UAM Women Capture First Place At 9th Annual Boll Weevil Stampede
Courtesy of Media Services MONTICELLO — The women’s rodeo team at the University of Arkansas at Monticello topped teams from seven different colleges and universities to win the women’s division of the 9th annual Boll Weevil Stampede rodeo held last weekend at the Drew County Fairgrounds east of Monticello. UAM was led by Jessica Rowland … Continue reading
Political Science Students Present Papers At Regional Conference
Courtesy of Media Services MONTICELLO — Six political science students at the University of Arkansas at Monticello recently presented original research papers to the annual conference of the Louisiana Political Science Association hosted by the University of Louisiana-Lafayette. Leslie Beard of Monticello, Jimmy ‘Tyler’ Harrison, Jessica Herrington and Sarah Phillips of Star City, Ashley Lawrence … Continue reading
UAM Hosts High School Foreign Languages Contest Festival
By Merrell Miles Staff Writer Isabel Bacon, Assistant Professor of Spanish, hosted the High School Foreign Languages Contest Festival Saturday, March 28 in the Memorial Classroom Building on the University of Arkansas-Monticello campus. Students from surrounding schools competed in many categories in both Spanish and French. Some of the categories included: poetry, extemporaneous speaking, and … Continue reading
2015 UAM Collegiate Farm Bureau Competition
Courtesy of Media Services MONTICELLO — Justin Calhoun of Star City took first place in the 2015 Collegiate Farm Bureau Discussion Meet held recently at the University of Arkansas at Monticello. The competition is modeled after the statewide Young Farmer & Ranchers Contest sponsored by Arkansas Farm Bureau. Participants discuss a current agricultural issue in … Continue reading
UAM Student Receives Tri-State Soybean Forum Scholarship
Courtesy of Media Services MONTICELLO — Dustin North of Stuttgart, a senior plant and soil science major at the University of Arkansas at Monticello, is the Arkansas recipient of the 2015 Tri-State Soybean Forum Scholarship. The Tri-State Soybean Forum Scholarship Program was established to assist students in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi who are pursuing careers … Continue reading
Forestry School Gets New Name, New Direction
Courtesy of Media Services MONTICELLO — Arkansas’ only school of forestry is getting a new name to go with a broadened, updated academic direction. The School of Forest Resources at the University of Arkansas at Monticello has been renamed the School of Forestry and Natural Resources, according to an announcement this morning by Philip Tappe, … Continue reading
Malvern Student Receives Inaugural Bankie Holley Memorial Scholarship
Courtesy of Media Services MONTICELLO— Sara Holcomb of Malvern, a senior music education major at the University of Arkansas at Monticello, is the first recipient of the Bankie Holley Memorial Scholarship, given by the Arkansas Women Band Directors Association. The scholarship, which awards $1,000 toward student teaching expenses, is presented to a rising senior majoring … Continue reading
Six Inducted Into Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society
Courtesy of Media Services MONTICELLO, Ark. — Six University of Arkansas at Monticello students have been inducted into the UAM chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society. The new members are Tasha Evans, a junior political science major from Almont, Mich., Tyler Harrison, a junior political science and history double major … Continue reading
UAM Jazz Band I And Jazz Combo To Preform At Elmhurst College Jazz Festival
Courtesy of Media Services MONTICELLO — The University of Arkansas-Monticello’s Jazz Band I and Jazz Combo have been invited to perform at the 48th annual Elmhurst College Jazz Festival in Chicago February 20-22. UAM’s lead jazz ensembles will be performing at the festival for the third time since 2009. The Elmhurst College Jazz Festival brings … Continue reading
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