University of Arkansas at Little Rock

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock announces its fall 2019 graduates.

UA Little Rock announces its fall 2019 Chancellor's List, recognizing more than 700 students with superior academic performance in the fall 2019 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 University of Arkansas at Little Rock Campus Bookstore has awarded $10,000 in student scholarships for the spring 2020 semester. A total of 20 students representing law, graduate, and undergraduate students from across UA Little Rock's colleges have been awarded $500 each as part of the bookstore's 2020 Book Grant Awards.

The streak continues. University of Arkansas at Little Rock student-athletes have broken a school record in every indoor meet the Trojans have competed this season and the team's Feb. 1 trip to the Wendy's Pittsburg State Invitational was no exception. This time the records came in the men's high jump, women's pole vault, and women's 600m. Ariana Garcia ran 1:39.05 in the 600m to break a record originally set by Elisa Suarez in 1996.

The streak continues. University of Arkansas at Little Rock student-athletes have broken a school record in every indoor meet the Trojans have competed this season and the team's Feb. 1 trip to the Wendy's Pittsburg State Invitational was no exception. This time the records came in the men's high jump, women's pole vault, and women's 600m. Tricia Pierce's pole vault height of 12-2.75 (3.73m) broke her own school record by over seven inches.

The streak continues. University of Arkansas at Little Rock student-athletes have broken a school record in every indoor meet the Trojans have competed this season and the team's Feb. 1 trip to the Wendy's Pittsburg State Invitational was no exception. This time the records came in the men's high jump, women's pole vault, and women's 600m. Christian Matamoros topped a high jump record set 22 years ago. The freshman cleared a height of 6-9.5 (2.07m) on Feb. 1 to best a long-standing record originally set by James Lundberg in 1998 as he finished fourth in the event.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock redshirt junior catcher Kale Emshoff was named to the 2020 Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference Baseball Team, announced Jan. 30 by the league office.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock senior third baseman Garrett Scott was named to the 2020 Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference Baseball Team, announced Jan. 30 by the league office.

For the third time this season, Little Rock Trojan basketball guard Markquis Nowell was named the Sun Belt Conference's Co-Player of the Week Feb. 3, thanks to a pair of impressive performances over the week.

A University of Arkansas at Little Rock student has been selected as one of the 10 nationwide winners of a $5,000 scholarship from Acxiom's Diversity Scholarship Program.

It was a memorable day for the University of Arkansas at Little Rock's track and field program. Not only did the Trojans compete at a Razorback-hosted meet in Fayetteville on Jan. 17, 2020 for the first time, but freshman Mia Dunning broke a school record.

It was a memorable day for the University of Arkansas at Little Rock's track and field program. Not only did the Trojans compete at a Razorback-hosted meet in Fayetteville on Jan. 17, 2020 for the first time, but freshman Tricia Pierce broke a school record.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock criminal justice students presented their research on criminology topics at the American Society of Criminology conference Nov. 13-16, 2019, in San Francisco, California.

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock's commitment to Graduating Champions continued in the fall 2019 semester as Trojan student-athletes boasted a department grade point average of 3.281. It marks the 15th-straight semester Little Rock student-athletes have notched a GPA of 3.0 or better as eight programs accomplished the feat during their competition seasons.

Aisosa Osaretin, a first-year concurrent Juris Doctor student at the UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law and University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, was crowned the winner of the Miss Nigeria International Pageant in Osseo, Minnesota, on Dec. 14.

Students from the UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law who are pursuing concurrent degrees with the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service completed clerkships, fellowships, and externships with law firms and judges this fall.

In 2018, Mitchel Gundrum, a former executive information technology support specialist living in San Francisco, was ready for a career change.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock sophomore forward Kamani Johnson has been tabbed the Sun Belt Conference Co-Player of the Week on Jan. 6. Johnson becomes the second Trojan to earn the conference's weekly accolade, joining teammate Markquis Nowell, who has earned the honor twice in 2019-20.

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.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock doctoral student Zachary Stine has been accepted into a scholar program for students who are working at the intersection of technology and the arts, humanities, and sciences.

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has selected nearly 125 students as recipients of 2019-20 Signature Experience grants. Since 2017, the program has provided UA Little Rock students with a grant of up to $1,000 to fund a signature experience, such as a research project, creative activity, or community project, to enrich the students' academic experience at UA Little Rock.

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock robotics team won the Design Award in the VEXU Robotics Competition held Dec. 7 at UA Little Rock.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock graduate John "Chris" Short of Little Rock is continuing his education to become a social worker so that he can help other veterans who are facing recovery and mental health issues.

While growing up as a deaf child in an adopted family with hearing parents, Brandy Mimms felt conflicted about whether she belonged in the hearing world or the deaf world. Now a graduate of UA Little Rock's dance performance program, Mimms has opened a nonprofit modern dance troupe to bridge her two worlds. Mimms created the Listen With Your Eyes Dance Troupe to provide more opportunities for dance performers in Arkansas and to raise awareness about deaf and hard of hearing performers.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock students put on a successful Dance Harvest 2019 show Nov. 14-17, which featured choreography by five undergraduate Bachelor of Fine Arts students who are completing the required two-year choreography sequence.

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Interpreter Education Program celebrated its 40th anniversary Nov. 16 with a special edition of "See-a-Song," a public performance of songs presented in sign language.

Three computer science students at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock have used their tech-savvy skills to provide computer training to employees at the Arkansas Secretary of State's office this fall.

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock displayed the work of 11 of the university's graduating art students in the the Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Art Capstone Exhibit from Nov. 22 to Dec. 10 in the Windgate Center of Art and Design.

For the second time in three weeks, Little Rock Trojan Markquis Nowell has been named the Sun Belt Conference's Player of the Week, announced Dec. 3, 2019 by the league office. It is the second weekly accolade of Nowell's career.

Two University of Arkansas at Little Rock students took home awards for their diplomatic efforts at the International Model Arab League.