While about a dozen students of KIPP Delta Public Schools, an open-enrollment charter school network in Blytheville and Helena visited the UA Fayetteville campus yesterday, university officials formally announced a partnership with the public charter school that aims to increase college attainment for students in underserved communities.
Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we learn about traditional Native American ecological and cultural practices. Plus, we hear a roundtable discussion about recent political polling data for this year's statewide elections.
Around the World in 80 Days, and the story of a near lynching in 1930s Arkansas are the topics of TheatreSquared's ninth season, which was recently unveiled.
USDA Forest Service officials gathered with tribal foresters and scientists for an annual three-day conference in Fayetteville last week. Jacqueline Froelich met with three indigenous participants to talk about traditional ecological and cultural practices.
Web Exclusive: An Extended Interview With Everett Walker
Roby Brock and Scott Inmann, from Talk Business and Politics, host a roundtable discussion about what recent polls may mean for upcoming elections in Arkansas.Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Mexico's history is long, rich and often misunderstood. We talk with a historian who has written eleven books on the subject. Plus, a conversation with a gubernatorial candidate who cites his business background as sufficient experience to serve in higher office in the state. And, a preview of the inaugural Homegrown Festival, debuting next week in Siloam Springs
A new book expands the understanding of Mexico's indigenous people and their interactions with Europeans over the past several centuries.
American Native is one of several local vendors participating in the inaugural Homegrown Festival in Siloam Springs next week. Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, June 6, 2014
Ahead on this busy Friday edition of Ozarks, from Pharrell to Harry Connick Jr; celebrities took the stage this morning in Fayetteville for the Walmart Shareholders meeting, where there were also a few business items discussed. And, we take a trip along the Buffalo River nearly a year after a controversial swine breeding operation began business.
Roby Brock from talkbusiness.net recently talked with Shane Broadway, interim director of the Arkansas Department of Higher Education, about including more people in the Arkansas Lottery Scholarship program.
“Till Tom Special” by Charlie Christian
Becca Martin Brown, features editor for Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, assures us summer won’t last forever. She gives us a preview of the Benton County Fair.
First published 80 years ago, "I’ll Fly Away" by Albert Brumley, is one of the most recorded songs ever. A new foundation inspired by the song and its author will keep the song’s spirit alive for future generations:
For more information, visit the foundation's website here.
The University of Arkansas surpasses its 2012 fundraising goal, efforts to get Sunday liquor sales legalized move forward in Springdale, a group pushing for medical marijuana turns its additional signatures in to the state, and more.
"Vertigo" by Phillip Glass
The Jean Tyson Child Development Study Center officially opens today on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville. More information is available at children.uark.edu.
