Teams from Arkansas State University in Jonesboro and Harding University in Searcy took top honors at the 2015 Donald W. Reynolds Governor's Cup collegiate business-plan competition awards. read more >
John Brown University of Siloam Springs on Wednesday announced about $5 million in new gifts toward a $125 million fundraising campaign the university is calling "Campaign for the Next Century: A Hope and Future." read more >
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a $14,520 grant to John Brown University for a drinking water disinfection project in Guatemala. read more >
Teams from the University of Arkansas won eight of the 10 awards presented Wednesday at the 2014 Donald W. Reynolds Governor's Cup collegiate business plan competition. read more >
JBU students, faculty, staff and guests gathered Wednesday for the dedication of the Donald G. Soderquist College of Business. read more >
An increase in undergraduate rates at John Brown University will raise student costs $1,060 in the 2014-15 academic year. read more >
John Brown University says it's received a $6 million gift for its new nursing education facility and an endowment for the university's new nursing program. JBU was approved last month by the Arkansas State Board of Nursing to begin recruiting students to start in fall 2014. read more >
• John Brown University at Siloam Springs recently announced that its college of business has been renamed in honor of retired Wal-Mart Stores Inc. executive Don Soderquist. The university also announced a $2 million endowment for the Donald G. Soderquist College of Business, which includes a $1 million gift from the Soderquist Family Foundation and a $1 million matching gift by an anonymous donor. read more >
John Brown University of Siloam Springs said this week that it is taking steps to create a nursing program that will offer a bachelor of science degree. read more >
A year ago, Steve Brankle, director of facility services and sustainability at JBU, built support for the program around projections he calculated and anecdotes he could relay from other schools and businesses. Now, Brnakle says the effort to cut waste continues to gain support and see success. read more >
As Northwest Arkansas has grown, so too have the post-secondary offerings in Benton and Washington counties. While the University of Arkansas enrollment topping 24,500 has been well publicized, other schools in the region are growing as well. read more >
John Brown University of Siloam Springs announces a $3 million lead gift from an anonymous donor for the renovation of J. Alvin Brown residence hall. The total cost for the renovation will be $5.5 million. read more >
The Walton International Scholarship Program is an Arkansas-specific program available to South American students. Participants get a full ride, paid for entirely by the program, to either Harding in Searcy, John Brown University in Siloam Springs or the University of the Ozarks in Clarksville. Sam Walton himself started it 26 years ago. read more >
