University of Arkansas at Little Rock senior forward Ruot Monyyong has been named the Sun Belt Conference's Player of the Week, announced Jan. 11 by the league office. He becomes the third different Trojan to earn conference weekly honors this season.

Julian Bassett, who graduated with a bachelor's degree in applied communication in December 2020, said coming to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock made him a more independent learner and gave him a second chance to earn his college degree.

Little Rock student-athletes once again posted another stellar performance in the classroom during the fall 2020 semester, finishing the fall term with a department GPA of 3.30. It extends the Trojans impressive streak of semesters above a 3.00 to 17-straight as the department boasts an overall cumulative GPA of 3.34.

A University of Arkansas at Little Rock student has detailed the life of Pearle McCain, a missionary from Arkansas who spent 40 years serving in Japan and China, in his graduate research.

On the heels of a career weekend, University of Arkansas at Little Rock senior guard Ben Coupet Jr. has been named the Lou Henson National Mid-Major Player of the Week, announced Jan. 4 by College Insider. The accolade for Coupet comes hours after he was tabbed the Sun Belt Conference's Player of the Week for the first time in his career.

The UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law is pleased to introduce the members of their 2020-21 trial team.

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has announced the newly appointed members of the Racial Barriers Committee.

Joshua Johnson, a senior management major at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, gained some valuable experience while serving as a summer intern with Gov. Asa Hutchinson's office.

First-generation student Mercades Parker plans to give back to the community through a career as a social worker.

The following people recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

Alexandria Brown, a sophomore from the UA Little Rock School of Mass Communication has won a scholarship from the prestigious Jim Elder Good Sport Fund.

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law announces its first-year students entering law school for the 2020-21 school year.

UA Little Rock announces its summer 2020 Chancellor's List, recognizing students with superior academic performance in a semester. To be eligible for the Chancellor's List, students must earn at least nine credit hours and at least a 3.9 grade point average. Students must not have D, F, I or "no credit" grades on their semester grade reports.

The UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law has announced the members and editorial board for the 2020-21 Arkansas Journal of Social Change and Public Service.

In the Feature-Radio category, former KUAR News intern Kelly Connelly, who graduated from UA Little Rock with a degree in mass communication in May, won first place for her report last fall "Livestock Showing Is Most Important Part of State Fair for Some Arkansas Teens."

Jordon Woodson, a mass communication major and political science minor, is one of five college journalists selected for a summer internship by the Arkansas Newspaper Foundation.

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has announced the newly elected members of the Student Government Association for the coming 2020-21 academic year.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock students competed in the John Cauble One Act Play Reading Series, performing a play called, "Prisoners," at Abilene Texas Convention Center on Feb. 24. The Kerry Kennedy Aspiring Playwright Foundation Fund paid for the students' travel to the festival.

Nine student journalists at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock won 14 awards in the 91st annual Arkansas College Media Association awards, announced April 4, for their work in The Forum, UA Little Rock's student newspaper.

The 17 University of Arkansas at Little Rock students who traveled abroad to Morocco returned with lifelong friendships, cultural and leadership experience, and memories that will last a lifetime.

UA Little Rock students participated in a study of island biogeography in the Bahamas during the summer of 2019. The students observed the island's many ecosystems and witnessed wildlife including sharks, sea turtles, and the critically endangered San Salvador rock iguana. The students kept field research journals and completed a research project on a topic of interest, which ranged from exploring the abundant life in the Bahamas' coral reef to biodiversity in the forests to the snails that lived in the island's tidepools.

A concurrent student from the UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law and the Clinton School of Public Service recently completed his International Public Service Project with African Prisons Project (APP), a nonprofit organization with the vision to empower changemakers within prisons by providing them with legal training and services.

Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has selected nine second-year students from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law to serve as law clerks in the Attorney General's office for the fall session. The new law clerks include Michael Berry, Jonathan Hutto, Austin Kempker, Trent Minner, Rachel Moore, Alexis Pinkston, Allison Tschiemer, Chris Turansky, and Jacob Wickliffe. The law students will work in various departments to assist with legal research, draft memos and legal documents, and accompany lawyers at trials, client meetings, and hearings. "The law clerk program provides students an opportunity to experience a great service-learning environment," said Attorney General Rutledge. "Law clerks are exposed to the fulfilling experience of public service as they play a valuable role for the State, while also building relationships with some of Arkansas's top attorneys."

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Campus Living selected more than 30 students from a competitive pool of applicants for the honor of becoming resident assistants. The students serve as mentors and leaders at one of five residential housing options that serve UA Little Rock students across the campus.

The Theta Eta chapter of the Kappa Sigma fraternity at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock led all Arkansas chapters in scholarship fundraising this year, raking in $2,383.

A University of Arkansas at Little Rock College of Business graduate recently released his first novel, "Be Steady, My Soul: Daily Practices for Peace and Positivity."