Christina Drale
UA Little Rock Launches New Scholarship Program with $7.5M Gift from Windgate Foundation
With the gift, the Windgate Foundation issued a $1.5 million challenge to university supporters to grow the endowed scholarship. read more >
UA Little Rock Awarded $4.65M to Advance Cybersecurity Education
The grant will help UA Little Rock enhance its efforts in preparing high school teachers to teach cybersecurity. read more >
UA Little Rock Gets $1.5M Gift for New Business Programs
The gift was made in memory of the late Pat Wilson, a prominent Arkansas banker, by his daughter Kathy Wilson Roberts. read more >
UA Little Rock Raises $203M for Centennial Campaign
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has raised $203 million toward its Centennial Campaign, the largest amount ever raised in a UA Little Rock campaign. read more >
Arkansas Universities See Growth This Fall as Enrollment Cliff Looms
With demographic shifts expected to soon reduce the number of college-age students, universities are rethinking how they recruit students and prioritizing retention. read more >
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Arkansas Universities Build Cybersecurity Hub with $5M Grant
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Cyber Security, Energy Security & Emergency Response allocated the money to further work at the Emerging Threat Information Sharing & Analysis Center — a sort of cybersecurity clinic — at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. read more >
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Frank Cuervo Named Athletics Director of UA Little Rock
He comes to UA Little Rock from the University of Illinois Chicago, where he was the deputy director of athletics/chief revenue officer. read more >
Windgate Foundation Awards $3.5M to UA Little Rock Teacher Education Program
The gift will support the transformation of teacher education at UA Little Rock in its quest to become a premier provider of teachers in the state. read more >
Alicia Dorn Named Chief of Staff to UA Little Rock Chancellor
She previously worked as the communications director at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff School of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Human Sciences. read more >
The Larger View of Student Success (Christina Drale Commentary)
While degree attainment is important, universities must take a broader view of student success. read more >
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Donation Creates First of its Kind Endowment at UA Little Rock
It is the first gift made to the university where the funds will be distributed at the discretion of the chancellor. read more >
With Eye on Athletics Revenue, UA Little Rock Switches Conference
The school is joining the Ohio Valley Conference, where it believes it will fare better financially and competitively. read more >
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Consortium Aims to Make Arkansas a Leader in Cybersecurity
The new group's goals include creating “a strategic regional industry cluster in emerging technologies" and aid the creation of more tech jobs. read more >
UA Little Rock’s Support Students Services Gets $2.1M Grant
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded the University of Arkansas at Little Rock a $2.1 million, five-year grant to help more students succeed and graduate from college. read more >
Windgate Gives $3M to UA Little Rock for Art Center Care
The Windgate Foundation has gifted $3 million to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock to fund a building maintenance endowment for its Windgate Center of Art + Design. read more >
City, UA Little Rock Take Steps to Improve Asher Avenue Properties
Little Rock city officials announce revitalization plans for the Asher Avenue corridor, and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock announces redevelopment plans for its University Plaza shopping center. read more >
UA Little Rock Aims to Offer In-Person Classes This Fall
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock says it plans to reopen its campus and residence halls for face-to-face classes this fall. read more >
Finance Crisis at Arkansas Colleges Hits the Layoff Stage
With Arkansas’ public colleges in historic financial distress, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Chancellor Christina Drale prescribed a bitter remedy this month — cuts deep enough to cost tenured professors their jobs — and state education leaders fear other state universities may have to take a dose. read more >
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Upsides at UA Little Rock
Christina Drale’s christening as chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock last September was more a baptism of fire. read more >
UA Little Rock Gets $25M Donation, Its Biggest Ever
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received the largest single gift in the institution's 93-year history — a $25 million donation from an anonymous person to support the university’s strategic enrollment management plan. read more >