University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Members of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock student newspaper staff have won a multitude of awards during the annual Arkansas College Media Association award competition.

Little Rock junior Anna Dawson earned her second Ohio Valley Conference Golfer of the Month award on April 1, claiming the honor for the month of March after posting a 71.9 average over eight rounds and three tournaments during the month.

A team of University of Arkansas at Little Rock students are elated after winning the most awards in program history during the National Model Arab League Conference held March 29 to April 2 in Washington, D.C.

A University of Arkansas at Little Rock student has placed second in a national legal writing competition for her paper that explores the increasing complications of taxing professional athletes during the pandemic. Aleigha Smith, a senior accounting major and Donaghey Scholar from Cabot, received the second place award in legal writing from the Academy of Legal Studies in Business. Dr. Casey Carder Rockwell, assistant professor of marketing and advertising, mentored Smith.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock thrower Alison Stephens competed against the best in the Sun Belt Conference during the spring. Now she'll compete against the best from her home country of Canada with a trip to Tokyo on the line. Stephens will compete in the discus throw at the Canadian National Track and Field Championships in Montreal, Quebec on June 27.

Freshman Breya Clark cleared 5-5 (1.65m), finishing eighth with the fourth-best mark in school history at the Maroon and White Invitational hosted by Mississippi State April 30. Clark then broke the triple jump record as Little Rock saw two school records fall on the final day of the Maroon and White Invitational May 1.

Junior Helensia Green added her name to the Little Rock record books on the final day of the Maroon and White Invitational May 1.

Freshman Alison Stephens from Chatham, Ontario, Canada, smashed her own school record in the discus by over seven feet as action opened up April 30 at the Maroon and White Invitational hosted by Mississippi State.

Junior Ka'Neisha Jackson from Elk City, Oklahoma topped her own school record in the 400m hurdles by 0.03 seconds on the final day of the Maroon and White Invitational hosted by Mississippi State May 1. She placed third in the race.

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has selected the winners of the 2021 Student Research and Creative Works Expo. The annual event features the latest innovative research, service or professional work, and creative projects by the student researchers at UA Little Rock. The winners were announced at a virtual ceremony on May 3.

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock announced the winners of the 2021 Annual Student Competitive Friday, April 9. This year's competition featured 41 works of art by UA Little Rock students involving drawing, paintings, prints, graphic design, photography, illustrations, textiles, metals, sculptures, ceramics, and furniture. Melissa Wilkinson, associate professor of art and painting at Arkansas State University, served as the juror/curator for the 2021 Student Competitive exhibition.

UA Little Rock's chapter of Beta Alpha Psi (BAP) won first place in the BAP Southwest Regional Best Practices competition and will present at BAP's annual meeting for a chance to receive an additional monetary reward. Aleigha Smith, the president of the chapter, and Stephen Malec, vice president, represented the chapter by creating and submitting the winning presentation.

Annya Grom has earned Missouri Valley Conference Swimmer of the Week honors for the second time this season, announced by the conference office March 31. The sophomore shattered two more records, upping her total to four this season. All four new records were set within three weeks.

Emma Chambers, a junior Bachelor of Fine Arts major with a concentration in painting, has won the first student mural competition at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

UA Little Rock senior Teal Battle, from Millington, Tennessee, received all-conference honors for the second consecutive season, announced March 11, as she was named to the All-Sun Belt second team.

UA Little Rock junior point guard Mayra Caicedo, from Buga, Colombia, received all-conference honors March 11, being named to the All-Sun Belt third team after her first year in the league.

UA Little Rock senior forward Ruot Monyyong, from Nashville, Tennessee, has added another accolade to his impressive resume, being named a first team All-District 23 selection by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). This marks Monyyong's second time as a first team All-District honoree. He was also named a first team selection in 2019-20 after guiding the Trojans to the regular season league title. He is now the first player in program history to earn back-to-back first team All-District honors, upping the program's honors to 22 among 20 different Trojans.

UA Little Rock junior Anton Albers, a native of Buchholz, Germany, won the 2021 Individual Spring Kickoff in the one-day golf tournament at Las Colinas Country Club in Irving, Texas, on Feb. 8.

UA Little Rock senior forward Ruot Monyyong from Nashville, Tennessee has been named a third team All-Sun Belt Conference selection for the 2020-21 season, announced March 11.

UA Little Rock sophomore Annya Grom of Eilat, Israel has been selected as the Missouri Valley Conference's Swimmer of the Week, announced March 17. This follows her two record-breaking performances at the tri-meet against Southern Illinois University (SIU) and Valparaiso University, earning the league recognition.

For the second time in as many tournaments, UA Little Rock junior Anton Albers of Buchholz, Germany has emerged as the individual champion after the 2021 Trinity Forest Invitational March 7-9. Albers shot a 7-under 64 over the final round, including a 25-foot putt on 18 to win the tournament, posting a 7-under 206 to earn medalist honors.

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.

Three University of Arkansas at Little Rock students have been honored for their research highlighting what they call "unjust laws" that target vulnerable populations. The students earned first place for their legal writing skills from the Academy of Legal Studies and Business Conference in Montreal, Canada, in August. Their scores were based on a written law review article and oral presentation.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock student-athlete Aaron Ramos finished among the individual Top 10 at the competitive Trinity Forest Invitational held this fall in Dallas.

A dream team of student entrepreneurs from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has won two of the top honors at the Arkansas Governor's Cup Collegiate Business Plan Competition, a statewide business plan competition for college and graduate students sponsored by Arkansas Capital Corporation. The Vascugenix team won first place in the Winrock Automotive Undergraduate Division and a $25,000 prize. The team also captured first place and a prize of $5,000 in the undergraduate Innovate Arkansas Innovation Division for a total of $30,000 in prize money. Team members include UA Little Rock students Noah Asher, senior finance and economics major and Donaghey Scholar; Abigail Resendiz, senior international business and management major and Donaghey Scholar; and Zach Cochran, senior economics major. Martial Trigeaud, a UA Little Rock adjunct professor and business consultant at the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center, serves as the team's mentor.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock student-athlete Logan Pate finished among the individual Top 10 at the competitive Trinity Forest Invitational held this fall in Dallas.

After winning the undergraduate and innovation divisions at the Arkansas Governor's Cup last week, a dream team of student entrepreneurs from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has continued their winning streak by taking home $40,000 at e-Fest 2019. Team Vascugenix earned third place and $20,000 April 11-13 at e-Fest 2019, a venture pitch competition that is part of the Schulze Entrepreneurship Challenge, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The students also placed first in the innovation division, earning them an additional $20,000.

A team of business students from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock is one of 25 teams selected to participate in the Schulze Entrepreneurship Challenge at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota. Funded by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation, the challenge is the largest undergraduate-only venture pitch competition in North America in terms of cash prizes with a top prize of $75 and $250K in total prizes awarded. UA Little Rock's team is one of 25 finalists selected from more than 100 entries representing 61 colleges and universities across America. Students will participate in a "pitch slam" elevator pitch event and an innovation challenge in addition to the featured competition during April 11-13. The "Vascugenix" team is comprised of UA Little Rock students Noah Asher, senior finance and economics major; Abigail Resendiz, senior international business and management major; and Zach Cochran, senior economics major. Martial Trigeaud, a UA Little Rock adjunct professor and business consultant at the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center, is mentoring the team.

A team of business students from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has been selected as one of 42 teams from some of the world's top universities who will compete for more than $1.5 million in prizes at the Rice Business Plan Competition April 4-6. The competition has been dubbed as the world's richest and largest student startup competition with a top prize of a $300,000 investment from the GOOSE Society. UA Little Rock was the only team from Arkansas selected to compete. The "Vascugenix" team is comprised of UA Little Rock students Noah Asher, senior finance and economics major; Abigail Resendiz, senior international business and management major; and Zach Cochran, senior economics major. Martial Trigeaud, a UA Little Rock adjunct professor and business consultant at the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center, is mentoring the team.

Members of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Phi Beta Lambda chapter took home several of the top awards during the annual state leadership conference April 6-7.