University of Arkansas at Little Rock

A University of Arkansas at Little Rock graduate is exploring how to attract more women to enter Arkansas's growing construction industry. Gozde Gursoy, a native of Izmir, Turkey, will graduate with a Doctor of Education in Higher Education Administration from UA Little Rock.

Bobbie Handcock, a rhetoric and writing graduate student from Lonoke, has won the 2022 Phi Kappa Phi Essay Contest and a $250 scholarship.

Little Rock forward Faith Lee was recognized by the Ohio Valley Conference Tuesday as she was named the league's Co-Freshman of the Week, splitting the honor with Southeast Missouri's Alecia Doyle.

Kristina Johnson, a Little Rock native who now lives in Hot Springs Village, has known since high school that she wanted to pursue her passion for writing in college. "When I was a senior, I thought about what I was good at. I really liked English and creative writing. I've enjoyed writing short stories in my free time for many years."

A UA Little Rock student has earned his master's degree after advancing cybersecurity education for hundreds of students and teachers throughout Arkansas. Andrew Bomberger, of Hot Springs, will graduate with a master's degree in computer science on Dec. 17. While he's grown into one of the department's leading students, Bomberger was originally on a very different career path before discovering his passion for cybersecurity.

A graduating UA Little Rock student is thankful to the university for helping her prepare for a future career helping people as a medical surgeon. Taylor Arnold, a senior biology major from Hot Springs, said she was inspired to follow in her father's footsteps to the medical field.

Right after high school, Jacobi Malone was adamant that he was never going to attend college. Eleven years later, the Little Rock native is understandably excited about his upcoming graduation from the UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law.

When future lawyer Johanna Baker Wade was an undergraduate student at Henderson State University, she recalls two events that shaped her life.

Christine Jones, a graduating student at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has been honored as the LULAC Student of the Year.

A UA Little Rock business graduate is honoring a promise she made to her children to finish her college education. Anita Burnett, a North Little Rock resident, will graduate with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Business Analytics degree on Dec. 17, more than 23 years after she initially began her college career.

UA Little Rock redshirt freshman Ethan Speaker has been named the Ohio Valley Conference Co-Freshman of the Week after his performance at San Francisco last week.

Sometimes you just need a little parental encouragement. With his parents down from Toronto to watch him compete, Little Rock sophomore Matthew Fox set a new school and Canadian U20 record in the heptathlon as he scored 5,047 points on the final day of the Boo Rogers Combined Events.

UA Little Rock redshirt freshman Chris Walker has been named the Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Week for the second time this season.

First-generation college student and entrepreneur Steve Foster has worn many different hats in his life - everything from a merchant marine to an owner of a liquor distribution company to a marketing consultant.

Kelsey Miller, a sophomore biology major from Hardy, Arkansas, spent her summer interning at the Mammoth Spring National Fish Hatchery in Mammoth Spring, Arkansas.

UA Little Rock freshman middle blocker Daedrianna Cail was honored by the Ohio Valley Conference Wednesday evening as she was named to the league's all-conference second team.

UA Little Rock has claimed its first weekly Ohio Valley Conference accolade for men's basketball with Chris Walker earning OVC Freshman of the Week Honors.

UA Little Rock has claimed its first weekly Ohio Valley Conference accolade for men's basketball with Myron Gardner being named the OVC Player of the Week.

Alyssa Fawbush, a senior double majoring in psychology and nursing at UA Little Rock, will compete on "Wheel of Fortune" during College Week. You can watch Fawbush represent UA Little Rock at 6:30 p.m. on KATV Channel 7 on Thanksgiving, Nov. 24!

In honor of First-Generation College Student Celebration Month, UA Little Rock is profiling some of its outstanding first-generation students. Ariel Hudson-Montgomery is a senior music vocal major and Spanish minor from Meridian, Mississippi.

After leading the Ohio Valley Conference last week in assists and ranking second in rebounding, Little Rock's Jaiyah Smith has been named the OVC's Newcomer of the Week.

A UA Little Rock student and U.S. Navy veteran is planning to help fellow veterans through a career in social work after Arkansas social workers helped her through one of the darkest times in her life.

After spending six years in the U.S. Navy, Bryan Hernandez, a first-generation college student from Clinton, Arkansas, has found success as a marketing major and storyteller at UA Little Rock, a skill he hopes to use after graduation to highlight the Latinx culture.

Little Rock senior golfer Anton Albers has been named one of six winners of the prestigious Ohio Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete Award. The honor is the highest individual that can be earned by an OVC student-athlete, given annually to three men and three women for their accomplishments both in the classroom and in competition.

UA Little Rock sophomore Anna Dawson has been named the Ohio Valley Conference Female Golfer of the Month for October.

UA Little Rock had three runners receive all-conference honors - the most since 2015 - as the Ohio Valley Conference released its postseason honors for cross country.

In its inaugural season in the Ohio Valley Conference, UA Little Rock had three of its soccer players selected to all-conference teams. The first three to earn all-conference honors in the newest chapter of Trojan athletics are Bronte Peel, Natalee Geren, and Amaya Arias.

A University of Arkansas at Little Rock team has received a $50,000 grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program to help bring a new consumer product to market.

UA Little Rock sophomore Anna Dawson has been named the Ohio Valley Conference Golfer of the Week. It is the first weekly honor of Dawson's career and the second for the Trojans this season.

Little Rock graduate student Kellie Gachaga has been named the Ohio Valley Conference Female Golfer of the Week, announced by the league office. Gachaga picks up her first career weekly honor and becomes the third different Trojan to earn OVC Golfer of the Week honors this fall.