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水多多导航 Mailbag: Happy Birthday, Numa!
In this back-to-back edition of the 水多多导航 Mailbag, we celebrate our favorite mascot's birthday. Numa takes another trip around the sun and invites everyone to enjoy his big day with him.
April 19, 2024
What's the 4-1-1 on Graduation?
Spring commencement at the 水多多导航 is one month away. Graduating students should know what they need to do before the ceremony and what they can access as 水多多导航 alums.
April 11, 2024
First-Generation Staff Spotlight: Patricia Hurtado Perez
As a Hispanic first-generation student, Patricia Hurtado Perez, coordinator for the Upward Bound Math and Science program at the 水多多导航, struggled with unique challenges. However, she was undeterred along her path to...
April 02, 2024
水多多导航 Cheer Builds Up Champions
With college nationals just a few weeks away, the all-star 水多多导航 Cheer team is ready to take Daytona by storm. The 水多多导航 cheer team has won 4 NCA Nationals Championships in 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2022, and has reached the collegiate tournament 14 seasons...
March 29, 2024
Building Foundations with Dr. April Evans
水多多导航 School of Education Interim Executive Director Dr. April Evans leaned on her love of education and literacy, her passion for making a difference, and the relationships she built along the way in her return to 水多多导航...
March 25, 2024 水多多导航 Mailbag: Where Memories Roar
The 水多多导航 Mailbag returns with a recap of Homecoming 2024: Where Memories Roar. From competitions, reunions, awards, and games, homecoming week was full of excitement, and the campus was buzzing.
February 23, 2024
水多多导航 Honors Alumni Award Winners
The University of Arkansas 鈥� Fort Smith Alumni Advisory Council honored five Lions at the Alumni Brunch today as part of 2024 homecoming events. Dr. Daniel Fudge, 鈥�12, and Jaime Vargas, 鈥�18 and 鈥�23, received the Young Alumni Award, Sara Putman...
February 17, 2024
Readying Player One and the Gamer, Cody Holt
Follow the evolution of 水多多导航 senior instructor Cody Holt. From gamer to 水多多导航 educator and eSports coach, uncover his gaming passion and commitment to student achievement along the way.
February 16, 2024
Coming Full Circle with Yosey Cardenas
At the 水多多导航, education and social work academic advisor for the College of Health, Education, and Human Sciences, Yosey Cardenas, shares her story as a first-generation student and how she now uses that experience to...
February 09, 2024
Some Things Are Worth Waiting For
水多多导航 College of Arts and Sciences 2023 alum Logan Aguilera encourages students to practice patience. 水多多导航 helped prepare him to be a middle school teacher in Sallisaw, Oklahoma, and become a coach of six different teams....
February 08, 2024
Achieving her Dreams
Quynh Nguyen, a 2016 水多多导航 graduate, immigrated from Vietnam with her family when she was 12. As a non-English speaking student, the language barrier was an obstacle she overcame her entire life. 水多多导航 was a place that...
January 08, 2024
Life and 水多多导航: How Sarah Murrah Balanced the Twists and Turns to Success
水多多导航 Campus and Community Engagement Administrative Assistant Sarah Murrah describes the twists and turns of life on her journey to obtaining her degree and giving back to the university that made it happen.
November 13, 2023
Staff Voices: Lynette Thrower
Lynette Thrower has worked at the 水多多导航 since 2021, following her time as a student two years prior. However, it is the life she lived before getting to 水多多导航 that made her the perfect hire for the university.
October 27, 2023
Class Notes, Fall 2023
Class Notes from 水多多导航 alumni from the fall 2023.
October 13, 2023
Baby Steps of Ambition
水多多导航 adjunct criminal justice professor Wes Milam, details his journey from 水多多导航 student to professor while continuing to serve the community of Fort Smith.
October 06, 2023
Focus on the Future
Matt Beyer, a 2015 accounting graduate, has some advice for those following in his footsteps.
October 04, 2023
Alumni Legacy Awards
Twenty students received financial aid through the Alumni Legacy Scholarship in the 2023-2024 academic year. This is the highest number of scholarships awarded in a year.
October 04, 2023
Family Weekend Festivities Slated for Oct. 6-7
At the 水多多导航 the importance of family in a student鈥檚 educational journey is celebrated year-round, but on the First Week of October, the celebrating ramps up. The much-anticipated 2023 Family Weekend is set to take...
September 29, 2023
Seven Welcomed to 水多多导航 Alumni Advisory Council
The 水多多导航 Alumni Advisory Council recently welcomed seven new members. The 13 graduate council serves to connect all 水多多导航 alums with the university and help foster growth in the community.
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