The Northwest Arkansas Career and College Coaches Program will help mentor at-risk high school students in the region. As part of the program, college coaches will start working with these at-risk students next fall.
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Clarinetist Sara Manasreh performed earlier this month inside the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall on the University of Arkansas campus.
Author Joe Neal illustrates with bird sounds our seasonal regime change. Photo: Hermit Thrush by Joe Neal.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, more details on a housing project known as “Mutual Self-Help Housing,” and author Kristin S. Kaufman discusses her book “Is This Seat Taken?” The University of Arkansas hosts its first fall commencement in four decades, and the Springdale Municipal Airport plans to expand to accommodate larger planes.The University of Arkansas will host its first fall commencement in 40 years this Saturday.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, Crystal Bridges announces its partnership with the Louvre in Paris and a new gift, and Christina Thomas visits a different kind of movie theatre. A Fayetteville church hosts a candlelight service for families who’ve lost a child, and the Funeral Consumers Alliance of Northwest Arkansas helps people make informed decisions about funerals.The Funeral Consumers Alliance of Northwest Arkansas has been helping its members make informed decisions about end-of-life matters.
This week on Ozarks at Large, we have had a series of stories that profiles entrepreneurs throughout the Northwest Arkansas and Arkansas River Valley regions.
Today, we visit a movie lounge under construction in Fort Smith.
Senator John Boozman to question former senator John Corzine about the collapse of a futures brokerage firm; Oaklawn race track in Hot Springs to allow patrons to place wagers using their smartphones or tablet computers; and more – on today’s edition of Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
Rolling Hills Baptist Church in Fayetteville will host a candle lighting service for families who’ve lost a child this Sunday at 7 p.m .
For more information, visit www.rollinghillsbaptistchurch.net or call Pastor Steve Sheely at 521-2660.
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Thursday, January 2, 2014
On this special edition of Ozarks at Large we listen again to some of our favorite stories from 2013, including: tigers making art near Eureka Springs, bugs on utility boxes in downtown Fayetteville and a day spent catching grasshoppers.
Friday afternoon, University of Arkansas Chancellor Dr. G. David Gearhart and Governor Mike Beebe dedicated the Nanoscale Material Science and Engineering building on Dickson Street on campus. Ozarks at Large’s Iti Agnihotri-Mudholkar took a tour of the facility following the ceremony.
Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel and the Arkansas Press Association are hosting a free public seminar on the University of Arkansas campus tomorrow. To register info@arkansaspress.org or call (501) 374-1500.
The Latino professional organization ALPFA has joined hands with U of A’s Sam M. Walton College of Business to launch the ALPFA Institute.
“The Mistress Witch from McClure” by Sufjan Stevens
The Arkansas Tech Career Center in Ozark allows high-school students to prepare for the job market while earning college credit.
The documentary “Green Fire” screens today at the Fayetteville Public Library, auditions for “A Bad Year for Tomatoes” will be at Rogers Little Theatre, and a jazz concert will take place on the University of Arkansas campus. Tonight’s also the opening concert of the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas’ inaugural season.
