UAM to offer new Sports Administration Track and Coaching Track in Health and Physical Education Degree

UAM to offer new Sports Administration Track and Coaching Track in Health and Physical Education Degree

MONTICELLO, Ark. — The University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) is set to offer a sports administration track and a coaching track in the Bachelor of Science in health and physical education degree beginning in the spring semester of 2023. The Bachelor of Science in health and physical education degree is a 120-hour program of…

Union Bank presents Master Educator Awards, + Community Shred Day basket giveaway winner announced

Union Bank presents Master Educator Awards, + Community Shred Day basket giveaway winner announced

Union Bank and Trust of Warren recently sponsored the Master Educator Awards which were presented to staff at four separate Warren schools. Pictured from left to right: Tricia Wilkenson of Union Bank, Master Educator Award winner Emily Harton of SEACBEC, Master Educator Award winner Chad Greenwood of Warren High School, Master Educator Award winner Janice…

UAM awarded grant for Special Education Resource Teacher Academy

UAM awarded grant for Special Education Resource Teacher Academy

MONTICELLO, Ark.—On March 30, Johnny Key, commissioner of the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) announced in an ADE Commissioner’s Memo that the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has partnered with six universities in Arkansas, including the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM), to offer Special Education Resource Teacher Academies. The UAM partnership is…

AEDC awards $502,838.41 to support wildlife education, improve school conservation programs

AEDC awards $502,838.41 to support wildlife education, improve school conservation programs

LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas Economic Development Commission Division of Rural Services has awarded grants totaling $502,838.41 to promote wildlife education and improve school conservation programs to 183 schools, school districts, and conservation districts in 65 Arkansas counties. These grants are funded by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission through fines collected from hunting and…

Star City art teacher named 2021 Arkansas Elementary Art Educator of the Year

Star City art teacher named 2021 Arkansas Elementary Art Educator of the Year

Star City’s Jimmy Brown Elementary School art teacher Suzi Davis has been selected as the 2021 Arkansas Elementary Art Educator of the Year. Davis will be presented with this award at the Arkansas Art Educators annual fall conference held at the Wyndham Riverfront in North Little Rock on November 4. Friends and family are welcome…

AEDC, Game and Fish Commission to grant nearly $770,000 for wildlife conservation education programs

AEDC, Game and Fish Commission to grant nearly $770,000 for wildlife conservation education programs

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (August 30, 2021) – The Arkansas Economic Development Commission’s (AEDC) Division of Rural Services today announced that it will award more than $769,000 to Arkansas schools and educators to support conservation education programs in the 2021-22 school year. Funds for these grants come from wildlife fines collected by the Arkansas Game and…