Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the four men running for Arkansas governor weigh in on what they might do with the Private Option expansion if elected. And we hear from people trying to stop illegal dumping in counties across the region as well. We also hear comment from a ribbon cutting last night for a new stretch of trail in Fayetteville that will allow easier access to Mount Kessler and more.
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Chase Stoudenmire, a graduate student at the University of Arkansas and a former Fulbright Scholar to the Republic of Georgia, visited KUAF’s Firmin-Garner Performance Studio with Professor Kate Mamiseishvili, who encouraged him to go to Georgia, to talk about his experiences.
To listen to more of this conversation, click here.
Trike Theatre will host a number of interesting camps this summer including a Super Secret Spy Ninja camp. Managing Director Sarah Leer has the details.
Eric Specking from the University Of Arkansas College Of Engineering tells us about the Explore Engineering summer program that hopes to promote high school students’ interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) fields.
Our math expert Dr. Chaim Goodman Strauss and Kyle Kellams talk to Dr. Lorenzo Sadun, a math professor from the University of Texas at Austin, about “how the world fits together.” Sadun will visit the University of Arkansas to deliver a public lecture this Thursday at 7 p.m.
Earlier this week, a ceremony was held in Little Rock to mark former Arkansas Governor Winthrop Rockefeller’s memorial at the State Capitol after the passing of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. The ceremony is part of a series of commemorative events marking Winthrop Rockefeller’s 100th birth anniversary this year.
Beth McEvoy from our content partner KUAR in Little Rock, reports.
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