foundation receives $5,000 to add to scholarship principal (7/6/09)
Lakeport Plantation descendants return for Heritage
Reunion Celebration
"Memories of Lakeport" included presentations of history and heritage
(7/6/09)
Dr. Andrew J. Novobilski is new dean of
College of Sciences and Mathematics
Professor of Computer Science and
Engineering expects college growth (7/2/09)
KASU announces new format, programming
changes, starting July 6
News, information featured during day; classical music moves to evening
(7/2/09)
Arkansas Delta Writing Project wraps up first Summer Writing Institute July 2
Fourteen educators took part in four-week program (6/29/09)
Department of Social Work receives
candidacy status from CSWE
Social Work Department admits first advanced
standing MSW students (6/25/09)
Cheerleaders participate in nationally
televised segment with NBC's Al Roker
Roker presents items to Arkansas Rice Depot's "Lend A Hand" program (6/25/09)
ASU to help task force support "Boots 2 Books"
veterans symposium
Yellow Ribbon Task Force forum designed to help veterans on campus
(6/24/09)
Lakeport Plantation hosts African
American heritage celebration July 3-5
Three-day event includes presentations, tours,
entertainment (6/22/09)
ASU Museum hosts three-day event, 'Our
Awesome Ancestors,' July 16-18
Extravaganza features Native American pottery,
Rhys Thomas, more (6/16/09)
Griggs Canoe replica is special
feature of 'Exploring the Frontier' preview
Sneak peek at upcoming exhibition is part of 'Our Awesome Ancestors' (6/16/09)
Faculty researchers receive NSF grant to
train teachers, offer scholarships
$899,988 grant targets
science,
technology, engineering, math students (6/16/09)
New ASU program offers 5-day workshop, stipend, to qualified students
Program for sciences, mathematics, engineering, technology students (6/12/09)
Dr. Dan Reeves, dean, College of
Fine Arts, has solo show in Italy
Florence's Ganzo Fine Arts Gallery displays 24 works by Reeves (6/12/09)
ASU announces Chancellor's, Dean's Lists for
spring 2009 semester
More than 1,700 students named to lists (6/5/09)
ASU Summer Children's Theatre opens 2009
season with 'The Little Mermaid'
Classic story will delight audiences of all ages (6/5/09)
ASU Equine Center offers Horse Camp for youths aged 10-16
Beginning and Advanced sessions will be offered June 14-20 (6/4/09)
College of Education selects Dr. Don Maness
as new dean
Maness is former associate dean of College of Education (6/4/09)
ASU Museum's 'The Mystery of the Mayan
Medallion' closes June 14
Immersive exhibit developed by Arkansas Discovery Network (6/3/09)
ASU
confers 1,147 degrees during Spring Commencement 2009
Dr. E. Gordon Gee was featured speaker (6/2/09)
ASU dedicates Eugene W. Smith Hall
in honor of president emeritus
Building is former Chickasaw Student Services Center, newly renovated
(6/2/09)
Ninth annual Delta Awards for
Tourism Achievement announced May 29
Awards ceremony was sponsored, hosted by Arkansas Delta Byways (6/2/09)
University Police Department receives accreditation from international group
Is sole university police department in Arkansas to be so accredited
(5/18/09)
ASU Board of Trustees approves recommendations for promotion, tenure
Faculty who have achieved promotion, tenure, are listed (5/15/09)
Student Support Services provides
'Bridging the Gap' summer program
Incoming, non-traditional students learn about college resources (5/15/09)
Dr. E. Gordon Gee imparts advice, wisdom to graduates at commencement
Highly
regarded university president discusses today's challenging world
(5/13/09)
Arkansas Delta Byways awards
banquet rescheduled for May 29
Ninth annual Delta Awards for tourism will be announced (5/12/09)
ASU Theatre announces 2009 Summer Children's
Theatre season
"The Little Mermaid," "Aladdin," will be presented (5/11/09)
New English as a Second Language (ESL)
licensure program approved
ASU-Jonesboro is only university in region to offer such program (5/11/09)
ASU ROTC commissions seven cadets in ceremony
May 8
Col.
Kendall W. Penn, Arkansas Army National Guard, was guest speaker (5/11/09)
Southern Tenant Farmers Museum offers
exhibition, presentation, May 21
Marjorie J. Hunter discusses rarely viewed FSA
photographs from Arkansas (5/7/09)
KASU's Bluegrass Monday will feature the
Muellers in concert May 11
Family band plays traditional bluegrass and gospel (5/6/09)
ASU SBTDC, Liberty Bank, offer seminar on
financing options under new act
Opportunities under Economic Recovery Plan will be addressed (5/6/09)
Spring Commencement slated for May 9; two
ceremonies scheduled
Dr. E. Gordon Gee, noted academic and university president, to speak (5/5/09)
Mechanical engineering students use human power to place third in event
American Society of Mechanical Engineering sponsors vehicle challenge (5/5/09)
Beck
PRIDE Center participant awarded Purple Heart in May 2 ceremony
Jonathan Wheeler, Arkansas National guard combat medic, honored (5/5/09
Community education classes offered by Center for Regional Programs
Special interest classes, workshops suitable for variety of age groups
(5/4/09)
Dr.
Julie Morrow to present "The Looting of Arkansas Heritage" May 5
Station archeologist will discuss problems associated with artifact theft
(5/1/09)
Guerrilla Marketing Seminar being offered through ASU SBTDC
Two sessions offered Monday, May 11 (4/30/09)
Educational Leadership Doctoral Cohort XVI
makes final presentation May 2
Program will consider holistic education (4/30/09)
Student Health Center issues advice on swine flu prevention
Basic precautions, good health practices recommended (4/29/09)
Bradbury Gallery hosts Spring 2009 Senior Exhibition
Featured artists are Kelly Little, Michael Vandermark (4/28/09)
Department of
Philosophy recognizes research publications, presentations
Dr. Jeanine Weekes Schroer is participant in NEH summer seminar (4/28/09)
KASU's Bluegrass Monday presents the
Tennessee Gentlemen April 27
Memphis-based bluegrass band known for outstanding harmonies (4/23/09)
Chancellors' Scholars for 2009
presented at Student Honors Ceremony
Each college recognizes its senior with highest grade point average (4/23/09)
KASU Conductors' Club presents Sonny
Burgess and the Legendary Pacers
Rockabilly group will perform at dinner dance April 24 in Paragould
(4/21/09)
Distinguished Performance Awards presented
April 21
Employees recognized for skills, service, contributions to ASU (4/21/09)
Fowler Center Series presents Arkansas Symphony
Orchestra in concert
ASO performance is 2008-2009 season finale (4/21/09)
Alumni Association accepting nominations for
Distinguished Alumni award
Annual awards honor alumni who have excelled in various endeavors (4/21/09)
ASU
strengthens ties with Huzhou University,
China, April 21
Delegation will attend 11 a.m. signing
ceremony; 3:30 p.m lecture slated (4/20/09)
Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York City, opens John Salvest show April 23
"Not Myself Lately" features found object art (4/20/09)
ASU
receives more than $1.75 million from U.S. Department of Commerce
Grant will help fund high-tech business incubator at ABI (4/17/09)
Department of Music presents ASU Opera
April 21
"Green Eggs and Ham," and "Down in the Valley," will be sung (4/17/09)
Department of Music presents ASU Jazz, Lab
Bands April 20
Count Basie, Kurt Weill, Stan Kenton, and Pat Metheny works on tap (4/20/09)
ASU's Publications and Creative Services wins CASE grand prize
Award was given for Red Wolf logo design
(4/16/09)
Diversity Excellence Awards presented today in Fowler Center's Grand Hall
Dr. Cherisse Jones-Branch is 2009 Campus Excellence Award winner (4/15/09)
ASU commemorates Earth Day, April 22,
with celebration, tree planting
Planting of 30 red maple trees will conclude ceremony (4/15/09)
College of Fine Arts honors Mike Randleman
as Distinguished Alumnus
Veteran actor to conduct workshop, present artist's talk (4/14/09)
Department of Music to present Concert Choir, University Singers April 16
Donations will be accepted for the Rome/Florence 2010 concert tour (4/14/09)
2009 Wilson Award, Distinguished Service Award
winners announced today
Gregory Kyle Fulton of Jonesboro is this year's Wilson Award winner (4/13/09)
ASU Theatre closes out 2008-09 season with
'Lovers and Executioners'
John Strand's comedy is based on a 17th c. work by de Montfleury (4/9/09)
2009 Convocation of Scholars Week
schedule filled with various events
Colleges, departmental awards, more on tap at ASU (4/9/08)
Student Honors Awards ceremony to be held
April 13
Presentations include Distinguished Service Awards, Wilson Award (4/9/09)
5th annual Brain Awareness Day is April 11 in public library's Round Room
Student chapter of Society for Neuroscience
sponsors event (4/8/09)
The
Honors College will hold Undergraduate Scholars Day April 14
Annual program offers platform for
undergraduates to present work (4/8/09)
Department
of Music sets annual Student Honors Recital for April 13
Recital is part of ASU's 2009 Convocation of Scholars Week (4/8/09)
Faculty Honors Convocation, retirement recognition, held April 7
Faculty achievement, retirees, honored in afternoon ceremony (4/7/09)
Don Tomlinson to close out Journalism Alumni
Speakers Series April 6-7
Law professor specializes in transactional,
entertainment, copyright law (4/6/09)
Department of Music presents Brass Bash concert April 2
Brass Choir, Tuba and Euphonium Ensemble, Trombone Choir featured (4/2/09)
ASU's Centennial Celebration begins
with Founders' Day events, ceremony
Re-dedication of historic arch inaugurates second century (4/1/09)
Lecture-Concert Series 2008-09 presents Steven
Schick in final event
Author and percussionist will also hold clinic for students (4/1/09)
Four finalists named in search to fill Academic
Services position
Open position is that of associate vice chancellor, Academic Services
(3/26/09)
David Starwalt and Company will present
readers' theatre work April 4
Second City alumnus to participate in Delta Blues Symposium
XV (3/26/09)
Centennial Celebration Calendar now online
Find details of April 1 kickoff for Centennial Celebration (3/26/09)
Leading blues scholars to present panel 'Blues in Time' April 3
David Evans, John Minton, Judy Peiser to speak
at Delta Blues Symposium (3/23/09)
Department of Languages offers Costa Rican
study trip
Students, community members may still register (3/20/09)
Arkansas Anthology 2009 now accepting submissions
through March 31
Anthology offers young authors venue for publication of literary work
(3/20/09)
ASU Foundation art auction set for April 11 at Cooper Alumni Center
Local artists, ASU art faculty donate works
(3/20/09)
University Police Department to host assessment
team on campus March 28
Verification by team confers accreditation of public safety excellence (3/20/09)
Nucor
executive to give seminar on metallurgical technology April 13
Sam Cammella will join ASU faculty, administration to discuss program
(3/20/09
KASU's Bluegrass Monday to present South 14
March 23
Yellville-based group influenced by Flatt and Scruggs, Stanley Brothers
(3/19/09)
University Loop to close on May 10 after
Spring Commencement
Closing related to upcoming completion of new building (3/18/09)
Jonesboro students hone Spanish skills
while doing community service
Students have opportunity to work at Hispanic
Center (3/13/09)
March 14 book signing, jam session,
offer prelude to Delta Blues Symposium
DBS XV to examine connections between fiddling, roots music, and blues
(3/12/09)
Writers Janis Kearney, Dale Smith, to read at
Delta Blues Symposium XV
Author/presidential diarist Kearney, poet Smith, share Grand Hall April 3
(3/12/09)
Professor Christopher Ricks to lecture on the
poetry of Bob Dylan March 17
Noted scholar, author, and critic interprets enigmatic artist's works
(3/11/09)
Science Flicks film to feature "Fat Man
and Little Boy" March 17
1989 movie details development of Manhattan Project (3/11/09)
ASU faculty, students win ADDYs in graphic
design, graphic communication
Students receive 10 awards from the 19-award total (3/11/09)
ASU's Office of Publications and Creative Services
honored with ADDY Awards
In-house graphic designers take two golds, one bronze, Best of Show (3/11/09)
Bluesman
Lemuel Sheppard returns to Delta Blues Symposium XV
Scholar and musician Sheppard will perform on April 2 (3/10/09)
KASU
91.9 FM to present Ozark Jazz Orchestra in Walnut Ridge March 27
Performance signals start of KASU's 2009 Spring
Membership Drive (3/10/09)
University awarded military contract to develop sensors for explosives
Sensor will detect vapors from buried explosives from a distance (3/10/09)
Delta Blues Symposium XV welcomes keynote
speaker Doug Seroff April 2
Seroff is noted scholar and author on rise of African American music (3/9/09)
Northeast Arkansas Regional Science Fair will be
held at ASU March 13-14
Students, teams, grades 7-12 compete in math, science, engineering (3/9/09)
University/Community Chorus to hold
information session March 17
Information on 2010 concert tour to Italy will be provided (3/9/09)
Dorothy Bland to visit campus as part
of Journalism Alumni Speakers Series
Little Rock native is currently professor at Florida A and M (3/9/09)
Lecture-Concert Series presents Marcin
Dylla, classical guitarist, March 18
Marcin Dylla's repertoire includes
Rodrigo, Tansman, Maw, Giuliani, more
(3/9/09)
Blues Bash Saturday festival set for April 4 as
part of Delta Blues Symposium
Valerie June, Terry 'Harmonica' Bean,
Bluesberry Jam Band to perform (3/6/09)
Delta Blues Symposium XV: Celebrating a Century of
Delta Culture is April 2-4
15th annual event brings scholars, performers, artists
to ASUJ campus (3/5/09)
Blues Bash Saturday festival set for April 4
for Delta Blues Symposium
Valerie June, Terry 'Harmonica' Bean,
Bluesberry Jam Band to perform
(3/6/09)
Leading blues scholars to present panel 'Blues in Time' April 3
David Evans,
John Minton, Judy Peiser to speak at DBS XV
(3/23/09)
Delta Blues Symposium XV welcomes keynote
speaker Doug Seroff April 2
Seroff is noted scholar and author on rise of
African American music (3/9/09)
Delta Blues Symposium XV announces workshop
pre-enrollment deadline
Writers' workshops to be offered by Janis
Kearney, Dale Smith
(2/18/09)
Bluesman Lemuel Sheppard returns to Delta Blues Symposium XV
Scholar and musician Sheppard will perform on
April 2
(3/10/09)
Writers Janis Kearney, Dale Smith, to read at Delta
Blues Symposium XV
Author/presidential diarist Kearney, poet Smith, share
Grand Hall April 3 (3/12/09)
David Starwalt and Company will present
readers' theatre work April 4
Second City alumnus to participate in
Delta Blues Symposium XV
(3/26/09)
ASU Museum presents 'The Mystery of the Mayan
Medallion' March 14
Immersive exhibit lets visitors experience ancient, intriguing world
(3/5/09)
Bradbury Gallery presents 'BOB! A Tribute
to Robert Rauschenberg' March 12
Exhibition displays work of acclaimed, innovative American artist (3/5/09)
Parade, picnic scheduled to kick off ASU
Centennial Celebration festivities
April 1 marks beginning of year-long celebration of ASU's first century
(3/4/09)
Department of Music presents second concert in Faculty Recital Series
Musical selections include those by
Koetiser, Hindemith, Vaughan,
others (3/4/09)
Stong-Turner Chapter holds membership
phonathon through March 9
More than 25
volunteers will be making calls to chapter members (3/4/09)
Beck PRIDE Center student-veterans
receive Mike Beebe scholarships
Scholarship
honoring Arkansas governor established by Sigma Pi Fraternity (3/3/09)
National Symphony Orchestra to perform at ASU's
Fowler Center March 24
Concert opens orchestra's 2009 Arkansas Residency
(3/3/09)
ASU's Model
United Nations group wins 'Outstanding Delegation' award
Isaac Ong'oa, Brian Maina lead award-winning team (3/3/09)
Guerilla Marketing Boot Camp to be offered
three times during March
Small Business and Technical Development Center sets seminars (3/2/09)
Alexandra Rodery chosen as this year's outstanding Who's Who recipient
32 ASU students selected for inclusion in prestigious directory (2/27/09)
ASU's civil engineering students to host
2009 Deep South Conference
Construction of steel bridges, concrete canoes, more to take place
(2/27/09)
ASU sets Disabilities Awareness Week 2009
for March 10-17
Concerts, technology fair, speakers, various programs, services featured
(2/27/09)
ASU Museum announces new Saturday
program, HiStory Time
Children can learn hometown and regional history beginning March 7 (2/26/09)
University College announces creation of new
department, new programs
Learning Support Services, Structured Learning Assistance, are free (2/26/09)
Multicultural Week 2009 features plethora
of events, activities
ASU community participates in on-campus celebration of diversity (2/26/09)
Science Flicks film series to present 'Volcano'
March 3
Lava flows through Los Angeles streets in this thriller (2/25/09)
Miracles Choir of Baddour Center to perform
with ASU Concert Choir March 10
Musically gifted disabled adults part of ASU's Disabilities Awareness Week
(2/25/09)
College of Agriculture and Technology to
hold study tour information session
Dr. David Agnew to lead Costa Rican tour; information session is March 9
(2/25/09)
College of Communications students win award
at journalism conference
Collin Pillow, Bonnie Thrasher, Dr. Mary Jackson Pitts are advisors (2/25/09)
Dr. Christopher Brown sees book selected to core academic list for 2008
Book investigates importance of recent innovations affecting borrowing
(2/23/09)
Mike Beebe Veterans Fund gala to be held Feb.
20 in Little Rock
Singer Tracy Lawrence, Major General Elder Granger, M.D., are honored
(2/19/09)
ASU Museum offers new online exhibit,
'Wearing What Cannot Be Spoken'
Exhibit offers audio introductions in English and Swahili, K-5 lesson plans
(2/18/09)
Kelsey Hall Classic will benefit Excellence in
Agriculture Memorial Scholarship
Tennis tournament will be held March 7 at RidgePointe Country Club (2/19/09)
Delta Blues Symposium XV announces workshop
pre-enrollment deadline
Writers' workshops to be offered by Janis Kearney, Dale Smith (2/18/09)
Department of Music will present first
Chancellor's Concert Feb. 24
Wind Ensemble, Concert Choir, and University Singers perform (2/17/09)
Dr. Alan Jabbour will present lecture, 'Fiddle
Tunes of the Old Frontier'
Jabbour will illustrate lecture with musical selections March 13 (2/17/09)
Dr. Jim Bednarz will present lecture on evolution in the
Galápagos Islands
Cooperative polyandry of the
Galápagos hawk will be focus of lecture (2/16/09)
CMVAS presents lecture by Louis Intres, 'The
Looting of Baghdad,' Feb. 19
Heritage Studies PhD student to examine
heritage conservation (2/16/09)
Department of Music to present ASU Jazz Band
with Dr. Marc Dickman
Jazz Band's first spring concert includes vast variety of big band music
(2/13/09)
Department of Music will offer low brass
clinic with Dr. Marc Dickman
Besson low brass specialist is noted educator (2/13/09)
Rafinesque's Big-Eared Bat work group meets today in Mockingbird Room
Work group is part of three-day mammal conservation seminar at ASU (2/11/09)
Journalism Alumni Speakers Series resumes
with John Wallace, Feb. 16-17
Wallace to share extensive communications experience with students (2/10/09)
College of Business, graduate students, will
host Barry Melancon Feb. 26
Melancon, president and CEO of AICPA, will speak at luncheon (2/10/09)
Wilson Award, Distinguished Service Award
nominations are now open
Deadline for nominations is Friday, Feb. 20 (2/10/09)
Lecture-Concert Series hosts multifaceted
performer Charles Holt on Feb. 19
Holt will present "A Journey through an American Quilt of Songs" (2/10/09)
School Psychology track for ASU
degree program receives national approval
Approval indicates high standards of ASU's Educational Specialist degree
(1/10/09)
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
announces spring seminar series
Beginning Tuesday, Feb. 17, series features various professors (2/10/09)
Lecture-Concert Series presents acclaimed pianist Joel Fan in 'World Keys'
Fan, pianist for Silk Road Ensemble, will perform Feb. 16 (2/9/09)
ASU Theatre presents 'Talk Radio,' a comedy by Eric Bogosian, Feb. 13
"Meet the company” dessert reception follows opening night performance (2/6/09)
2009
Agribusiness Conference to feature John Phipps as luncheon speaker
15th annual conference will discuss
commodity market outlook, more (2/6/09)
Charles Darwin's home is subject of talk at Darwin's birthday celebration
Dept. of Biological Sciences celebrates 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth
(2/6/09)
ASU celebrates Black History Month 2009 with
variety of events
Films, lectures, concerts, and more on tap throughout month (2/6/09)
Fowler Center Series presents Grammy-nominated
Tiempo Libre Feb. 12
Miami-based Latin ensemble turns up the heat with Afro-Cuban rhythms (2/5/09)
Department of Music to present UT-Martin's University Trio Feb. 9
Special guest Kenneth Zimmerman narrates "Willie Was Different" (2/4/09)
Ellen Turner Strong, ASU's first female
African-American graduate, dies
Trailblazer and devoted classroom teacher believed in power of education
(2/4/09)
Chancellor's and Dean's Lists announced
for fall semester 2008
More than 1,600 students named to lists for fall semester (2/4/09)
Middle East Studies Committee presents Harvard's Dr. Steve Caton Feb. 9
Professor and author will explore the image of the "White Sheik" (2/3/09)
University sends NCAA final report on student-athlete certification issue
Investigation concludes "no unethical conduct"
by ASU (2/3/09)
ASU
faculty and students meet German ambassador Dr. Klaus Scharioth
Dr. Yvonne Unnold and Dr. Clint Relyea visit
Clinton School with students (2/3/09)
ASU announces record spring enrollment at 11,056
Preliminary enrollment is highest count for spring ever recorded (2/2/09)
Inaugural Honors Lecture presents Dr. Mark
Bauerlein Feb. 10
Bauerlein's book, "The Dumbest Generation," will be topic of lecture
(2/2/09)
Arkansas State University will close until
Monday, Feb. 2
Payroll office is open Jan. 30 from 8-11 a.m. in Administration Bldg. lobby
(1/29/09)
9th
annual Delta Awards for tourism achievement set for Jan. 30 in Paragould
Awards ceremony is sponsored by Arkansas Delta Byways (1/26/09)
Chicot County is third site for 'Powering
Rural Development' initiative
ASU's DCED, Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas, partner for model project
(1/26/09)
Beck
PRIDE Center, Red Wolves women's basketball team, work on project
New pairs of pajamas to be distributed to children at home and abroad
(1/22/09)
Princeton professor and best-selling
author Dr. Cornel West will speak Feb. 6.
Lecture sponsored by Multicultural Affairs as part of Black History Month.
(1/22/09)
Department of Music presents second concert
in Faculty Recital Series
Special
guests Dr. Karen Griebling and Dr. Jackie Lamar join ASU faculty (1/22/09)
Fall 2008 Commencement list announced; nearly
700 receive diplomas
List includes students from 22 states and 10 countries (1/20/09)
ASU Moot Court team wins 2009
national championship for brief writing
Ryan Mullenix, Abram Skarda win; Nick Adkins, Nate Conley place 5th (1/20/09)
Lecture-Concert Series presents acclaimed classical guitarist Marcin Dylla
Dylla performs wide range of virtuosic masterpieces Jan. 27 (1/19/09)
2009
Delta National Small Prints Exhibition opens at Bradbury Gallery Jan. 22
Prestigious show selected by Siri Engberg includes ASU faculty, graduate
(1/16/09)
Award-winning author Grif Stockley to read,
sign book, at Lakeport Plantation
"Ruled by Race" is first comprehensive history of race in Arkansas (1/15/09)
ASU launches Centennial Celebration with Act 100 re-enactment, signing
Gov. Mike Beebe, university chancellors, ASU Theatre actors participate
(1/14/09)
Fine Arts Center Gallery presents
exhibition by Memphis artist Maritza Davila
"Ancestry, Culture, and Other Influences" features recent prints (1/14/09)
ASU's
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration 2009 is 'A Legacy of Hope'
Celebration offers various events and speakers (1/12/09)
Blanchard Springs Caverns mystery is focus of
January CMVAS lecture
Presented by archeologist John Riggs, questions about remains will air
(1/12/09)
2009 Soil and Water Conservation Conference to
be held at ASU-Jonesboro
Annual conference addresses current issues in conservation, management
(1/9/9)
Science Flicks Series resumes with 1955 classic, 'This Island Earth'
Film series presents, discusses portrayal of science in cinema (1/8/09)
Small Business and Technology Development Center
offers January seminars
Seven three-hour seminars offered to business owners, entrepreneurs (1/8/09
Demand for scholarships outstrips funds; all offers will be honored
Increased number of applications, increase in qualified applicants, cited
(1/7/09)
Four
Arkansas universities to celebrate centennial, signing of Act 100
Historic date to be observed Wednesday, Jan. 14, in Capitol Rotunda
(12/19/08)
Fowler Center Series presents the Ma'alot
Quintet Friday, Jan. 16
Acclaimed ensemble expands chamber music repertoire (12/17/08)
KASU 91.9 FM presents Blue
Monday-Paragould Monday, Dec. 15
Show features local artist Vikki McGee (12/12/08)
Dr.
Gina Hogue is this year's recipient of annual advising award
Student Government Association, Wilson Advising Center, are sponsors
(12/11/08)
National Writing Project funds new Arkansas Delta Writing project site at ASU
ASU faculty Dr. Dixie Keyes, LaToshia Woods, to lead site (12/10/08)
Agriculture students labor for 'pleasance' under guidance of Dr. Agnew
Alpha Tau Alpha enhances Kays Foundation environs (12/9/08)
Winter Commencement set for Saturday, Dec.
13, at Convocation Center
Humanities scholar, author Clay S. Jenkinson will be featured speaker
(12/9/08)
Dr. Cramer, Dr. Hood, attend west Tennessee
alternative crops conference
ASU faculty present forum on plants as biofactories (12/9/08)
ASU
Small Business
and Technology Development Center awarded grant
Grant
aids center to serve active, retired and reserve military personnel (12/9/08)
Three graduate students receive first Beck
Foundation Scholarships
Scholarships promote knowledge-based small business development (12/8/08)
Kristen Irwin, ASU biology major, receives
ADHE's prestigious SURF award
Student Undergraduate Research Fellowship will fund in-depth research
(12/8/08)
Arkansas Biosciences Institute works with Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Work focuses on production of important, scarce, immune system (12/3/08)
Terry Finney appointed director of Office of
Financial Aid and Scholarships
Finney, an alumnus of ASU, brings significant experience to office (12/3/08)
Basic
Disaster Life Support training is offered to ASU emergency personnel
ASU demonstrates commitment to preparedness planning and response (12/2/08)
Dr.
Michael E. Dockter is named new associate vice chancellor at ASU
Dr. Dockter will head Office of Research and Technology Transfer (12/1/08)
ASU alumnus Mark Grisham to hold book signing at Cooper Alumni Center
On Dec. 6, Grisham and co-author David Donaldson will present book (11/26/08)
C-Span's Campaign 2008 Bus to
visit ASU, Jonesboro High School, Dec. 3
Political network of record offers tour, other
educational resources (11/26/08)
Dr.
Allan K. Birabi, Makerere University, Uganda, is Fulbright Visiting Scholar
ASU's Heritage Studies PhD program draws distinguished scholar (11/26/08)
Dr. Milner and Dr. O'Connor to sign copies of critically acclaimed biography
"As Big as the West" lauded as extraordinary feat of storytelling (11/25/08)
Dr. Jeffrey Mitchem presents 'Painting the
Past,' as CMVAS lecture, Dec. 3
Central Mississippi Valley Archeological Society invites public
(11/25/08)
Charlie Seemann, cowboy poetry expert, presents 'Get Along, Little Doggerel'
Multimedia presentation explores the history of
cowboy poetry Dec. 4 (11/25/08)
Delta Blues Symposium XV announces call for
papers, participation
Fifteenth symposium's theme celebrates a century of Delta culture (11/24/08)
Dr. Terry Roach receives 2008 Outstanding
Leadership Award
Award is highest honor of Southern Business Education Association (11/24/08)
Summer Commencement list of graduates announced
ASU-Jonesboro awards more than 300 diplomas at summer graduation (11/21/08)
Holiday social etiquette luncheon
scheduled by Center for Regional Programs
Seating is limited to 30 participants; early registration encouraged
(11/21/08)
ASU Ringers to perform Christmas concert Dec.
1 in Riceland Hall
Directed by Dr. M. Ellis Julien, ensemble is enchanting, ethereal (11/20/08)
Second Identity Solutions Symposium issues call for papers, participation
Symposium to be held in conjunction with Axciom conference (11/19/08)
Fowler Center Series presents Tony
Kenny's 'Christmas Time in Ireland'
Vocalist Tony Kenny and talented cast offer holiday extravaganza (11/19/08)
Social Work department to host World AIDS Day
conference Dec. 1
Dr. Mario De La Rosa is keynote speaker (11/19/08)
ASU
officials, Jonesboro police, students to address off-campus incident
Concerns to be discussed by all groups (11/14/08)
Bradbury Gallery announces Fall 2008
Senior Exhibition
Opening reception is 5 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 4 (11/14/08)
Actress Catherine Hickland to speak as part of
Global Entrepreneurship Week
Hickland and hypnotist John Cerbone will make presentation Nov. 17 (11/13/08)
KASU's Blue Monday-Paragould presents the Rob
Alley Band Nov. 17
Grant Garland, Derek Doyle, Mike Overall, and
Corey Emerson join Alley (11/12/08)
Department of Music presents 2008 ASU Percussion Ensemble in concert
Performance includes works by Becker, Glassock, and Riley (11/12/08)
Small Business and Technology Development
Center adds three seminars
November calendar expands, offering seminars Nov. 18 and Nov. 20 (11/12/08)
Beck
PRIDE Center receives grant from Wal-Mart Foundation
Award will aid veterans seeking access to higher education (11/11/08)
International Education Week 2008 offers
celebration, special events
"Bringing the World to ASU-Taking ASU to the World" is theme (11/11/08)
Panel will discuss representations of marginalized groups in media portrayals
Dr. Lillie Fears and Race, Gender, and Media
class host event Nov. 13 (11/11/08)
Department of Music presents Jazz Band, Lab Band, Nov. 17
Bands offer classics like "Satin Doll," "All of Me," "Lazy Bird" (11/11/08)
ASU's Lecture-Concert Series presents Dr.
Story Musgrave
NASA Hall of Fame astronaut will address nature, technology (11/7/08)
Delta Center for Economic Development
presents professional-level class
Advanced Sales Management Skills class is part of certificate program
(11/7/08)
Beck PRIDE Center, ASU ROTC
plan activities to honor veterans on Nov. 11
Parade, memorial monument ceremony scheduled (11/5/08)
Cooper Alumni Center receives gift from
Reynolds family
Steve and Ann Smithwick Reynolds give to Cooper Alumni Center (11/4/08)
Cooper Alumni Center receives gift from
Williams family
Dr. and Mrs. Alonzo Williams of Little Rock support ASU alumni with gift
(11/4/08)
CMVAS presents Dr. Jamie Brandon, station
archeologist at SAU
"Why do we dig up the recent past?" will be held Nov. 6 (11/6/08)
Delta Center for Economic Development
forms Global Rural Network (GRN)
First meeting of network's "Delta Node" is Thursday, Nov. 6 (11/4/08)
Small
Business and Technology Development Center sets monthly seminars
November seminars designed to help individuals
succeed in business (11/3/08)
Madrigal Feaste inviteth all to come partake of music, revelry, wassail
University Choirs, directed by Dr. Dale Miller, host annual event (11/3/08)
Department of Music presents ASU Wind
Ensemble, Nov. 13
Directed by Dr. Tim Oliver, ensemble performs Barber, Schuman, Tull
(10/30/08)
Department of Music presents ASU Trombone
Choir, Nov. 11
Directed by Dr. Neale Bartee, choir offers Mozart, Gabrielli, Wagner
(10/30/08)
Dr. Lawler-Prince, Dr. Stillwell
co-author book on fighting childhood obesity
Book is designed for preschool teachers and parents of preschoolers
(10/30/08)
Dr. Bettye Collier-Thomas will give Corinne
Sternheimer Greenfield Lecture
Annual lecture is part of this year's Lecture-Concert Series (10/29/08)
Fowler Center Series presents Neil Berg's "100 Years of Broadway" Nov. 16
Show will feature new and old Broadway favorites (10/29/08)
Newspaper CEO Larry
McDermott to close Journalism Alumni Speakers Series
Former Herald editor now runs award-winning Massachusetts paper (10/29/08)
Department of Music presents ASU Concert
Orchestra in performance Nov. 4
Dr. Neale Bartee directs orchestra in music by Copland, Torelli, Bizet
(10/29/08)
Small Business and Technology Development
Center offers pair of seminars
Nov. 4 seminars to be held in Jonesboro and Ash Flat (10/29/08)
Dr. Jianfeng Xu receives prestigious British
Petroleum Young Scientist award
Award presented at 13th International Biotechnology Symposium (10/29/09)
Science Flicks film series will show film
classic, '2001: A Space Odyssey'
Dr. Bruce Johnson, Physics, will serve as panelist for discussion (10/28/08)
ASU Theatre announces cast, performance dates,
for 'The Rimers of Eldritch'
Lanford Wilson's dramatic mystery opens Friday, Nov. 14 (10/28/08)
Arkansas Small Business Development Center
implements name change
Press conference announcing change held at ASU's Fowler Center (10/28/08)
Student Affairs to host Arkansas College Personnel
Association conference
Conference will focus on campus sustainability (10/28/08)
Dr. Sarah Wilkerson Freeman curates photo exhibition in New Orleans
Jack Robinson's "Portraits of Canal Street"
will hang through Jan. 18 (10/27/08)
Three ASU faculty members participate in
collaborative biofuels symposium
Dr. Carole Cramer, Dr. Elizabeth Hood, and Dr. Argelia Lorence present
(10/27/08)
Small
Business Development Center hosts two business seminars
"Starting a Business in Arkansas" is Monday, Oct. 27 (10/23/08)
Department of Music's Opera Production class presents 'Pajama Opera'
Directed by Dr. Marika Kyriakos, scenes include Mozart, Gounod, more
(10/22/08)
Department of Music presents University
Singers Choir in concert Nov. 2
Men's and Women's Choirs are directed by Dr. Dale Miller (10/22/08)
Fowler Center Series presents acclaimed
vocal ensemble Chanticleer Nov. 6
"World's reigning male chorus" to perform in Riceland Hall (10/22/08)
Fowler Center Series presents opera
singer/recitalist Sylvia McNair Nov. 1
Program features works of Gershwin, Porter, Rodgers, others (10/21/08)
Multicultural Affairs presents Jennifer L.
Pozner, journalist and media critic
Pozner to address media distortion of race, gender issues in election
(10/20/08)
ASU joins Craighead County in flu shot mass
dispensing plan Nov. 6
Clinic delivers immunizations, tests university and county preparedness
(10/20/08)
Dr. Pamela Hunte, anthropologist, to lecture on
today's Afghanistan
Free public lecture will draw upon Dr. Hunte's life, work, in Central
Asia (10/20/08)
Department of Music to present Tuba and Euphonium Ensemble Concert
Works by composers Stevens, Niehaus, and George will be performed (10/17/08)
Cooper Alumni Center receives gift from
Jim and Paula Callaway
Callaway gift will aid alumni center in connecting with constituents
(10/17/08
Cooper Alumni Center receives gift from E.
C. Barton and Company
Company founded in 1885 maintains ties with ASU (10/17/08)
ASU's Office of Multicultural Affairs announces
Hispanic Heritage Celebration
Events begin Monday, Oct. 20, and feature discussions, dancing, more
(10/15/08)
ASU
Museum celebrates cultural diversity with Día
de los Muertos
Day of the Dead family event includes
crafts, refreshments, more (10/15/08)
Science Flicks film series will feature 'Outbreak'
Tuesday, Oct. 21
Dr. David Gilmore, Biology, will
discuss movie's validity (10/14/08)
ASU-Jonesboro re-affirms neutral stance in contested political campaigns
Chancellor emphasized university's neutral stance in June memorandum
(10/13/08)
Cooper Alumni Center receives gift
from Sam and Marilyn Hummelstein
Hummelstein is fourth generation of family with ties to ASU (10/13/08)
Cooper Alumni Center receives gift from Lavon and Mary Ellen Wells
Patio facing the lake will be named in their honor (10/10/08)
ASU hosts Model United Nations conference this
weekend
Top high school delegates from Arkansas, Tennessee on campus (10/10/08)
Department of Music presents first concert of
2008-09 Faculty Recital Series
Performance features works by Schubert, Offenbach, Hermann, Previn
(10/10/08)
Poinsett County is second site for
'Powering Rural Development' project
College of Business, Delta Center for Economic Development assist (10/10/08)
Global Entrepreneurship Week begins with
competition, keynote speaker
Business plan competition open to all ASU students, regardless of major
(10/10/08)
Central Mississippi Valley Archaeological Society celebrates 10th anniversary
Lecture by Dr. Jane Anne Blakney-Bailey will be held Wednesday, Oct. 15
(10/8/08)
Dr. Glen
Jones on board of Arkansas Science and Technology Authority
Appointed by Gov. Beebe, Jones will serve until
Jan. 14, 2010 (10/8/08)
Regional
Technology Strategies, Inc., to present findings of study at ASU
Three-year study details Arkansas' creative economy (10/8/08)
Dr.
Morrow to headline 'Picture the Past' archeology film/lecture event
Dr. Morrow will discuss fundamentals of
flintknapping, Clovis points, more (10/7/08)
Lecture-Concert
Series presents Patrick Sheridan, world-class tubist
Acclaimed virtuoso is former member of U.S. Marine Band (10/7/08)
Chris Bynum to visit campus for Journalism
Alumni Speakers Series
New Orleans Times-Picayune staffer to speak to classes (10/7/08)
Lecture-Concert Series presents Graffe String Quartet, pianist Michiko Otaki
Prize-winning quartet and noted pianist to
appear Monday, Oct. 20 (10/6/08)
ASU
Small Business Development Center offers week-long seminar series
Seminars will address marketing small businesses via technology (10/6/08)
ASU's 'Howl at the Moon' 5K race scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 25
Kids' Fun Run, costume contest, trick-or-treating, components of
race (10/2/08)
Bradbury Gallery presents 'Artists at Play:
The Art of the Toy'
Exhibition opens Thursday, Oct. 9, and runs through Friday, Nov. 14
(10/2/08)
College of Engineering to host earthquake awareness, preparedness seminar
One-day program will be held Tuesday, Oct. 21 (10/1/08)
Bill and Alice Nix Petting Zoo will be
open Saturday, Oct. 11
ASU's College of Agriculture and Technology sponsors zoo (10/1/08)
Fine Arts Center Gallery hosts Dan
Addington's 'Monument and Memory'
Opening reception for exhibition is slated for Tuesday, Oct. 7, at 5 p.m.
(9/30/08)
Department of Music presents Concert Choir, Chamber
Singers, in concert
Directed by Dr. Dale Miller, ensembles present rich repertoire (9/30/08)
Small
Business Development Center offers two business start-up seminars
"Starting a Business in Arkansas," "How to Write a Business Plan" on tap
(9/26/08)
Rose Kirk is second guest in ASU's
Journalism Alumni Speakers Series
Verizon Wireless vice president will be on campus Wednesday, Oct. 1 (9/25/08)
ASU Jazz, Lab Bands open concert season on
Thursday, Oct. 2
Under the direction of Dr. E. Ron Horton, bands offer bebop and beyond
(9/24/08)
ASU Theatre announces cast of 'Dancing
at Lughnasa,' opening Oct. 3
Brian Friel's Tony Award-winning play explores rural Irish life circa 1936
(9/24/08)
2008-09 Lecture-Concert Series announced
Eleven free public events offer diverse, enlightening programs (9/23/08)
'Science
Flicks' film series presents 'Deep Impact' on Tuesday, Sept. 30
Dr. Tillman Kennon to discuss the science behind the
film (9/22/08)
U.S.
News and World Report sponsors nationwide college YouTube contest
Students encouraged to enter original short videos (9/22/08)
ASU Wind Ensemble opens 2008-09 season with concert
Dr. Oliver will lead ensemble in program, "How 'Suite' It Is" (09/19/08)
Lecture-Concert Series presents conservative
satirist Paul Shanklin
Memphis native known for impersonations, parodies (9/17/08)
ASU's Small Business Development Center offers
two workshops
Business Financing Options and Design Your Own Web Page II slated (9/17/08)
College of Nursing and Health Professions
announces distinguished alumni
Group will be recognized at open house Saturday, Sept. 20 (9/17/08)
Groundbreaking ceremony for new Liberal Arts
Building to be held
New building will house College of Humanities and Social Sciences
(9/16/08)
ASU's new Cooper Alumni Center to hold open house
Saturday, Sept. 20
Alumni, friends of university, public invited to attend (9/16/08)
SBDC
sponsors IRS E-file workshop on Friday, Sept. 19
Workshop one of many September offerings from SBDC (9/15/08)
Jonesboro Sun editor kicks off Journalism
Alumni Speaker series
Inaugural series sponsored by Department of Journalism (9/12/08)
Chancellor Potts announces record enrollment for fall term
Headcount is 6% above last year, marks historic high (9/12/08)
Dr. Lloyd Richardson is finalist for
Research, Technology Transfer position
Distinguished teaching professor will be on campus Thursday, Sept. 18 (9/12/08)
Chancellor's List, Dean's List
announced for spring term
Lists recognize undergraduates for academic prowess (9/12/08)
Lecture-Concert Series opens with renowned
photojournalist Dirck Halstead
Halstead will present multi-media show, lecture, two-day workshop (9/10/08)
ASU's annual Legislative Day will see six
legislators honored
Friends
of the university, have served districts, state with distinction (911/08)
Fourth annual Constitution Day set for
Wednesday, Sept. 17
Julie Barko Germany, George Washington University, is keynote speaker
(9/10/08)
ROTC,
Military Science and Leadership, name Hall of Heroes inductees
Col. Ray Clardy, Maj. Gen. Granger, and
Lt. Col. Bobby Martin honored (9/10/08)
Homecoming activities set by academic colleges
Meals, open houses, seminars, tailgate parties, more, set for alumni
(9/10/08)
ASU's College of Business names Business
Executives of the Year
Bill Fisher and Don Harmon will be honored at alumni breakfast Sept. 20
(9/9/08)
Strong-Turner Alumni Chapter schedules Homecoming events
Events will include golf outing, evening social, business meeting, more
(9/9/08)
ASU's Department of Social Work admits first
Master of Social Work students
Program is response to shortage of master's-level social workers in region
(9/9/08)
Web
rollout brings new look, improved functionality, to ASU's Web presence
Updated Internet home page, other redesigned pages part of package (9/8/08)
Governor Beebe joins Wal-Mart to present $369,000 donation to ABI, ASU
Donation will match cost share of U.S. Dept. of Energy grant (9/5/08)
ASU Alumni Association announces Homecoming
2008, set for Sept. 19-21
Alumni reunions, college events, festivities, and football on tap (9/5/08)
First BEST Robotics Competition event slated
for Saturday, Sept. 6
ASU's Dr. Hammerand directs program for students grades 6-12 (9/4/08)
CMVAS presents highlights from this
year's AAS training program
Dr. Mary Beth Trubitt details work at Jones Mill site on stone tools (9/4/08)
ASU Museuem presents blockbuster exhibition, 'Grossology'
Science of the body featured in entertaining
format (9/3/08)
Fowler
Center Series opens with Rhonda Vincent and the Rage Sept. 19
Hard-driving, high-intensity contemporary bluegrass on tap (9/3/08)
ASU Theatre announces 2008-09 season, featuring
four performances
Playwrights include Friel, Wilson, Bogosian, and Strand (9/3/08)
Science Flicks series resumes with 'The Day the
Earth Stood Still'
Tuesday, Sept. 9 marks the start of the series
and panel discussions (8/29/08)
Finalist for vice chancellor, Research and Technology Transfer, visits campus
Dr. Dockter at ASU Wednesday, Sept. 3 (8/29/08)
Gina Bowman joins Office of University
Communications
33-year sports information communicator assumed
new duties July 1 (8/28/08)
Judd Hill Foundation commits $1 million to
Donald W. Reynolds Center
Funds will go to repairs, maintenance of health sciences center
(08/28/08)
ASU partners with Smithsonian, Bracero History
Archive, in oral history work
Collection dates are Monday-Friday, Sept. 22-26 (08/28/08)
Cristian A. Murdock joins ASU as vice chancellor of University Advancement
Murdock will assume duties on campus Monday, Sept. 15 (8/27/08)
Bradbury Gallery opens season with 'Confluence' Thursday, Aug. 28
Exhibition features work of ASU faculty Pendergrass and Salvest (8/25/08)
Dr. Blake Wintory appointed new assistant director at Lakeport Plantation
Anthropologist will also serve as facilities
manager at site (8/18/08)
Dr.
Srivatsan visits India to present research, information on ASU
As distinguished invited speaker, is interviewed by Indian Express (8/18/08)
ASU's Distinguished Alumni to be honored at Homecoming, Sept. 20
Barber, Earwood, Granger, McFerron are this year's honorees (8/15/08)
Department of Languages welcomes new chair, new faculty, more
Department also offers range of new courses and introduces new minor
(8/13/08
Tonymon selected to Governor Beebe's Yellow Ribbon Task Force
Program director of ASU's Beck PRIDE Center to work on veterans' issues
(8/12/08)
Increased interest in on-campus living affects housing availability
More sophomores, juniors, seniors, choosing to live on campus (8/1108)
ASU's
Katherine Lisko receives student travel award for biomedical research
Lisko's research examines vitamin C elevation in lines of Arabidopsis
(8/07/08)
Mike
Doyle named interim general manager of radio station KASU 91.9 FM
Long-time radio-television faculty member has
deep roots in radio (8/06/08)
Spring Commencement list of graduates is
announced
ASU awards 996 diplomas at graduate and
undergraduate levels (8/06/08)
Dr. Susan Allen receives patent for body limb movement limiter
Invention was developed after rollerblading accident (7/31/08)
ASU's SBDC sees two resource partners honored at state awards luncheon
Pam Alexander and Barbara Lee honored for promoting small businesses
(7/30/08)
Dr. Robyn Hannigan inducted as Geological Society of America Fellow
Preeminent professional society cites
Hannigan's many contributions (7/25/08)
Delta Center for Economic Development launches initiative in Sharp Co.
With Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas, rural
development gets boost (7/23/08)
Alex
Brown, R-TV faculty member, assists Chickasaw tribal media crew
Tribal member Brown works as field producer for
Chickasaw Nation (7/18/08)
Dr.
Pratte selected as a 2008-09 SENCER Leadership Fellow
Pratte one of 76 chosen from among 1,300 eligible faculty members (7/18/08)
ASU's Beck PRIDE Center drive sends more than 200 boxes to troops in Iraq
Personal and convenience items go to
area service personnel (7/16/08)
ASU Summer Children's Theatre ends season with
'Jack and the Bean Stalk'
Opening Wednesday, July 23, classic tale offers songs, dance, magic (7/10/08)
ASU
SBDC hosts free seminar for veterans in business Wednesday, July 16
Maj. General William D. Wofford will be
luncheon speaker (7/9/08)
Dr. Hickman publishes two articles in Stereo
World magazine
19th-century photographer John James Reilly
(7/8/08)
ABI
faculty attend, present at World Congress on In Vitro Biology
Seven
faculty members attend international congress (7/2/08)
ASU's
Dean B. Ellis Library presents special exhibit, program by professor
"Fighting the Fires of Hate" pairs with
"Survivors of the Shoah" program (6/27/08)
ASU
nursing professor Susi Sifford selected as Predoctoral Scholar
American Academy of Nursing names Sifford as one of fifteen in U.S. (6/27/08)
ASU
faculty receive $2.3 million National Science Foundation grant
Grant will fund environmental sciences, molecular biosciences program
(6/25/08)
ASU's Beck PRIDE Center spearheads
collection drive for troops in Iraq
Twenty sites available to drop off food, personal care items, for soldiers
(6/25/08)
ASU
launches new Master of Social Work program in August
Program is response to requests from social service providers, citizens
(6/24/08)
ASU Red Wolves license plates now available in
all Arkansas counties
Specialty plates will support ASU scholarship fund
(6/12/08)
Dr. Debbie Persell is first graduate of Homeland Security Nursing program
ASU associate professor receives doctorate (6/12/08)
ASU Summer Children's Theatre season
announces 'Snow White' cast
Performances run Wednesday-Friday, June 18-20 (6/12/08)
ASU to offer accelerated introductory Mandarin Chinese, Swahili, in fall 2008
Instructors Wu and Ong'oa will offer intermediate courses in spring 2009
(6/11/08)
'Adventures in the Wild' book signing event
at Barnes and Noble June 28
Book detailing adventures of ASU biology faculty benefits department
(6/11/08)
ASU ROTC commissions eight cadets as
second lieutenants in U.S. Army
Maj. Gen. Elder Granger, M.D., Col. Steven R. Sawdey, spoke, presented
(6/11/08)
Alumni brick campaign now open to alumni, friends of ASU
Commemorative bricks offer opportunity to carve enduring legacy (6/3/09)
Student Support Services offers Summer Bridge program
'Bridging the Gap' is resource for incoming, non-traditional, students
(6/2/08)
ASU's Small Business Development Center offers seminars in June
Topics include financing, marketing,
computer/internet technology, more (5/30/08)
Arkansas Folklife Program receives grant from National Endowment for Arts
Grant supports various projects directed
by Dr. J. Michael Luster (5/30/09)
ASU Board of Trustees recommends tenure, promotion of faculty
Faculty who have achieved tenure, promotion, are listed (5/28/08)
Seminole Twin Towers implosion marks end of era at ASU
Site of former residence hall will become campus green space (5/27/08)
Twin Towers controlled implosion perimeter map
for public and media
Information on site, public viewing locations,
media venues (5/22/08)
Groundbreaking for new student apartment complex set for May 27
Complex to provide apartment-style living options for upperclassmen (5/21/08)
Twin Towers Residence Hall
Overview--facts and history
Implosion of Twin Towers set for May 25 (5/21/08)
Groundbreaking for Delta Center for Economic Development to be held
New building will help coordinate outreach services of College of Business
(5/20/08)
ASU hosts 2008 National Environmental Studies and
Sciences Summit
Summit brings more than 70 national, international participants to ASU
(5/19/08)
Groundbreaking set for new Honors College Residence Hall Tuesday, May 27
Living-learning residential community is unique on ASU campus (5/16/08)
Media briefing for Twin Towers demolition to be held May 20
Key individuals will provide information for media, residents, spectators
(5/15/08)
ASU Theatre announces 2008 Summer
Children's Theatre season
'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,' 'Jack and the Beanstalk,' on tap (5/14/08)
ASU to offer various summer academic camps for
students aged 8-18
CSI Camp, Horse Camp, ASU Museum Camp among offerings (5/9/08)
Gov. Beebe to speak at College of Nursing and
Health Professions pinning
Ceremony, steeped in traditions of nursing profession, is May 9 (5/7/08)
Major General Elder Granger, M.D., is this
year's commencement speaker
Alumnus of ASU to speak at both ceremonies (5/6/08)
Spring Commencement is scheduled for May 10,
with two ceremonies Morning ceremony is 10 a.m., afternoon ceremony is 2 p.m. (5/2/08)
Employee Distinguished Performance Award
ceremony will be held May 5 Non-faculty employees honored for service to ASU (5/2/08)
Cinco de
Mayo, the Hispanic Celebration in May, will be held downtown May 3
Festival offers authentic food, variety of activities, exhibitors (4/29/08)
ASU's Small Business Development Center
offers variety of training seminars Topics include business and financial planning, financing, marketing, more
(4/29/08)
Bradbury Gallery announces Spring 2008 Senior Exhibition, May 1-10
Nine artists will exhibit a wide range of work (4/28/08)
Dr. Bouldin receives James Bailey Memorial
Educator of the Year Award Ecotoxicology Research Facility director is
also award-winning teacher (4/23/08)
Earth
Day celebration April 22 spotlights plastic recycling project
Initiative will be announced by Environmental
Sciences students, faculty (4/16/08)
College of Agriculture announces spring
session of petting zoo April 19
Public is invited from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (4/15/08)
ASU biology
faculty publish, launch book on adventures in biology April 28
ASU's Hall of Science will host book-signing
ceremony (4/15/08)
College of Education presents Dr. Keith Nitta in annual Couch Lecture April 17
Nitta to address 'Closing the Achievement Gap in Arkansas'
(0411/08)
Department of Music presents the ASU Ringers in concert April 28
Handbell ensemble program traces events of Holy
Week (4/11/08)
Assisi Foundation makes gift to College of
Nursing and Health Professions
$200,000 gift will support endowed
professorship in nursing (4/11/08)
Department of Music presents second annual ASU Jazz Festival April 26
Mike Tomaro is featured artist, clinician, for
this year's event (4/10/08)
Faculty
Achievement Awards presented during 30th annual convocation Faculty achievement in scholarship, teaching, service, advising honored
(4/10/08)
Diversity Excellence Awards luncheon honors
faculty and staff members Dr. Jeanine Weekes Schroer is winner of Campus Excellence Award (4/10/08)
Fowler Center Series' season finale features
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Conductor David Itkin will lead Beethoven's 'Eroica'
symphony (4/9/08)
Department of Music presents ASU Wind Ensemble
April 24 Sixth and final season concert focuses on many
moods of dance (4/8/08)
Department of Music to present choirs in
spring concert April 21 Concert Choir, University Singers Men's,
Women's Choirs to perform (4/8/08)
Lakeport Plantation documentary to air on
AETN in April and May Produced by Jack Hill, film focuses on lives of African Americans (4/8/08)
Department of Music presents ASU Trombone Choir April 14
Directed by Dr. Neale Bartee, ensemble will
perform Faure, others (4/8/08)
Department of Music presents the Percussion
Ensemble April 17 Directed by Craig Collison, group performs Abe,
Glassock, Powell (4/8/08)
Department of Music presents Symphonic Winds Ensemble April 15
Ensemble to perform works by Chance, Grainger,
Persichetti (4/8/08)
Ingram
Hill to perform as part of ASU's Springfest 2008 on April 16 Memphis-based band performs rock-pop-alternative music (4/8/08)
Wilson Award, Distinguished Service Awards
presented in ceremony April 7
Rachel Leigh Smith is recipient of 2007-2008 R.
E. Lee Wilson Award (4/7/08)
Chancellor's Scholars, 4.0 Award winners
recognized in awards ceremony Recipients from various colleges are award recipients (4/7/08)
ASU Theatre announces cast for 'The Great
American Trailer Park Musical' New show deals with agoraphobia, spray cheese, disco, more (4/4/08)
Groundbreaking conducted for new
Student Recreation and Wellness Center
$18 million facility to offer multiple
amenities, intramural sports programs (4/4/08)
Arkansas Review presents poetry reading, fiction reading, in April
Poet Madden reads April 7, comic fiction writer Singleton reads April 14
(4/3/08)
Distinguished Performance Awards, Service
Recognition ceremony slated 2008 is 14th year of event honoring non-faculty
employees of ASU (4/2/08)
Department of Music presents ASU Mid-South
Honor Band April 5 Twenty-two high schools will participate in
all-day event (1/2/08)
Department of Music presents ASU Jazz Lab Band
April 8 Ensemble will perform works by Hancock,
Pastorius, more (4/1/08)
Department of Music will present Student Honors Recital April 7
Annual recital features seven students (4/1/08)
College of Business announces Spring Swing golf tournament April 11
Event is co-sponsored by ASU's Delta Center for
Economic Development (4/1/08)
Faculty Honors Convocation, retirement
recognition, set for April 9 Retiring faculty to be recognized at event,
awards to be presented (1/4/08)
30th annual Convocation of Scholars Week
ceremonies announced Events include the Student Honors Awards,
Faculty Honors Convocation (4/1/08)
Kays
Hall experiences power outage due to lightning strike
Students allowed to return to rooms at 1:30
a.m. (4/1/08)
College of Education holds 'Curriculum Wars' as part of annual event April 5
'Curriculum Wars in Education' represents two
years of work for students (4/1/08)
Department of Music presents workshop with Dr. Pamelia Phillips
NYU's Tisch School of the Arts chair to focus
on opera, musical theatre (3/26/08)
Department of Music presents ASU Concert
Orchestra in concert April 3 Directed by Dr. Neale Bartee, ensemble performs
Dvorak, Mozart, more (3/25/08)
3rd annual 'Blues in the Schools' program to be held in West Memphis
Essie "the Blues Lady" Neal, the New Orleans
Jazz Ramblers to perform (3/25/08)
Lecture-Concert Series finale presents Arkansas poet Ralph Burns
Burns will read from works on Friday, March 28
(3/21/08)
4th
annual Brain Awareness Day will be held at public library March 29
ASU's Society for Neuroscience students and
faculty host event (3/21/08)
Memphis Vocal Arts Ensemble, ASU Jazz Band
present music of WWII 'Music of the Greatest Generation' offers free admission to WWII vets
(3/20/08)
Author and attorney Grif Stockley to lecture on race relations March 26
Stockley's appearance is sponsored by ASU's
Office of Diversity (3/18/08)
Fowler
Center Series presents Jigu! Thunder Drums of China March 25
World-renowned drummers provide exotic family
entertainment (3/18/08)
Department of Music presents final concert in Faculty Recital Series
Season finale presents many works, marks retirement of Julia Lansford
(3/18/09)
Dr. Theresa Towner to be keynote speaker at
Delta Blues Symposium XIV "No One Gets Outta Here without Singin' the
Blues" is lecture title (3/18/08)
Northeast Arkansas social work conference and awards ceremony slated
Local agency, individuals honored for commitment to social
work (3/17/08)
College of Humanities and Social Sciences presents forum on Clinton legacy
Visiting author, presidential diarist Janis Kearney will moderate
discussion (3/17/08
Delta Blues Symposium XIV presents James
'Super Chikan' Johnson Johnson performs Thursday, March 27, in Fine
Arts Recital Hall (3/14/08)
Mascot Roll-out Ceremony introduces the new
face of ASU's new mascot Red Wolves imagery unveiled by ASU-J Chancellor
Dr. Robert L. Potts (3/13/08)
Tom
Moore, University Communications, accepts new appointment
Moore will serve as executive assistant to
Chancellor Potts (03/12/08)
ASU Pre-Law Center celebrates with grand opening, open house
College of Humanities and Social Sciences houses center (3/9/08)
Board ratifies choice of Red Wolves, roll-out event is Thursday
Imagery for new athletics mascot will be
unveiled (3/7/08)
Lecture-Concert Series presents media critic Mark Glaser March 27
Glaser will address how new media, technology,
are changing world (3/6/08)
Higher
Learning Commission team concludes focused visit with exit interview
Team's verbal report recommends no sanctions,
no followup (3/4/08)
Department of
Music presents ASU Choir with Florida College Chorus March 9
ASU alumnus Jon Bassett directs visiting chorus
in sacred music (3/4/08)
Annual Journalism and Broadcasting Day is Saturday, March 8
High school students will compete in 14 contests
(03/03/08)
Northeast
Arkansas Regional Science Fair is Friday-Saturday, March 7-8
Exhibits open for public viewing Friday evening
(03/03/08)
Regional
Mathematics competition features five contests
High school students will display mathematics skills
(03/03/08)
Department of Music continues Faculty Recital
Series with performance Faculty artists will perform selections from Foss, Paganini, Poulenc
(2/29/08)
ASU political science faculty, graduate
students, attend, present at meeting
Dr. McLean and Dr. Stewart mentor students and
co-author papers (2/29/08)
Delta Blues Symposium to focus on 'Sense of Place'
Scholars and musicians gather for 14th symposium
(2/28/08)
Writers and poets invited to participate in
workshop Special feature of annual Delta Blues Symposium XIV
(2/28/08)
Bradbury Gallery presents selections from the
Claude M. Erwin Jr. collection Picasso, Matisse, Manet, Dali works on public view for the first time
(2/27/08)
ASU Museum holds Native American Cultural
Diversity Celebration "Passport to Patterns of the Past" features
lecture, family activities (2/26/08)
Department
of Music presents comic opera, 'Die Fledermaus,' March 7, 8
Director Julia Lansford and cast bring Strauss
to Fowler Center (2/26/08)
CMVAS presents special presentation for Arkansas Archeology Month
Dr. George E. Lankford will present illustrated
lecture on gorgets (2/25/08)
Kelsey Hall
Golf and Tennis Classic will benefit agriculture scholarship
Deadline for tournament registration is March 1
(2/22/08)
'Through A
Child's Eyes XXII' accepting artwork entries through March 14
Exhibition of art from schoolchildren will be
on display April 1-30 (2/20/08)
Department of
Music presents ASU Jazz Band concert for Black History Month
Feb. 26 concert features music of African
American composers (2/19/08)
Fowler Center Series
presents Memphis Symphony Orchestra in 'Messiah'
MSO joins combined choruses of ASU and
Jonesboro for oratorio (2/19/08)
College of
Business presents renowned scholar Dr. James J. Chrisman
Dr. Chrisman to be featured speaker for
Entrepreneurship Week (2/15/08)
Central Mississippi Valley Archeological Society hosts lecture Feb. 20
Aketa Guillory will discuss African American
cemeteries in Lakeport (2/15/08)
Department of Music presents the Wind Ensemble in concert Feb. 25
"Reflections and Remembrances" to be a benefit
for Sharp Co. (2/14/08)
Metallurgical Engineering Technology seminar will be Feb. 28
Students and employers can learn more about new
program (2/13/08)
Celebration and Farewell
ceremony for Indians will be Feb. 28
Alumni who portrayed Indian Family will be
honored (2/13/08)
ASU will host
Black Alumni Reunion, April 18-20
Strong-Turner Chapter and ASU Alumni
Association making plans (2/12/08)
Visiting
Artist/Scholar Lecture Series presents art historian Dr. Maria Buszek
Dr. Buszek's lecture, sponsored by the Department of Art, is Feb. 20
(2/12/08)
Academy
Award-winning folklorist to screen documentary Thursday, Feb. 21
Film explores lives and work of
Italian-American stone carvers (2/12/08)
ASU's
Delta Center for Economic Development launches new rural initiative
Center will partner with Electric Cooperatives
of Arkansas (2/8/08)
'Lifeline to Art' auction to benefit
scholarship program in College of Fine Arts Artwork to be donated by faculty, students, emeriti, and local artists (2/8/08)
State Farm
Insurance supports engineering research
Professors will analyze earthquake's impact on soil (2/7/09)
Department
of Music presents Symphonic Winds in concert Program will include Sousa, Camphouse, and Grainger (2/7/09)
Department of Music presents Concert Choir in Winter Concert
African American composers, ASU vocal soloists to be featured (1/17/08)
AgriBusiness
conference speaker to focus on global economy
RUPRI director looks at rural regions and
worldwide competition (02/05/08)
Lecture-Concert
Series presents Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., scholar and critic Gates to lecture on W. E. B. Du Bois and Encarta Africana (2/4/08)
Spring semester
enrollment sets record Major increases in headcount and FTE (02/01/08)
Third annual Soul
Food Festival to be held at ASU Armory
Event celebrates African American foodways,
culture, heritage (01/31/08)
Mascot Committee
makes recommendation for 'Wolves'
Committee reaches decision following long
process (01/30/08)
Fall Commencement
list of graduates is announced
Total of 656 diplomas awarded at graduate and
undergraduate levels (01/29/08)
Opening of
'Hall of Science' kicks off 'Week of Science' activities at ASU
New AAR vice chancellor Dr. Dan Howard to open
exhibit (01/29/08)
Biological Sciences, Chemistry and
Physics depts. host 'Week of Science' Events include birthdays of Darwin, Galilei, films, balloon launch (01/29/08)
8th annual Delta
Awards for Tourism Achievement
Arkansas Delta Byways sponsors recognition in
10 categories (01/24/08)
ASU Museum
hosts celebration, features exhibitions for Black History Month
Kanga cloth display and Nadia Strid Delta
photographs on view (01/24/08)
ASU's Department
of Music presents Faculty Recital Thursday, Jan. 31
Bonner, Clark, Horton, and Owen perform Foss,
Paganini, Poulenc, more (01/31/08)
'We Wear the
Mask': ASU celebrates Black History Month with diverse events Prominent speakers, museum exhibitions, alumni dinner, more, slated
(01/22/08)
14th annual
Agribusiness Conference is Wednesday, Feb. 13
Focus: commodity market outlook, Farm Bill,
rural competitiveness (01/21/08)
Buddy and Charlotte
Beck make major gift in support of veterans
Donation to alma mater makes the Beck PRIDE
Center a reality (1/18/08)
Beck PRIDE Center
schedules public drop-in All students with military background and
veterans urged to attend (1/17/08)
Cast for ASU
Theatre's production of David Auburn's 'Proof' is finalized
February production of Pulitzer Prize-winning
play is compelling (1/17/08)
Chancellor's and Dean's Lists for fall 2007
Lists recognize undergraduate students with
highest grades (1/17/08)
Gov. Beebe
appoints Ron Rhodes to Board of Trustees
President Wyatt commends Mr. Rhodes for longtime support of ASU (1/16/08)
ASU's
logistics program is awarded blanket waiver from AST&L
ASU one of only 26 schools to be so honored by
society (1/16/08)
Department of Music to present organist Dennis Hay in Riceland Hall recital
Hay will perform works by
Boëllmann,
Bach, Franck, Vierne, others (1/14/08)
Call for
proposals announced for Delta Blues Symposium XIV: Sense of Place
Program proposals welcome for individuals,
panels, artists (1/14/08)
Emphasis
on International Programs is being renewed
Assistant Vice Chancellor will focus on building enrollment (1/11/08)
ASU's new Moot Court
team to compete in national tournament The team attended first tournament only weeks after its founding (1/11/08)
Lecture-Concert
Series presents Anders Miolin, 13-string guitar virtuoso
Miolin will present "A Fantastic Journey" on
unique Chiavi-Miolin guitar (1/10/09)
ASU hosts 9th
annual Arkansas Soil and Water Education Conference
The Hon. Marion Berry, U.S. Congressman for
First District, will speak (1/10/08)
ASU's Bradbury Gallery
presents 2008 Delta National Small Prints Exhibition
Tamarind Institute director Marjorie Devon
serves as show's juror (1/9/08)
ASU's Student
Union offices are open for extended hours Hours extended for student convenience through Jan. 25 (1/9/08)
ASU to offer
field biology, cultural psychology courses in Australia
Three-week trip will include Sydney, Canberra
(1/8/08)
'Softly Bound' features three-dimensional
works by Horowitz, Martin
Artists address multiple aspects of
femininity, identity, objectification (1/15/08)
Lecture-Concert
Series presents clarinetist Marian Liebowitz
Leading wind soloist performs klezmer music,
Bernstein, Gershwin (1/8/08)
Fowler
Center Series presents eclectic, genre-bending Time for Three Classically trained musicians transcend performance styles, genres (1/8/08)
Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. Celebration scheduled by Student Activities Board
State Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, State
Sen. Tracy Steele to speak (1/8/08)
Mascot
Selection Screening Committee meets, reviews mascot possibilities Committee looks at graphic treatments of possible concepts (1/4/08)
ASU's Delta
Center for Economic Development leads study trip
City and regional delegates study city planning
in Cheyenne, Wyo. (12/21/07)
74 Outstanding
students named to Who's Who Recognition program cites academic and civic
achievements (12/20/07)
Lynita Cooksey to serve
as interim dean Will provide leadership to University College
while search is underway (12/13/07)
Lecture-Concert
Series presents Luna Nova New Music Ensemble
Musicians will perform works of Crumb,
Takemitsu, and Ung (12/12/07)
Winter
Commencement set for Dec. 14 at Convocation Center
Brittany Burton of West Memphis will serve as
student speaker (12/11/07)
Mascot
Selection Committee meets with marketing firm representative
Phoenix Design Works will assist in exploring
new mascot options (12/10/07)
Administration of ASU Technical Center at Marked Tree to be transferred
ASU-Newport will administer center's technical
and workforce programs (12/7/07)
CMVAS lecture will
feature Dr. Tom Green, director, AAS
Green discusses physical
anthropology in "Paleoindian or Paleoamerican?" (12/4/07)
Fowler Center Series
presents Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers
Gatlin Brothers to present seasonal favorites,
hit tunes (11/27/07)
Bradbury Gallery
announces its Fall 2007 Senior Exhibition
Artists are Ginger Grahn, Amber Heard, John
Heath, Jorel Martin (11/21/07)
Arkansas
State University-Heber Springs campus dedication
Campus moves to the foothills
of the Ozarks (11/16/07)
Possibilities
for mascot are down to 12 favorites
Chairs of constituency groups select 12
possibilities from list of 42 (11/14/07)
Education faculty
present at Arkansas Early Childhood Education conference
Seven members represent ASU at annual
conference held in Hot Springs (11/14/07)
Department of
Music presents ASU Ringers Handbell Ensemble
Ensemble to perform Christmas music under the
direction of Dr. Julien (11/14/07)
ASU professors
receive quality assurance certification from AdvancED
Pair are now certified chairs and can lead QAR
teams for accreditation (11/13/07)
University
professors secure funding for recruiting minorities
Most of the funding will sponsor scholarships
and grants (11/12/07)
Department of
Teacher Education receives new software
Preview Center will help develop teaching
skills (11/8/07)
Department of
Music to present
Jazz Bands
Performance includes works by Thad Jones and
Buddy Rich (11/2/07)
Department of
Music to present Percussion Ensemble
Performance includes works by Gillingham, Fagen,
Rosauro (11/2/07)
"Changing
Images in Changing Times" is focus of panel discussion
College of Communications event focuses on
race, gender (11/2/07)
Groundbreaking
ceremony will be Saturday Work begins on Donald W. Reynolds Center for
Health Sciences (11/01/07)
Department
of Music presents Madrigal Singers
Ninth annual feaste to help support choir tour (10/29/07)
Department
of Music presents University Singers, Carnegie Hall preview
ASU choirs will join with area singers in
choral selections (10/26/07)
Lecture-Concert
Series presents Leonard Pitts Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist to lecture on "What Works"
(10/26/07)
ASU's Wind
Ensemble begins its 2007-2008 Concert Season
Ensemble of instrumentalists now under the
baton of Dr. Timothy Oliver (10/25/07)
Lecture-Concert Series presents pianist Jennifer Blyth
Blyth offers music ranging from early Baroque
to new composers (10/24/07)
Department
of Music presents
Concert Orchestra
Student group to perform classical selections (10/23/07)
Department of
Music presents Trombone Choir
Concert features trombone specific selections (10/23/07)
Department of
Music presents Piano Society Second group of students to exhibit skills (10/23/07)
Department of
Music presents Piano Society Student performers to exhibit skills (10/23/07)
Student
Activities Board announces speaker
Former Neo-Nazi to spread the words of
understanding and tolerance (10/22/07)
ASU Museum to celebrate
Día de los Muertos
Cultural celebration will feature
crafts, refreshments, music (10/22/07)
College of
Business announces annual Teaching Conference
Seminar to help evaluate teaching and learning
skills (10/22/07)
College of
Humanities and Social Sciences announces lecture series
Brown Bag lectures will help to elucidate
academia (10/18/07)
ASU Theatre
announces cast of November production, 'Beautiful Bodies'
Drama explores lives of "six in the city"
professional women (10/18/07)
Noted
expert on preventive stress management to speak at ASU
Dr. Jim Quick to provide 10-year review of
groundbreaking theory (10/16/07)
BEST robots game day
has been set Annual robotics competition hosted in the ASU
Armory (10/15/07)
Department of
Music presents second faculty recital
ASU faculty to perform classical and
contemporary works (10/15/07)
Beck PRIDE Center for
Wounded Veterans is
announced To benefit military personnel who have served
our nation (10/12/07)
Deadline looms for mascot name
submissions Midnight, Oct. 31, will see suggestion site closed (10/12/07)
Department of
Music to present Tuba and Euphonium Ensemble Concert
Program will include Jacob Arcadelt's "Ave
Maria" (10/12/07)
Bradbury
Gallery presents spare, elegant exhibition, 'Simple Truths'
Exhibit features new work by artists Grimes, Havel, Lewis, and
Schwerd (10/12/07)
Communications
students to travel abroad Four ASU students will visit Kuwait (10/11/07)
Lecture-Concert Series
presents Michael Eric Dyson Nationally renowned lecturer to "Debate Race" (10/9/07)
Michael Lewellen to
address ASU Strong-Turner Alumni
Current Universal Orlando's V.P. to present at
luncheon (10/9/07)
College of Nursing and
Health Professions announces distinguished alumni
Awards reception to honor guest during
homecoming (10/8/07)
Lecture-Concert Series presents Civil War historian
Civil War authority to lecture on his works (10/8/07)
Fowler Center
Series presents the WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Host Michael Johnathon will introduce several
Arkansas musicians (10/5/07)
Chancellor Potts
appoints Dr. G. Daniel Howard Vice Chancellor
Will lead Academic Affairs and Research, effective Jan. 1 (10/5/07)
Lucinda McDaniel
appointed General Counsel for ASU System President Wyatt makes announcement (10/3/07)
Arkansas State
University Homecoming 2007 Student events planned throughout the week (10/2/07)
Colleges
announce Homecoming events Alumni welcomed back by colleges (10/2/07)
ASU Tribe
Jazz Band performs works of Buddy Collette on Oct. 16 Multi-reedsman John Stephens and Collette are special guests (10/2/07)
Oct. 5 is deadline
for entries in Delta National Small Prints Exhibition
Annual competition is one of nation's foremost
for printmakers (10/01/07)
Lecture-Concert Series presents multi-reedsman Buddy Collette Oct. 15
Musician/activist/educator will discuss his
experiences (9/28/07)
BEST Robotics
competition's annual Mall Day slated for Oct. 6
Students will bring custom-designed,
custom-built robots (9/28/07)
Farm and Home
Safety Expo is Oct. 3 More than 300 fifth graders from area schools
will participate (9/28/07)
ASU announces
2007 Distinguished Alumni Alumni will be honored at Homecoming
celebration (9/28/07)
Janis Kearney,
presidential diarist, to speak in Lecture-Concert Series
Author/diarist will spend 2007-2008 academic
year at ASU (9/27/07)
Central
Mississippi Valley Archeological Society presents lecture
Author Scott H. Akridge to speak on Searcy's Randall House
project (9/26/07)
ASU Museum to launch
DocentCorp Program Volunteer needed to enhance experience (9/25/07)
Vienna Piano Trio to perform at Fowler Center
World-renowned musicians coming to Jonesboro
(9/25/07)
August
graduation list released by Registrar's Office
Total of 364 diplomas were awarded at summer
commencement (9/25/07)
Federal grant
for ASU's Delta Center for Economic Development
Congressional delegation announces $1.5 million
funding (9/21/07)
College of Nursing and
Health Professions to host events
Gala and Homecoming events will be Oct. 12-13 (9/21/07)
Concert
Choir and Chamber Singers to perform
Music department to host concert of top
singers (9/20/07)
Department of Music presents faculty recital Performance series features ASU faculty
(9/20/07)
Theater Department announces cast
"Wait Until Dark" is upcoming production (9/20/07)
Museum
participating in statewide Kids' Quest
Children invited to participate in museum
membership (9/18/07)
College of Agriculture
hosts 16th Annual Leadership Conference
Professionals and alumnus to speak on
leadership experience (9/18/07)
College of
Engineering hosts
Seismic Seminar Researchers to discuss seismic issues (9/18/07)
Arkansas Review: A
Journal of Delta Studies August issue is now available
August issue features creative work in fiction,
essays, poems, images (9/12/07)
Third annual
Constitution Day scheduled for Monday, Sept. 17 The Honorable Judge Wendell Griffen is keynote speaker (9/12/07)
Lakeport Plantation
Grand Opening is scheduled
Ceremonies, reunion, teachers' workshop are on schedule
(9/11/07)
Spanish and
Latino Heritage Week 2007 Spanish heritage observed by ASU
(9/11/07)
Mascot Selection
Steering Committee is expanded Members will seek involvement from constituencies
(9/7/07)
Actress
Patricia Neal headlines 'A Face in the Crowd' 50th anniversary event
Some tickets still available for Piggott event, sponsored by city and ASU
(9/5/07)
Governor Mike
Beebe to be honored Saturday
Legislative Day activities precede game with University of Memphis
(9/5/07)
Nonie
Darwish to open Lecture-Concert Series
Lecture on peace, democracy and women's rights in Middle East
(9/5/07)
Capella of
Russia will open Fowler Series
Concert will feature 50-voice choir
(9/5/07)
Candidates for Vice Chancellor, AAR, scheduled for campus visits
Finalists will visit campus Monday, Sept.10-Wednesday, Sept. 12 (8/30/07)
ASU Theatre
announces its 2007-2008 season schedule
This year's offerings include "Wait Until
Dark," "Beautiful Bodies," "Proof" (8/22/07)
2007
Faculty Biennial is opening exhibition for Bradbury Gallery's new season
ASU Department of Art faculty discuss, display work at opening (8/22/07)
National Science
Foundation makes $9 million grant for Arkansas ASSET
Initiative will boost progress in research
areas at ASU, other universities (8/21/07)
College
of Nursing and Health Professions hosts 25th anniversary celebration
All friends, alumni, invited to college's
"birthday party" Thursday, Aug. 30 (8/20/07)
Fine Arts
Center Art Gallery presents 'Routines and Repetitions'
Nicole Hand's exhibition of prints and
drawings intrigues (8/15/07)
USDA grant
allows ASU professor to study insect impact in rice milling quality
Dr. Tanja McKay will conduct insect monitoring studies (8/14/07)
AEJMC annual
convention features nationally-known media speakers Dr. Jack Zibluk moderates multimedia, entrepreneurship panels (8/14/07)
University-Community Chorus to form for trip to Carnegie Hall
Local singers, high school age and older, invited to audition
(8/13/07)
Dr. Ronald Takaki to address
Faculty Conference Multicultural America is topic for Wednesday
session (8/13/07)
WoodSongs Old-Time
Radio Hour coming to Fowler Center
Arkansas musicians invited to participate (8/8/07)
Finalists named
for Vice Chancellor position Three candidates will visit campus in September (8/8/07)
University
issues statement concerning sponsorship agreement
No agreement found between ASU and University
Financial Services, Inc. (8/1/07)
Summer
Commencement set for Friday, Aug. 3
Chancellor Potts to present various diplomas
(7/31/07)
Chancellor Potts
accepts Mascot Review Committee decision
Selection Committee will make recommendation
(7/25/07)
ASU Summer
Children's Theater announces cast for 'The Invention'
Second show of season offers family fun
(7/23/07)
ASU hosts 37th
annual Early Childhood Education Conference Conference focuses on learning, curriculum, relationships, leadership
(7/19/07)
Mascot Review
Committee recommends mascot selection process
Broad input will be sought, proper retirement ceremony is favored (7/16/07)
New deans, department chairs,
and directors announced ASU congratulates new appointees and welcomes new faculty (7/12/07)
Student Union
extends hours on Tuesdays, Thursdays to serve students As of July 9, various offices open from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. throughout summer
(7/2/07)
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