MONTICELLO, AR — Two faculty members, Dr. Matthew Pelkki and Dr. Matthew Olson, of the College of Forestry, Agriculture and Natural Resources at UAM, won awards at the 2018 Ouachita Society of American Foresters Conference held recently in Hot Springs.
Dr. Denise Baldwin (center), teacher education coordinator in the School of Education at the University of Arkansas at Monticello, recently took a group of undergraduate students to present at the 2018 Arkansas Literacy Association State Conference in Little Rock. Students in Dr. Baldwin’s K-6 Curriculum, Planning and Programs class researched and presented interactive reading-focused bulletin board ideas that can be used in the classroom.
MONTICELLO, AR — “Reflexio: A Visual Rhetoric of Spectres, Liminal Bodies, & the Monstrous Feminine”, an exhibition of paintings and prints by Susan David can be viewed now in the Glassblock Gallery in the Taylor Library at UAM November 13, 2018 through January 22, 2019.
MONTICELLO, AR — The University of Arkansas at Monticello announced today that Mrs. Aimee Weaver has started as the UAM Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center (ASBTDC) Director. The center is a University-based economic development program created to assist new and existing business owners with business creation, management, market research and growth, and is located within the UAM School of Business.
MONTICELLO, AR — The University of Arkansas at Monticello will host the Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lecture Series featuring Best-Selling author, Liz Murray. The lecture will be held in the UAM Fine Arts Center Auditorium February 5, 2019, beginning at 5:30 p.m. with a book signing in the Spencer Gallery.
After the Weevils big win against rival SAU in The Battle of the Timberlands and a 6 - 5 record for the season, UAM earned another game in the Corsicana Bowl against Emporia State University. This will be the Weevils first appearance in the postseason in 25 years.
UAM Professor Tom Richard was recognized as the 2018 Higher Education Educator of the Year at the awards ceremony of the Arkansas Art Educators Association Conference on November 1, 2018 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Dr. Peggy Doss, UAM’s Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs said, “Mr. Richard is so very deserving of this award that recognizes his outstanding talent and his distinguished service to the profession. He has long been dedicated to the advancement of art education at the university, in the community and the state.”
MONTICELLO, AR – Clinton D. Young, Associate Professor of History at the University of Arkansas at Monticello, has been recognized by the American Musicological Society for his scholarship. His first book, Music Theater and Popular Nationalism in Spain, 1880-1930, received the Robert M. Stevenson Award at the recent annual meeting of the AMS in San Antonio, Texas.
MONTICELLO, AR — Karen Hyatt, Assistant Professor of Nursing at the University of Arkansas at Monticello, has been selected to serve a two-year term as a state consultant on the board of directors of the Arkansas Nursing Students' Association (ANSA). Dr. Brandy Haley, Dean of the UAM School of Nursing stated, “We are honored to have one of our faculty members hold a state board position representing UAM.”
REMINDER – UAM Weevil Football Game Time Change to 3:00pm
(11/7/18)
As a reminder, this Saturday’s game against Southern Arkansas University, originally scheduled for 1:00 p.m., has been moved to a 3:00 p.m. kickoff. The game will be held at Convoy Leslie Cotton Bowl Stadium on UAM’s campus.
For more information, contact the UAM Athletics Department at (870) 460.1058.
