MONTICELLO, Ark. — A missionary group may have drawn away one of UA-Monticello’s veterinarians, but it also had a hand in bringing in his replacement. UAM’s College of Forestry, Agriculture and Natural Resources has welcomed Dr. Maribel Nelson, a veterinarian who comes aboard as an assistant professor teaching animal science courses. Nelson is taking up…
MONTICELLO, Ark. — AY About You recently released its 2022 Best Health Care Professionals list. Among the honorees were two members of the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) School of Nursing. In the category of Nursing/Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant, Dr. Brandy Haley, Ph.D., RN, was recognized for her work at UAM. Dr. Haley is a…
JACKSON, Tenn. – The University of Arkansas at Monticello volleyball team closed out the final day of the Union University Volleyball Invitational in dominant fashion. The Blossoms played just eight sets on the day, taking down Belmont Abbey 3-0 in the first match, and defeating Texas Women’s College 3-2 in the second. UAM closes out the first weekend of the…
MONTICELLO, Ark. – The University of Arkansas at Monticello received a much needed makeover for the gym floor in Steelman Fieldhouse over the weekend! Check out the new look in this time-lapse video courtesy of uamsports.com.
MONTICELLO, Ark. – The Arkansas Cancer Coalition has awarded Mainline Health Systems, Inc. (MHSI) a $55,000 grant that will be used to reach patients around Southeast Arkansas, to remind them that it’s time for critical screenings that can lead to early detection and more successful treatment of some types of cancers. To reach patients, MHSI…
MONTICELLO, Ark. — In March, UAM announced that the UAM Wind Symphony had been named a semi-finalist in three categories for the American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts. The competition concluded this summer, and the UAM Wind Symphony earned finalist recognitions in two of the three categories, as well as a national…
MONTICELLO, Ark. — The University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) has announced that transfer student enrollment for fall 2022 is trending higher than last fall. Data currently indicates a 66% increase in transfer students enrolled for the fall 2022 semester as compared to this time last year. “The increase in transfer students is an exciting…
MONTICELLO, Ark. — The University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) has announced the appointment of Dr. Shuneize Slater as dean of the School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences. Dr. Slater joins the leadership team at UAM with extensive knowledge of the university and its traditional service area. She grew up in Dumas, Arkansas, and graduated…
MONTICELLO, Arkansas — Hard work, faith and a used chicken truck turned out to be a solid foundation for Reggie and Chris Goodman’s logging business. The Goodman’s, of Monticello, are a Black family building a business in the South, growing the logging company they bought from their parents. Those early years weren’t easy, said Mike…
MONTICELLO, Arkansas — To show that math has real-world applications, Michael Blazier posed a problem to a group of high school students: How do you calculate the amount of usable wood that can be extracted from a forest. “Imagine going out to 200 acres of forest with a million plus trees on it,” he said.…
The University of Arkansas at Monticello Office of Admissions invites you to our fall registration on August 2, 2022, from 4 to 8 p.m. Registration is open to all students enrolling in fall 2022 semester courses. This event is open to current UAM students as well as all prospective students who have submitted necessary materials…
MONTICELLO, Arkansas – If you own property, are constructing a building, or simply wanting to know about whether your house is built in a flood zone, you’ve most likely used a land surveyor. Even though land surveyors play such an important part of our daily lives, most people have no clue what a land surveyor…
According to Drew County Sheriff Mark Gober’s office, a 39-year old Warren man has been arrested in connection with the theft of a utility trailer from a cotton gin in Winchester, Arkansas July 12, 2022. The next day, July 13, The Drew County Sheriff’s Office received a tip that the stolen trailer was located at…
MONTICELLO, AR (July 15, 2022) – In the past six days, 25 employees from SeaArk gathered at the Vera Lloyd Presbyterian Home for an employee service project. Employees were split into four groups to complete 4 special projects. Employee volunteers from SeaArk banded together to help the Vera Lloyd Presbyterian Home, a children’s home in…
MONTICELLO, Ark. — The 2022 graduates of the Associate of Applied Science in Nursing program at the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) recently achieved a 100% pass rate on the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN). This marks the second consecutive year that AASN graduates of UAM have achieved a 100% pass…
Monticello–Hospice Home Care, 30-year leader caring for hospice patients and families living in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, today announced that it has been selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the 2022 Best Places to Work in Healthcare, a premier award program in one of the top U.S. healthcare news publications. “We are thrilled that…
Kristofor Nault, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s supervisor for its Fisheries district office in Monticello, reports that the renovated Lake Monticello is refilling, slowly but surely. The aerial image he sent along also shows that more than a quarter of the surface bed is now covered in water after the draining of Lake Monticello…
The Fifty-Six Lakers and Neaux Limit Lakers both were crowned champs in the HoopplayNationals Warmup tournament held in Russellville, AR July 10. The Fifty-Six Lakers won the 9th/10th-grade boys division and the Neaux Limit Lakers won the senior boys division. This local team includes players from Warren, Hermitage, Monticello, and Rison. Top photo: The Fifty-Six…
Local youth basketball team Neaux Limit Lakers took first place in the senior boys division of the Game Changers basketball tournament held in Little Rock, AR July 2. This local team includes players from Warren, Hermitage, Monticello and Rison. Members (front left to right) Neon’Dre Thomas, Tramond Miller, Jr, Tra’Bennett Fuller, (back left to right)…
