Jim Smith Archives

A rendering of Arkansas Tech University's planned student union and recreation center

Construction / Education

Arkansas Tech Completes $55M Capital Campaign

The campaign raised funds for scholarships, student programs and a new student union and recreation center. read more >

by Arkansas Business Staff - June 12, 2024, 2:21pm

Education

ATU Trustees Vote to Fire President Robin Bowen

Bowen has been on leave since July, when she underwent a scheduled medical procedure. read more >

by Arkansas Business Staff - September 11, 2023, 2:25pm

Education / Government & Politics

UCA Division of Advancement Announces New Leadership (Movers & Shakers)

The Division of Advancement hired Jennifer Boyett, Mollie Henager, Joan Shofner, Jim Smith and Greg Web. read more >

by Arkansas Business Staff - August 21, 2023, 12:00am

Energy / Legal

2 Promoted at FNBC (Movers & Shakers)

Allan Baldridge and Garrett Kissinger have both been promoted. read more >

by Arkansas Business Staff - May 29, 2023, 12:00pm

Jim Smith, chair of the Arkansas Tech University board of trustees

Education / Legal

Jim Smith Elected Chair of ATU Board of Trustees

Smith is a past president of the ATU Alumni Association who was first appointed to the board by former Gov. Asa Hutchinson in January 2019. read more >

by Arkansas Business Staff - January 20, 2023, 10:52am

Quapaw House, seen here on Grand Avenue in Hot Springs, owed $1.9 million for unpaid payroll taxes in 2019. It also is also being sued by employees who haven’t been paid recently.

Education / Government & Politics / Health Care

Quapaw House, Successor to Preferred Family Healthcare, Has Woes of Its Own

Robert Lewis saw warning signs during his short time as a director of Quapaw House Inc., the Hot Springs nonprofit organization that acquired the assets of scandal-plagued Preferred Family Healthcare a year and a half ago. read more >

by Mark Friedman - April 27, 2020, 12:00am