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Arkansas Tech University AACSB accreditation extended

Submitted by Holly Nicole Morrison, Digital Content Producer
Friday, April 3rd, 2015, 2:40pm
Arkansas Tech University AACSB accreditation extended

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. (April 3, 2015)--The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) has announced that the Arkansas Tech University College of Business has extended its AACSB International accreditation for an additional five-year period.

AACSB first accredited the baccalaureate degree programs in business at Arkansas Tech in 2000. Officials from AACSB returned to campus in fall 2014, and their review has yielded extension of that accreditation for the Arkansas Tech College of Business until the next scheduled review during the 2019-20 academic year.

According to its website, AACSB accreditation is “known, worldwide, as the longest standing, most recognized form of specialized/professional accreditation an institution and its business programs can earn.”

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Cabot student raising awareness for Special Olympics Ark.

Submitted by Holly Nicole Morrison, Digital Content Producer
Thursday, March 12th, 2015, 3:20pm
Cabot student raising awareness for Special Olympics Ark.

CABOT, Ark. (KTHV) - A junior at Cabot High School is raising awareness for Special Olympics Ark. by holding a "Spread the Word" campaign Friday, March 13.

Trea Kiser, who is an ambassador for the Special Olympics Arkansas, is holding a "Spread the Word to End the Word" to raise awareness of the derogatory use of the r-word (retard/retarded). 

Banners for people to sign will be set up during both lunch times on March 13, times include 10:54 a.m. to 11:26 a.m. and 11:51 a.m. to 12:23 p.m.

For more information on Kiser's efforts, click here. 

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Marketing board sets meeting, facility tour at searcy

Submitted by Holly Nicole Morrison, Digital Content Producer
Thursday, March 12th, 2015, 2:55pm

SEARCY, Ark. (ADEQ) - The Arkansas State Marketing Board for Recyclables will meet March 25, 2015, at the Searcy Chamber of Commerce, 2823 S. Main, Searcy, after touring a local recycling center the day before. The meeting will start at 9:30 a.m.

The board will hear reports on recycling programs operated by the City of Searcy and the White River Regional Solid Waste Management District from Searcy Mayor David Morris and the District’s Sarah Sexton, recycling program coordinator and solid waste educator, respectively.

In addition, Jimmy Swain, site director of manufacturing for the Bryce Corp. in Searcy will present a history of the company’s recycling efforts. The Bryce Corp. produces plastic packaging for the food processing industry, along with plastic sheeting.

Also, the board will tour the Searcy Sanitation and Recycling Facility, 409 W. Beebe-Capps Expressway, Searcy, beginning at 1:30 p.m. March 24, 2015.

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Students from all over Ark. will compete in State Spelling Bee

Submitted by Holly Nicole Morrison, Digital Content Producer
Friday, February 20th, 2015, 1:10pm
Students from all over Ark. will compete in State Spelling Bee

CONWAY, Ark. (KTHV) - The best spellers in the state will come together to compete at the Arkansas State Spelling Bee, which could take the winner to nationals in Washington D.C.

The competition will be held Feb. 28 in the Reynolds Performance Hall on the University of Central Arkansas campus in Conway. Registration will start at 7:30 a.m. and the competition will begin at 9 a.m. 

The competition will consist of 60 county spelling bee winners in second through eighth grade that will be competing for an all-expense-paid trip to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C., in May. 

The other prizes will be Kindles for the top three finishers, Amazon gift cards and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaries. 

 

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Updated construction video of Lyon College's continued growth

Submitted by Lyon College
Thursday, January 29th, 2015, 5:10pm
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UCA television station available through U-verse

Submitted by Holly Nicole Morrison, Digital Content Producer
Wednesday, January 21st, 2015, 4:22pm
UCA television station available through U-verse

CONWAY, Ark. (KTHV) - A station previously only available in Conway will no spread to various parts of Arkansas. 

The University of Central Arkansas' Channel 6 television station is now available on U-verse, Channel 99.

“I'm extremely excited to be able to reach a new audience through Channel 6's original programming,” said Chris Churchill, director of Channel 6 Television. “Now, thanks to AT&T U-verse, UCA students, family and fans can experience our programming from anywhere in central Arkansas.”

Channel 6 will cover from Little-Rock to Pine Bluff, including Benton, Bryant, Cammack Village, Conway, Haskell, Jacksonville, Little Rock, Maumelle, Pulaski County, Shannon Hills, Sherwood and Searcy.

​To access Channel 6's programming through U-verse, browse to U-verse Channel 99, which will display a list of available Public Education Government (PEG) channels. Click on Conway and then UCA Television.

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Scott Johnson to present "Rathergate Ten Years After" at Patterson Lecture

Submitted by Holly Nicole Morrison, Digital Content Producer
Wednesday, January 14th, 2015, 3:50pm
Scott Johnson to present "Rathergate Ten Years After" at Patterson Lecture

BATESVILLE, Ark. (KTHV) - Cofounder and contributor to the website Power Line, Scott W. Johnson, will be giving a lecture on "Rathergate Ten Years After" at Lyon College on Feb. 12.  

This website was named by Time Magazine as the first and only blog to expose CBS' 60 minutes Rathegate fraud regarding President Bush's service in the Air National Guard. 

Johnson is also a Minneapolis, Minn. attorney and has practiced law for 35 years.

The event is free and open to the public. It will be located in Nucor Auditorium in the Lyon Building from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

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