Monticello Live

Last week, the University of Arkansas at Monticello received a $50,000 check from Union Bank & Trust Co. for UAM’s Performance Center Campaign (PCC). John McClendon, chairman of Union Bank, and Dave Dickson, president and CEO of Union Bank, presented the check to Dr. Peggy Doss, chancellor of UAM, Hud Jackson, director of athletics and head football coach at UAM, and Garrett May, director of major gifts and university initiatives at UAM, during a presentation on the university’s Monticello campus. (more…)

Johnny Key, commissioner of the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) announced in an ADE Commissioner’s Memo that the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has partnered with six universities in Arkansas, including the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM), to offer Special Education Resource Teacher Academies. (more…)

On March 18, 2022, Jeff Weaver (UAM vice chancellor for advancement and chief of staff), Rep. Jeff Wardlaw, Dr. Michael Blazier (dean of the UAM College of Forestry, Agriculture & Natural Resources) and Dr. Peggy Doss, (UAM chancellor), toured the renovations in the UAM Agriculture Building on the Monticello campus.

On Friday, March 18, Rep. Jeff Wardlaw, R-Hermitage, visited the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) campus to view progress on renovations to the Agriculture Building, which began in February 2022. (more…)

The University of Arkansas at Monticello replanted it’s 82 acre harvested area of university-owned forest next to the Drew County Fairgrounds. A crew of 10 planted 36,000 seedlings in less than 2 days.  Forest Manager Bobby Webb said the last hand-planted trees on the UAM forest were in 2011. (more…)

Heidi Hogue, associate professor of nursing at the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM), has been selected to serve a two-year term as a state consultant on the board of directors of the Arkansas Nursing Students’ Association (ANSA). (more…)

After nearly a 20-year absence, the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service is bringing back its college internship program. One of the 11 students chosen to participate in the 2022 program is Rayvin Callaway, a University of Arkansas at Monticello student. (more…)

The University of Arkansas at Monticello presented 387 awards to 354 Fall 2021 graduates, according to information released by the UAM registrar’s office.

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On January 26, Drew County announced that it had met all criteria to become a certified ACT Work Ready Community. This achievement caps a multi-year certification process and begins a growth and maintenance phase to retain certification. (more…)

The University of Arkansas at Monticello named 263 students to the Dean’s List and 188 students to the Chancellor’s List for the fall 2021 semester, according to Keith Chambliss, UAM’s registrar. (more…)

Tuba Skinny will be in town on Jan. 22 to perform at the UAM Fine Arts Center. (more…)

Mark Spencer, the Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities at the University of Arkansas at Monticello since 2005, has been named Associate Vice Chancellor for Program Development, Assessment, and Distance Learning. He began serving in his new position on Jan. 1. (more…)

What started with a plan to move on in five years turned into a three-decade love affair between Professor Paul B. Francis and the University of Arkansas at Monticello. (more…)

Professor Paul Francis, who is bringing a 34-year career at the University of Arkansas at Monticello to a close, wants to continue helping students, even in retirement. (more…)

The Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas awarded a $150,000 grant to the University of Arkansas at Monticello to provide funding for the Nursing Simulation: Healthcare Across the Lifespan program. (more…)

Students pose at the open house event for the HTM program on Oct. 11. (From left to right: Chetalya Spears, Adam Martin, Najahwan Jones, Regan Lay, Jordi Bello, and Keenan Perry)

During the Fall 2021 semester, the Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM) program at the University of Arkansas at Monticello College of Technology-Crossett (UAM-CTC) moved into a newly renovated space on the Monticello campus. (more…)

Kelsey Englert has been hired for the position of director of marketing and public relations at the University of Arkansas at Monticello. (more…)

The University of Arkansas at Monticello will offer a new Master of Science in Nursing in public health to provide nurses needed skills to help patients and their communities live healthier lives. (more…)

Starting from left to right, front row: Tiffany Rogers- Crossett, AR. Melonie Williams- Crossett, AR, Taylor Day- Tillar, AR (McGehee)
Back Row: Joy Stringfellow- Assistant Professor (Monticello) ,Kristopher Kirby- Bastrop, LA, Nicholas Colvin- El Dorado, AR

2021 graduates of the Associate Degree Registered Nursing program at the University of Arkansas at Monticello recently achieved a 100% pass rate on the NCLEX-RN examination. According to test results released by the Arkansas State Board of Nursing, UAM had the only associate degree nursing program out of 18 two-year programs in Arkansas to achieve a 100% pass rate.   “We are certainly pleased with these results and happy for our graduates,” said Dr. Brandy Haley, Dean of the UAM School of Nursing. “It’s an indication of the quality of the students we have in our program and speaks to the quality of our faculty and their efforts to ensure that all of our graduates have a chance to be successful.”

For more information, contact the UAM School of Nursing at (870) 460-1069.

We all start somewhere. As an educator, Dr. James Guldin started his forestry education journey here at the University of Arkansas at Monticello at the School of Forestry. The sojourn ended last month, 38 years later, with his induction to the Arkansas Division of the Ouachita Chapter of the Society of American Foresters Hall of Fame. Guldin received the award on August 31 at the Vines Center in Ferndale.
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September 23rd 7:30 p.m. Fine Arts Center

Jazz Bands 2 and 3 in Concert
Katrina Meggs, Director
Dr. Stephen Busath, Director

September 30th 7:30 p.m. Harris Recital Hall

UAM Jazz Combos in Concert
Elijah Travis, Director

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Dr. Michael Blazier spoke to members of the Forest Commodities division at the Arkansas Farm Bureau meeting Tuesday at its annual meeting in Hot Springs, Arkansas. (more…)

The sixth UAM Kids’ University will be held Monday through Thursday, July 12-15, 2021. The summer enrichment program carries out a mission of serving capable and motivated students who are entering 1st through 6th grades in the fall. The day camp aims to cultivate new interests, expand knowledge, and spark imagination and creativity in a non-graded environment for children. The morning session is for students entering grades 1 – 3, and will be held from 9 a.m. – noon. The afternoon session is for students entering grades 4 – 6 and will be held from 1 – 5 p.m. An early drop-off option is available for both sessions.

A new option is available this year: participants can choose to attend one, two, three, or all four days of Kids’ University.              (more…)

The University of Arkansas at Monticello held its spring commencement exercises Friday, May 7 at Willis “Convoy” Leslie Cotton Boll Stadium. (more…)

After nearly a quarter-century of teaching agriculture business and policy, one of the University of Arkansas at Monticello’s storied agriculture professors is retiring. (more…)

Dr. Peggy Doss, Chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Monticello, announced Wednesday that Director of Athletics Padraic McMeel has resigned his position, effective July 1. McMeel will depart UAM to take a similar position at Black Hills State University in Spearfish, South Dakota.
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The University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture and the University of Arkansas at Monticello have announced Michael Blazier as the next Dean for the UAM College of Forestry, Agriculture and Natural Resources and Director of the Arkansas Forest Resources Center.  He will assume his duties July 1. (more…)

Most Drew County residents aren’t even aware that the University of Arkansas at Monticello has a Bass Fishing Club. Less than six months old, the team can already claim its first victory. (more…)

University of Arkansas at Monticello art professor Tom Richard has artworks exhibited in national juried exhibitions in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas in 2021. (more…)

UAM Vice Chancellor for Advancement Jeff Weaver, Mainline physician Dr. Kerry Pennington, UAM Chancellor Dr. Peggy Doss, City Drug Pharmacist Nikki Hood, Mainline CEO Alan Nichols, and Prescription Pad Pharmacist Brian Smith pause during the COVID-19 vaccination clinics held at UAM

Local healthcare providers distributed 553 COVID-19 vaccines across three University of Arkansas at Monticello campuses in the first week of February. From Monday through Thursday of last week, university employees were able to receive vaccinations facilitated by Mainline Health Systems, City Drug, and the Prescription Pad Pharmacy in Monticello, Crossett and McGehee. (more…)

Two members of the University of Arkansas at Monticello’s faculty and a student have been recognized with statewide honors by the Arkansas Psychological Association (ArPA). (more…)

During the fall meeting of the University of Arkansas at Monticell Board of Visitors, three new officers were elected. Mellie Jo Owen of Monticello will serve as chairperson, J. Michael Jones of Dumas will serve as vice chair, and Roger George of Warren will serve as secretary of the board. (more…)