New Dean Named at UA Monticello (Movers & Shakers)
Shuneize Slater will be the new dean of the School of Mathematical & Natural Sciences. read more >
Shuneize Slater will be the new dean of the School of Mathematical & Natural Sciences. read more >
Two additional board members were confirmed as well. read more >
Mike Damron and Andrea Jobe have been hired as mortgage lenders at Arvest Bank in Conway. read more >
Jane Madden has been hired as an account executive at Ghidotti, a Little Rock public relations and content marketing agency. read more >
A statewide campaign is calling on Arkansas women to take control of their futures by changing how they think about retirement. read more >
Anderia Mahon has been hired as branch manager and loan officer for First Service Bank in its Little Rock market. read more >
Shaun Koehn is the new graphic designer for Eric Rob & Isaac in Little Rock. read more >
Jason Hornsby has been hired by Stone Bank to be the head of the bank’s home loan division in Little Rock. read more >
Working for Walmart taught CEO Doug McMillon to have a sense of urgency and take ownership of problems and fix them, McMillon said at Economics Arkansas' awards luncheon in Little Rock. read more >
Warren Stephens, chairman, president and CEO of Stephens Inc. of Little Rock, accepts the annual Leadership in Free Enterprise Award from Economics Arkansas. read more >
Stephens Inc. of Little Rock and Economics Arkansas, an educational nonprofit, have created an umbrella PreK-12 program focused on free enterprise education for schools and students across the state. read more >
Mary B. Gunter took office as interim chief of staff in the office of the president at Arkansas Tech University effective Jan. 2. read more >
Brian Berry will help lead reaccreditation efforts at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock as the new faculty co-chair of the Higher Learning Commission. read more >
Sharon Vogelpohl chaired on the Rotary International Branding Initiative, leading a committee of Rotarians from around the world in developing a branding campaign strategy for the international service organization that debuted at the Rotary International Convention in June. read more >
Economics Arkansas, a nonprofit educational organization that promotes economic and financial literacy, said Tuesday that Kathleen Lawson will be its new executive director effective Oct. 2. read more >
It is important that teachers, parents and students understand that there are viable career paths to entrepreneurship, and that established companies thrive when they have a steady flow of smart, innovative talent upon which to build. read more >
When the Walton Family Foundation announced last week that it was giving $2 million to endow the nonprofit Economics Arkansas Foundation, we were thrilled. read more >
The Walton Family Foundation said Thursday that it awarded a $2 million lead donation to endow the Economics Arkansas Foundation, which aims to advance financial and economic literacy in Arkansas education. read more >
Sue Owens, executive director of Economics Arkansas, a private non-profit educational organization in Little Rock, has been elected to serve as the 2016 president of the National Association of Economic Educators. Owens served as president-elect in 2015 after serving three years on the NAEE executive committee. read more >
Chances are students aren’t being taught good economics principles at home. Their parents very likely don’t understand money — and this is true even of parents who have adequate income. If parents don’t budget, don’t plan, don’t prioritize, then children don’t even know that they should — much less how to do it. Many families never discuss money with their children, even though money is a factor in virtually every facet of family life and the root of much household stress. read more >
