Arkansas State University

Fallon Lee loves lots of things: traveling, the outdoors, art, scuba diving, sporting events, and spending time outside, to name a few. But Lee finds her knack for engineering helpful for others and fulfilling for herself. AMP sat down with…

Butch Jones will be joining the Little Rock Touchdown Club this Monday, Oct. 31, for the weekly meeting. Jones was announced as the Red Wolves’ 31st all-time head football coach in December 2020. He not only brought 11 years of…

Glory Days: Media Continues to Change Through the Decades, but the People Stay the Same   I am the son of Irish immigrants, born and raised in Framingham, Massachusetts. Many wonder how I ended up in Arkansas. It’s a good…

Ernest Hemingway, the great 20th century author, stands among the greatest American writers. Few, if any, American writers have done as much as he did to change the way that English is written, cutting down the long and meandering sentences…

Forward Arkansas, a nonprofit organization in Little Rock that works with school districts, educational partners and state leaders to improve educational outcomes for Arkansas students, has added three new board members: Mary Elizabeth Eldridge, Deborah Frazier and Anna Strong –…

At its most recent quarterly meeting on July 29, the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved proposed changes in the degree and certificate programs offered by Arkansas State University. The changes involve a variety of program revisions, deletions, and name…

Americans enjoy rice. We consumed around 4.6 million metric tons of the popular dish last year, which may disappoint carb-free dieters, but is great news for Arkansas. After all, rice is Arkansas’ top agricultural export. When observed on your dinner…

Governor Asa Hutchinson announced Aug. 3 that he has appointed AJ Gary to the position of Secretary of the Department of Public Safety and J.R. Hankins as Director of the Commission on Law Enforcement Standards, after the two positions were…

Executive Q&A: Captain’s Log, A Sea of Change Arkansas State University System President Dr. Chuck Welch   The Arkansas State University school system has grown across the state over the last several years. The acquisition of universities into the system,…

The New College Try: Higher Education Facing Steep Challenges, Beyond Lingering COVID Issues   When COVID reared its ugly head in the spring of 2020, all of education — from kindergarten through grad school — was thrust into disarray. For…