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Summer Reading Series Part 1: Pride

Throughout the summer students, faculty, and staff at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP - Fort Smith will release weekly reading (and watching) lists, centered around amplifying diverse voices, and sharing fulfilling, fun, moving, and monumental stories...

June 04, 2021
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP Geoscience Students Explore Research With Full Fellowships

Three Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP geoscience graduates have demonstrated a wide range of research and disciplines in the program, and their graduate school plans and prestigious graduate fellowships, reflect the same diversity.

May 27, 2021
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Adult Degree Completion Program urges others to ‘find their fire’

Brittany Sounyaphong has a piece of advice for people who might be considering the Adult Degree Completion Program at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP: Find your fire.

May 27, 2021
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Alumni Director Rick Goins Reflects on His Time at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP

Alumni Director Rick Goins Reflects on His Time at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP There’s an old saying that if you love what you do, you never go to work. Over the last 7 and a half years, I believe I have “gone to workâ€� for about a total of three weeks. It has been...

May 26, 2021
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$50,000 Arvest Gift Supports Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP Bakery District Location

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP – Fort Smith announced a $50,000 gift from Arvest Bank this Friday, May 21, 2021, which will support the university’s strategic investments at The Bakery District in downtown Fort Smith. In recognition of the gift,...

May 21, 2021
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2021 Student Research Symposium Winners

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP - Fort Smith has announced the 17 best research presentations delivered at the 14th Annual Student Research Symposium. Research projects presented at the conference included both oral and poster presentations. Among the...

May 12, 2021
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP Announces Spanish for the Helping Professions Certificate Option

Beginning this summer Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP – Fort Smith students will have the option to add a Certificate of Proficiency in Spanish for the Helping Professions to their academic resume thanks to a collaboration between the Department of World...

May 01, 2021
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP Honors 2020 Graduates

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP – Fort Smith held the first two of its seven commencement ceremonies this month on Saturday, May 1, honoring 2020 graduates who returned to campus to take their long-delayed walking across the stage.

May 01, 2021
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Historic Day of Giving Offers Opportunities for Students

Day of Giving 2021 is in the books now at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP – Fort Smith, and it shattered its goals.

April 30, 2021
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP Art Department Earns National Accolades for Value

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP Art Department Rated ‘Good Value’ The Art Department at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP – Fort Smith has been designated one of the 100 Great Affordable Colleges for Art in 2021. Great Affordable Colleges, which ranks Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP at 51 on its list,...

April 29, 2021
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP to Host Inaugural Day of Giving Crowdfunding Campaign, Wednesday April 28.

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP – Fort Smith Foundation is hosting a Day of Giving on Wednesday, April 28. This crowdfunding event will allow friends and members of the university community to create unique opportunities for students through seven initiatives....

April 28, 2021
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP Releases 2021 Edition Its Spanish Literary Magazine, Azahares

Azahares, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP – Fort Smith's award-winning Spanish-language creative literary magazine, has been released through the College of Communication, Languages, Arts and Social Sciences, and is now live at: https://class.uafs.edu/languages/azahares...

April 23, 2021
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP Adds 3 Living and Learning Communities for First-Year Students

As the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP – Fort Smith prepares for in-person learning in the 2021-2022 school year, it plans to offer three new Living and Learning Communities in the Lion's Den residence hall. The new LLCs will be for students planning to...

April 19, 2021
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Future Still Bright for Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP Performers, As Sun Sets on Season of Entertainment

As the sun sets on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP - Fort Smith’s Season of Entertainment just shy of its 40th year, Associate Vice Chancellor for Campus and Community Events Stacey Jones reflected on how the season started, his favorite moments, and...

April 15, 2021

Jumpstart Members Serve During Americorps Week

Members of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP – Fort Smith’s Jumpstart Arkansas, an AmeriCorps national service program funded by EngageAR, participated in National AmeriCorps Week March 7-13 by serving the Fort Smith community through a variety of volunteer...

April 14, 2021
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP Faculty Earn Appreciation Awards

our Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP – Fort Smith faculty members were honored for their services to the institution during the Annual Faculty Appreciation Day, which took place virtually April 9.

April 09, 2021
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP Faculty Earn Appreciation Awards

Four Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP – Fort Smith faculty members were honored for their services to the institution during the Annual Faculty Appreciation Day, which took place virtually April 9. Honorees were Rebecca Cheek of Alma, recipient of the Luella...

April 09, 2021
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP STEM Professors Earn $74,000 in Grants to Fund Undergraduate Research

Two professors in the College of Arts & Sciences at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP – Fort Smith have received grants totaling more than $74,000 from the Arkansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) to advance undergraduate research...

March 26, 2021
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Jayson Toney Crowned Miss Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP 2021

In a competition that awarded more than $20,000 in scholarships and prizes among its eight candidates, Jayson Toney claimed the crown of Miss Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP 2021 during the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP - Fort Smith’s scholarship competition on March 13.

March 13, 2021
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP Hosts 48th Annual Conference of the Arkansas Political Science Association

The 48th Annual Conference of the Arkansas Political Science Association took place in a virtual format Thursday, Feb. 25 and Friday, Feb. 26, hosted for the first time by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP – Fort Smith.

March 11, 2021

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