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The University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) presented 526 awards to 478 spring 2024 graduates, according to information released by the UAM Registrar’s Office.

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Callie Esther Becks of Crossett,
Arkansas, has been named the new regional director of the Arkansas  Small Business and Technology Development Center (ASBTDC) at the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM). She comes to the ASBTDC from the Ashley County Abstract Company, where she served as a title researcher and managed day-to-day business operations.

Becks graduated from UAM with a Bachelor’s in Business Administration degree. (more…)

The Division of Music at the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) hosted its inaugural UAM Jazz Week, recently. The event featured workshops and lessons guided by jazz experts, four guest artists, fellow musicians and UAM educators.

UAM Jazz One, joined by the guest artists and educators in the UAM Master of Music program, hosted a free concert on April 9. Guest artists included Tim Leahey, former jazz soloist for the United States Air Force Airmen of Note; Steve Holley, president of the Association for Popular Music Education; Ben Patterson, former lead trombonist and music director for the United States Air Force Airmen of Note; and Les Pack, renowned jazz composer and professor of music at UAM.

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UAM Kids’ University will be held at the University of Arkansas at Monticello from July 8 through July 11, 2024. (more…)

The University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) recently received a donation of $150,000 from the Treadwell family in memory of Virginia Lee Treadwell Allen.

Allen, a Monticello native, passed away in May 2023. She was the eldest of seven children. Throughout her life, she held various jobs, including roles in bookkeeping and accounting, before retiring as an interior designer. (more…)

This semester, university police at the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) have been engaging in emergency preparedness training for everything from campus incidents to the total solar eclipse. (more…)

During a recent session of The Stock Market Game, a national investment simulation competition, a UAM business student won the top prize in the state while competing against college students from Arkansas.

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The University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) will continue restoration efforts on two historic properties and begin work on a third project thanks to a $934,269 grant awarded to the university from the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council (ANCRC).

In May, the ANCRC approved the FY2025 grant funding for UAM. (more…)

UAM named 271 students to the Dean’s List and 206 students to the Chancellor’s List for the spring 2024 semester, according to Keith Chambliss, UAM’s registrar.

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The University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) has received a $750,000 grant from the Windgate Foundation to fund a renovation of existing space for a new university art facility. (more…)

The Division of Music at the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) will host three band camps, a jazz camp and an auxiliary camp on UAM’s campus this summer for sixth to twelfth grade students. Students can choose to stay on campus or off campus during their camp. (more…)

Students in Dr. Prior’s psychology course participated in a student panel at the 2024 Arkansas Political Science Association Conference. Front row (left to right) Mallory Donaldson, Leah Wolfe and Sirenia Rodriguez. Back row (left to right) Dr. Yvette Prior, Logan Myers, Zachary Anthony.

The University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) hosted the 51st annual conference for the Arkansas Political Science Association (ArkPSA) on March 8-9. This marks the second time UAM has hosted the gathering since it first convened in 1974. (more…)

This week, UAM Baseball has been putting on stellar performances in the GAC Championship. Because the team’s game on Friday would coincide with UAM commencement ceremonies and UAM Baseball’s seniors would be unable to walk at commencement, UAM took commencement to them.

On Thursday, Dr. Peggy Doss, chancellor of UAM, and Crystal Halley, vice chancellor of Academic Affairs, traveled to Little Rock to deliver the diplomas to seniors during a special on-field ceremony. Congratulations to our graduates and our incredible baseball team!

The Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) has approved the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) for funding to continue as a Special Education Resource Teacher Academy during the 2024-2025 academic year.

UAM was initially approved as a Special Education Resource Teacher Academy after receiving a grant for the 2022-2023 academic year as the result of a grant proposal submitted on behalf of the UAM School of Education by Dr. Kim Level, dean of the UAM School of Education, and Deborah Givhan, special education coordinator and instructor in the UAM School of Education. In 2023, UAM received funding to continue the program in the 2023-2024 academic year.

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The University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) will hold its spring commencement exercises on Friday, May 10, in the Steelman Field House. Commencement will be split into two ceremonies at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Doors will open at 9 a.m. for the 10 a.m. ceremony and 1 p.m. for the 2 p.m. ceremony. Livestream for today’s commencement ceremonies can be found at https://www.youtube.com/@UAMonticello/streams

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The University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) will launch the Weevil Jumpstart Program for first-time freshmen in July 2024. Eligible students who enroll in six credit hours during Summer Session II will receive a full campus housing scholarship through the program. Classes will run from July 1 through July 31. (more…)

Dr. Andrew Roser and Macie Carter

At the most recent annual conference of the South Central Branch of the American Society for Microbiology, held in Little Rock, Arkansas, a University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) biology student was awarded the top prize in the student division. The South Central Branch of the society includes researchers from Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. (more…)

Jordan Self (left) and Mercedes McCool (right)

Two University of Arkansas at Monticello students recently received honors in the annual Poets’ Roundtable of Arkansas Pat Laster Collegiate Poetry Contest. Jordan Self, a senior education major from Monticello, Arkansas, won first place with her poem “White Paint.” Mercedes McCool, a senior communication major from Bastrop, Louisiana, received an honorable mention for her poem “Jonesing.” (more…)

UAM SNA members; Front: Ashlynn Baker; Back (left to right): Chelsea Riley, Alias Harris, Yanett Garcia, Edward Finney and Jami-Lynn Hamilton

The Student Nurses Association (SNA) at the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) recently donated care packages valued at over $1,000 to the United States military troops through the Support Our Troops organization.

SNA, consisting of current students in the UAM School of Nursing, gifted snacks, personal hygiene products and more.

Ashlynn Baker, president of SNA at UAM, stated, “SNA’s goal was to enhance the morale and well-being of the deployed troops through items specifically requested by them. In each box, we also attached handwritten letters thanking troops for their service and sacrifices, along with printed and signed pictures of each of our members. We hoped to have brightened the soldiers’ day.” (more…)

The University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) is pleased to announce that in November 2023, the Windgate Foundation approved a multi-year grant totaling $298,924 for the university. (more…)

(left to right) Mark Jelks, assistant athletic director for External Affairs and Game Day Operations and Facilities; John Harvey, head baseball coach; Thomas Maxwell, member of the board of directors of Union Bank & Trust Co.; John McClendon, chairman of the board of directors of Union Bank & Trust Co.; Dr. Peggy Doss, chancellor of UAM; Hud Jackson, director of Athletics and head football coach at UAM; Dave Dickson, president and CEO of Union Bank Trust & Co.; Kyle Lem, head softball coach at UAM; and Scott Saffold, executive vice president and senior loan officer of Union Bank & Trust Co.

On April 1, Union Bank & Trust Co. gifted $75,000 to the UAM Athletics Legacy Campaign at the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM).

The funds will support adding LED lights to UAM Baseball’s Weevils Field and UAM Softball’s Alvy Early Softball Field. This will mark the first time the fields have had lights, allowing the baseball and softball teams to host night games. (more…)

The University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) will host a priority registration event for fall 2024 on April 15 and April 16 for new first-time freshmen and new transfer students. (more…)

On Thursday, March 28, the Department of Social Work at the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) will host its 5th Annual Social Work Fair in honor of the nationally recognized Social Work Month. The fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the UAM Gibson University Center Green Room and is free and open to the public. (more…)

Angelia, Bennie III, Margaret Anne, Marion and Ray Ryburn have gifted $125,000 to support the UAM Fund and the UAM Athletics Legacy Campaign at the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM).

In 2020, the Ryburn family established the UAM Fund to provide financial support for operational expenses, capital projects, equipment needs and academic instruction at UAM. (more…)

(left to right) Hud Jackson, Ronald McFarland, Betty McFarland, Dr. Peggy Doss

The University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) has received a donation of $20,000 from Ronald and Betty McFarland to support the UAM Athletics Legacy Campaign. (more…)

The University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) has announced the appointment of Dr. Landon Grimes as vice chancellor for University Advancement and Alumni Engagement. (more…)

Kevin Stephenson speaks to the UAM Investment Club at the organization’s inaugural meeting on November 9, 2023.

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The University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) named 299 students to the Dean’s List and 214 students to the Chancellor’s List for the fall 2023 semester, according to Keith Chambliss, UAM’s registrar. (more…)

Dan Boice, director of Library at the University of Arkansas at Monticello, is the author of a new book on Arkansas place names, “Naming Arkansas: Curious Place Names from Greasy Corner to Sock City,” published by the History Press imprint at Arcadia Publishing.

Arranged by such topics as railroad names, natural features, religious factors, famous people and “names that are just interesting,” the book is the product of Boice’s fascination with Arkansas history and place names. (more…)

The University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) Office of Admissions will host Weevil Welcome: College Preview Day on Friday, February 23, beginning at 9 a.m. Registration will be held in the Fine Arts Center on UAM’s Monticello campus. Check-in will begin at 8:30 a.m. (more…)

The Allied Health Department at the University of Arkansas at Monticello College of Technology-McGehee (UAM-CTM) has announced that 100% of students in its fall 2023 Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) class passed the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) certification exam on the first attempt. The cohort was taught by Jonathan Whipple, instructor of EMT. (more…)

The University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) has received a gift of $1.3 million to establish the Jonathan Hartley Endowed Scholarship for Forestry. The gift comes from the estate of Andrea Stanley Hartley, mother of the late Jonathan Isaac Hartley, and is the third-largest single gift in the university’s history. Scholarships will benefit undergraduate and graduate forestry students in the College of Forestry, Agriculture and Natural Resources (CFANR) at UAM. (more…)

Dr. Brandy Haley, of the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM), has been nominated to receive an ARNA DAISY Lifetime Achievement Award from the Arkansas Nurses Association (ARNA). Members of the ARNA Practice Council will determine the final awardees, who will be recognized at the annual ARNA Gala and DAISY Awards on November 3 in Little Rock. (more…)

The University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) held its 2023 Homecoming Week from September 25-30.

On September 28, during the UAM Department of Athletics’ annual UAM Sports Hall of Fame banquet, Kori Forge (men’s basketball), Jordan Goforth (women’s basketball), Andres Rios (baseball), Cole Sears (football) and Jalen Tolliver (football) were inducted into the UAM Sports Hall of Fame. Larry and Shirley Fisackerly received the 2023 UAM Spirit Award.

On September 29, the UAM Alumni Association hosted a reception for the annual alumni award winners. Reagan Wise was the recipient of the Young Alumni Rising Star Award. Alumni Achievement and Merit recipients for 2023 included Ronald Feeser, Jr., Paul Griffin, Shawn Higginbotham and John McAlpine. Ginger Tarver Johnson was the recipient of the 2023 Continuing the Connection Award. (more…)