The UA Little Rock SGA will be hosting Substance Abuse Awareness Week in solidarity with universities across Arkansas. The week’s events will be made possible through a free partnership with RiverStone Wellness Center, an outpatient therapy clinic. “We understand that a lot of times at college parties, some students don’t realize that limit. Some students […]
This week in SGA: Feb. 21
A graduate student’s concern led to an impromptu election at the Feb. 21 SGA meeting. Natalie Snow, a doctoral candidate and graduate assistant in the department of criminal justice, was sworn in as a senator for the graduate school. Snow said that six members of her department were being forced from their Ross Hall offices […]
Vice chancellor of student affairs on eStem and budget issues
Mark Allen Poisel has been vice chancellor for student affairs at UA Little Rock since 2017. In an interview with the Forum, he talked about some of the effects of this year’s budget shortfall and gave the best of his knowledge regarding eStem, while highlighting the student government’s efforts to address the latter issue. Questions […]
Chancellor: increased enrollment and retention key to success
Chancellor Rogerson addressed the results of a study by UA Little Rock’s Institutional Effectiveness Committee intended to lay out methods for improving the university’s overall success at an open forum in early February. “This really is about getting the educational component–the vision of this university–correct in the years going forward,” chancellor Andrew Rogerson said at […]
Words and Race: Does Black English matter?
The Anderson Institute on Race and Ethnicity continued their Plain Talk series on race and ethnicity last Tuesday. Jeffrey Nash, former chair of the UA Little Rock department of sociology and anthropology, presented his lecture, “Words and Race: Does Black English Matter?” Nash became interested in the importance of black English after reading through historical […]
New baseball season offers new opportunities
2019 offers Little Rock (LR) baseball a chance to turn the page on an average 2018 season in which the team finished 28-28 and lost two of three games at the Sun Belt Tournament, as well as the opportunity to play one of the most historic regular season games in program history. Fifth-year coach Chris […]
Trojan Tracker: A feasibility study update, the Donaghey Athletic Center, and more
Little Rock (LR) Athletics had a busy month of February which included a football feasibility study update, the unveiling of the renovated Donaghey Athletic Center, and the announcement of the Trojans’ soccer 2019 recruiting class. Here’s a roundup of some of the news that came out of LR Athletics this month. On Feb. 6, LR […]
Women’s basketball enters Sun Belt Championship a favorite
Little Rock (LR) women’s basketball enters the upcoming Sun Belt Championship a favorite, having notched a 15-9 record with 11 conference wins (at time of print). LR, currently first in the Sun Belt, still has five conference games left to play against Arkansas State (ASU), Georgia Southern (Ga. So.), Georgia State (Ga. St.), Louisiana (ULL), […]
Men’s basketball face test in potential Sun Belt Championship appearance
Little Rock (LR) men’s basketball has struggled under first-year coach Darrell Walker this season with a 10-16 record (at time of print) and are in the midst of a battle to secure one of the last two seeds ahead of the Sun Belt Championship. While the Sun Belt is made up of twelve different schools, […]
Light switch on: Mark Foster and LR soccer
“When you get older, you won’t remember how many soccer games you’ve won or lost,” Mark Foster, head coach of Little Rock (LR) soccer, tells his players. Soccer has been Foster’s life since childhood. He’s played on the amateur and semi-professional level in his home country of Ireland, the college level in America, and coached […]