by Do South | Jul 12, 2023 | News & Events
The University of Arkansas – Fort Smith Center for Economic Development and the UAFS Foundation have announced plans for a revolutionary Community Investment Fund (CIF) of nearly $200,000 aimed at providing seed funds to locally-owned startups in the River Valley....
by Do South | Dec 10, 2019 | News & Events
The University of Arkansas – Fort Smith announced today that it will receive three new gifts totaling more than $1.7 million from the Windgate Foundation. Windgate is already known for its generosity on campus because of its earlier gifts, including $15.5 million to...
by Do South | Dec 10, 2019 | News & Events
For many university professors, the idea of receiving one Fulbright award would be a dream come true. For Dr. Ragupathy Kannan, professor of biology at UAFS, that dream has now come true three times. Beginning Dec. 13, Kannan, thanks to his second Fulbright award,...
by Do South | Dec 10, 2019 | News & Events
As a high school sophomore weighing his options, Michael Lay of Pottsville, Arkansas didn’t expect to graduate college, a feat neither of his parents had yet completed. But thanks to a campus tour through the Upward Bound program, Lay fell in love with UAFS and began...
by Do South | Dec 4, 2019 | News & Events
The University of Arkansas – Fort Smith 2019-20 Chancellor’s Leadership Council is wrapping up the service project and leadership training portion of their four-year scholarship program, having partnered with numerous leaders from across the state to better...