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FUND-RAISING NEWS
| News about private gift support to campus. |
Posted:11/2/2009
Stewarts Establish Access Arkansas Scholarships to Help With Financial Need
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Julian Stewart (B.S.C.E. 1957) and his wife, Nana, have generously supported students at the University of Arkansas for years. They knew the next priority area for their educational philanthropy would be Access Arkansas, the university’s current initiative to raise money for need-based scholarships. Because of their belief in helping students who may not otherwise have an opportunity to start or continue their education, the Stewarts have given $100,000 to endow two Access Arkansas scholarships. |
Posted:10/19/2009
Chemical Engineering Gift Focuses on Improving Teaching Effectiveness
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Jim Stice (B.S.C.H.E. 1949) left his industry job and began teaching at the University of Arkansas in 1954. He took a break to earn his doctoral degree and returned to teach another six years in Fayetteville. At that point, he joined the faculty at the University of Texas in Austin where he taught until retiring in 1996. In addition to teaching, Stice also directed UT’s Center for Teaching Effectiveness. His passion for this area has resulted in a planned gift of two gift annuities totaling $50,000 to the Ralph E. Martin department of chemical engineering at the University of Arkansas to provide professors with valuable training in teaching effectiveness.
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Posted:10/8/2009
Women's Giving Circle Requests Proposals for 2010 Grants
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The University of Arkansas Women’s Giving Circle is requesting proposals for programs and initiatives supporting our campus and our community. Projects may include work that focuses on or serves campus initiatives, community needs or statewide programs. Since 2003, the circle has awarded almost $500,000 in grants to faculty and staff members from various departments and academic units at the university. |
Posted:10/7/2009
Kimberly-Clark Joins Sustainability Consortium
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The University of Arkansas today announced that Kimberly-Clark Corp. (NYSE: KMB) has joined the Sustainability Consortium at the founding member level. The consortium is jointly administered by the University of Arkansas and Arizona State University. Kimberly-Clark is home to some of the most recognizable brands in the world, including Kleenex, Huggies, Depend, Kotex, Poise, Pull-Ups, Andrex, Scott and Cottonelle. |
Posted:10/6/2009
Osher Institute Receives Third Year of Funding; Reaches 400 Members
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Arkansas successfully completed its second year of operation having reached a total of 376 members, and begins its third year of funding exceeding the 400 member mark. The success of year two resulted in funding for year three. The institute is run as part of the university’s Global Campus. |
Posted:9/3/2009
Gift Supports Students and Special Programs in Donors' Adopted Home State of Arkansas
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Harry and Lois Alward are living proof that you don’t have to be born in a state to make it your home. The couple moved to Fayetteville from Nebraska in 1995 and have had no problem adopting the area as their own. After visiting family and friends for many years, it is now the place they love, and they call themselves Arkansans. |
Posted:8/31/2009
Law School Gift Honors Alumnus and Supports Students
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – When Debbie Dudley Branson (J.D. 1980) was attending law school at the University of Arkansas, she was also working and raising her young daughter. Now, she has endowed a scholarship that will make similar experiences much easier for students in the future. |
Posted:8/27/2009
Record Number of Gifts and Benefactors Makes For Successful Fundraising Year at University of Arkansas
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The 2009 fiscal year ended June 30, and the university recorded 62,832 outright gifts and new pledges from 32,194 benefactors, both record highs for the institution. Last year, 50,916 outright gifts and new pledges came from 26,816 benefactors. This results in 23.4 percent more gifts from 20 percent more donors over the previous year. The university also saw the highest number of first-time donors, with 10,389 new benefactors compared to last year’s 6,860, or a 51.4 percent increase. |
Posted:8/19/2009
University of Arkansas Announces Second Class of Silas Hunt Legacy Award Recipients
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The University of Arkansas announces four outstanding recipients of the Silas Hunt Legacy Award, which recognizes African Americans for their significant contributions to the community, state and nation. Throughout the 2009-10 academic year, the recipients will visit with students and the community on the University of Arkansas campus. The year of celebration will conclude at a black-tie event in April — the second of its kind. |
Posted:7/22/2009
PepsiCo Provides Grant to University of Arkansas Sustainability Research Center
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Many consumer product goods companies are taking an integrated approach to sustainability — from the raw material to energy usage to the end of life for packaging. PepsiCo, parent company of brand powerhouses like Pepsi Cola, Frito-Lay and Tropicana, is providing a three-year grant to the Applied Sustainability Center at the University of Arkansas to support research on how to create more sustainable products. |
Posted:7/9/2009
Advisory Council Honors Dean Greenwood by Creating Scholarship Fund in College
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Reed Greenwood, who will retire July 31 as dean of the College of Education and Health Professions at the University of Arkansas, will positively affect students’ lives after his tenure as dean thanks to a scholarship fund created in his honor by the college’s Dean’s Advisory Council. |
Posted:7/7/2009
Twelve University of Arkansas Students Are Tillman Military Scholars; Awards Total $70,000
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Pat Tillman Foundation in Tempe, Ariz., has awarded $70,000 for the 2009-10 academic year to 12 students at the University of Arkansas. This amount is the largest awarded to any of the foundation’s university partners. More than 500 applications were reviewed from institutions across the country, and 52 Tillman Military Scholars were chosen for the inaugural year of the foundation’s program. |
Posted:5/19/2009
Children's Adventure Garden Supported by Ross Foundation Gift
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Children and families across the state of Arkansas will benefit greatly from a generous $104,750 gift from the Ross Foundation to Garvan Woodland Gardens in Hot Springs, which is part of the Fay Jones School of Architecture at the University of Arkansas. The resulting Evans Children’s Adventure Garden, named for Bob and Sunny Evans of Hot Springs, longtime supporters of the gardens, will aim to provide educational services that are of particular interest to children. |
Posted:5/13/2009
University Development Adjusts to Times, Builds for Future
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Six staff members in the office of university development within the Division of University Advancement have taken on new roles in an effort to position the office effectively for the future at the University of Arkansas. |
Posted:5/7/2009
1933 Graduate Funds Endowed Scholarships in Four Disciplines at University of Arkansas
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Octa N. High almost dropped out of school after her junior year at the University of Arkansas due to her family’s inability to afford her tuition during the Great Depression. Fortunately, the institution was able to provide enough financial support for her to earn a bachelor’s degree in zoology in 1933. She remained grateful throughout her life for the university’s assistance toward completing her degree. |
Posted:5/1/2009
Old Main Foyer Named for Faculty Member Walter L. Brown
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The University of Arkansas held a dedication for the naming of the Walter L. Brown Foyer in Old Main at 4 p.m. Friday, May 1. Brown was an esteemed member of the University of Arkansas history faculty from 1954 to 1990 in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences. Known for his inspired teaching, he instilled in his students a love of learning that lasted far beyond the time they spent on campus. He also secured the university’s reputation as the state’s flagship institution for Arkansas studies. |
Posted:4/23/2009
Bodenhamer, Walker Honored for Service and Commitment
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Lee Bodenhamer (B.S.B.A. 1957, M.B.A. 1964) of Little Rock has been named by the University of Arkansas as this year's recipient of the Chancellor's Medal. Debbie Walker of Fayetteville has been named the recipient of the Volunteer of the Year Award. |
Posted:5/4/2009
Women's Giving Circle Grants Focus on Finance, Music, Breast Cancer, Student Safety, Transportation
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Six initiatives on the University of Arkansas campus were awarded grant money totaling more than $56,000 from the university’s Women’s Giving Circle April 17. Members of the circle consider funding proposals for campus projects on an annual basis, and every member of the circle has the opportunity to vote on which project or projects will receive funding for the current year. |
Posted:4/21/2009
Hyneman Brothers Give $50,000 to Assist Students With Financial Need
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Board of Trustees member Ben Hyneman (B.S.B.A., 1971) and his brother, Hal Hyneman (B.S.B.A., 1977), decided they would like to help young people with financial need attend the University of Arkansas. A $50,000 gift from Hyneman and Associates Inc. to establish the Frank and Marzee Ann Hyneman Access Arkansas scholarship will do just that. |
Posted:4/20/2009
Endowed Scholarship Celebrates the Life of Reed Moberly, Son of University of Arkansas Professors
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The family of Robert B. Moberly, dean emeritus and professor of law, and Lynne M. Webb, professor of communication in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, has established the Reed JeeMinSeo Moberly Endowed Scholarship to celebrate the life of Reed Moberly. The scholarship, endowed by the family’s $25,000 gift, will be awarded to students who will contribute to a diverse educational environment at the School of Law. |
Posted:3/5/2009
Dedicated Teacher From Rural Arkansas Remembered Through Endowed Scholarship
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Gladys Harris dedicated her life to teaching. She was born in 1904 in rural Arkansas, the youngest of nine children. After completing the 8th grade, which is as far as school went in those days, she began teaching elementary school. Eventually, the state of Arkansas required school teachers to work toward a college degree in order to continue to teach, so she took evening correspondence courses and on-campus courses in the summers. She would ride the bus to college every summer because she never learned to drive a car, and she lived in the residence halls. |
Posted:11/13/2008
KUAF Meets Fundraising and Membership Goals in Five and a Half Days
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The University of Arkansas public radio station, KUAF 91.3 FM, surpassed its fall fundraising goal in only five and a half days. The drive took place Oct. 17-22. In addition to raising more than $140,500 against the $140,000 goal, the station also secured 300 new contributors, surpassing its goal of 250. |
Posted:10/16/2008
University of Arkansas Benefactors Remain Strong in Times of Financial Crisis
Last week, the University of Arkansas National Phone Campaign — the university’s call center where students contact alumni and friends to ask for support of university programs — secured nearly $70,000 in gift commitments. The students had a record night Wednesday, Oct. 8, raising $39,000 in only four hours. |
Posted:10/3/2008
Five New Members Welcomed to Board of Advisors
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The University of Arkansas welcomed five new members to the Board of Advisors at a meeting held Friday, Oct 3. The Board of Advisors serves as the successor organization to the National Development Council and the Campaign for the Twenty-First Century Steering Committee, which headed the effort that raised more than $1 billion for the University of Arkansas. The board supports charitable, scientific and educational purposes related to the institution’s mission of teaching, research and service. |
Posted:9/3/2008
Ronnie Brewer Makes Gift to Fulbright College
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Former University of Arkansas Razorbacks standout basketball player Ronnie Brewer, currently playing for the Utah Jazz, gave $50,000 to the African American studies program in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences. The gift will support scholarships for students enrolled in the program who are also interested in the journalism field. |
Posted:8/26/2008
Luncheon Honors Endowed Chair Holders
 University of Arkansas Chancellor G. David Gearhart hosted a private luncheon to honor faculty members holding endowed positions. The luncheon took place Friday, Aug. 22, at the Janelle Y. Hembree Alumni House. |
Posted:8/6/2008
Another Outstanding Fundraising Year
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The 2008 fiscal year ending June 30 marked the end of another outstanding fundraising year for the University of Arkansas. The campus recorded $101,653,044 in private gift support. |
Posted:7/28/2008
Diversity Scholarship Fund Created to Honor Theressa Hoover
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Theressa Hoover grew up in Fayetteville, but she attended a high school in Atlanta, Texas. She had to relocate because her high school years came before the integration of Fayetteville High School in the fall of 1954. |
Posted:6/25/2008
Hugh and Fran Nutt Designate Gifts to Five Areas of Campus
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – For some alumni, the University of Arkansas experience fades away after graduation. For Hugh (B.S.A. 1950) and Frances “Fran” Barton Nutt (B.S.H.E. 1950) of Ozark, Mo., their ties to the university have only grown stronger over the years. They have now created a charitable gift annuity in the amount of $100,000 to be dispersed across five areas of campus. A primary goal of the gift is to create scholarships. |
Posted:5/27/2008
Gift to Buy Equipment for Research to Prevent Injuries, Aid in Rehabilitation
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Bob Carver (B.S.E., 1960) has grown very close to the Razorback athletic programs since his years as a student at the University of Arkansas. Recently, his close proximity proved a catalyst for a gift of $59,600 to the graduate athletic training education program in the College of Education and Health Professions. |
Posted:5/7/2008
Infor Donates Supply Chain Network Design Software to University of Arkansas
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - Georgia-based software provider, Infor, has donated software licenses for Infor SCM Network
Design, a supply chain planning and analysis software used by some of the
world's most recognizable companies, to the University of Arkansas. Infor SCM
Network Design will be implemented by the Supply Chain Management Research
Center in the Sam M. Walton College of Business, as part of its ongoing
research into supply chain management. |
Posted:5/5/2008
Women's Giving Circle Awards $60,000 to Campus Projects
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Six initiatives on the University of Arkansas campus were awarded grant money totaling $60,000 from the university’s Women’s Giving Circle April 18. Members of the circle consider funding proposals for campus projects on an annual basis and every member of the circle votes on which project or projects will receive funding for the current year. |
Posted:4/22/2008
University to Honor Beebe and Hunt
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – On Friday, April 25, the University of Arkansas will honor Gov. Mike Beebe as this year’s Chancellor’s Medal recipient and Mrs. Johnelle Hunt as the Volunteer of the Year. The private dinner and reception will take place at the Governor’s Mansion in Little Rock. |
Posted:4/10/2008
McAllisters Endow Piano Professorship in Fulbright College; Inaugural Holder Named
 FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - Growing up, Emily Joyce McAllister was an award-winning pianist. She has
been a church organist since the age of 15 and is a third generation church
musician. While attending the University of Arkansas, she studied music - piano
and organ, specifically - and she has had a successful career as a professional
musician. Because of her love of music and the influence her study of piano and
organ have had on her life, J.W. and Emily McAllister have endowed the Emily J.
McAllister Endowed Professorship
in Piano in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences with a
$500,000 gift. Jura
Margulis has been named the inaugural holder of the position. |
Posted:4/8/2008
Averill Foundation Funds Garvan Gardens Master Plan Review
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Trustees of the Richard W. Averill Foundation recently awarded $250,000 to Garvan Woodland Gardens, the School of Architecture’s botanical garden in Hot Springs, to fund a strategic planning study that will evaluate future goals for the 210-acre site. |
Posted:4/2/2008
University of Arkansas Financial Institute Receives Educational Grant
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The Garrison
Financial Institute at the Sam M. Walton College of Business received a grant
from the Investor Protection Trust to introduce the basics of investing to
University of Arkansas students. The grant will total more than $75,000 over a
two-year period. |
Posted:3/12/2008
Access Arkansas Scholarship Established in the College of Education and Health Professions
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - Guy and Ellen Brown of Fayetteville have established an Access Arkansas
scholarship in the College of Education and Health Professions at the
University of Arkansas. The need-based scholarship, titled the Ellen Tarshis
Brown Access Arkansas Scholarship, will be awarded to one or more nursing
students each year enrolled in the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing. |
Posted:3/5/2008
University of Arkansas Career Development Center Announces Arvest Bank Sponsorship
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - The University of Arkansas Career Development Center, housed within the
Division of Student Affairs, has formed a corporate alliance with Arvest Bank. The $20,000
gift to the center enables Arvest Bank to have more visibility on campus and
more direct connections with students who may be interested in entering the
banking field after graduation. This is the first corporate sponsorship for the
center at this level. |
Posted:1/30/2008
Fundraising Progress on Track at Mid-Year Point
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - At the halfway point of the 2008 fiscal year on Dec. 31, 2007, the
University of Arkansas had raised $48.9 million of its $87 million goal. This
total accounts for gifts received between July 1, 2007, and the end of the 2007
calendar year and excludes pledges. The more than 19,000 gifts received thus
far put the university at 56 percent of the annual fundraising goal. |
Posted:1/24/2008
Seed Company Donates Combines for UA Field Research
The donation of two research plot combines by Indiana-based Stewart
Seeds, Inc., to the University of Arkansas System's Division of
Agriculture will help preserve valuable research data in eastern
Arkansas, said Fred Bourland, director of field research units at
Keiser and Marianna. |
Posted:1/16/2008
Chancellor Endows Access Arkansas Scholarship at the University of Arkansas
 FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - Chancellor John A. White and Mrs.
Mary Lib White have established an endowed Access Arkansas
scholarship at the University of Arkansas.
The $50,000 gift is named the John Austin and Ella Mae McDermott White Future
Teachers' Endowed Scholarship, in honor of Chancellor White's parents. The
need-based scholarship is available to students in any academic unit whose
future plans involve teaching. |
Posted:1/8/2008
ReliaSoft Corp. Joins College of Engineering to Create Risk, Reliability and Maintainability Alliance
 ReliaSoft Corporation has donated $714,227 in cash and software to
the University of Arkansas to form and support the ReliaSoft Risk,
Reliability, and Maintainability Research Alliance. The software
donation will provide engineering students with state of the art tools
to help identify potential risks and calculate the severity of
disruptions within a manufacturing or transportation environment.
ReliaSoft Corp.'s chief executive officer, Pantelis Vassiliou, and the
vice president, Doug Ogden, presented the check at a formal ceremony at
the university in December. |
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Renee Brida of Little Rock is the new director of planned giving in the office of university development at the University of Arkansas. She reports to Jim Harris, executive director of estate and gift planning.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Walmart, a world leader in sustainability, announced Thursday, July 16, an investment that reaffirms its commitment to incorporating sustainable business practices throughout the entire consumer business supply chain. 
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Through a $2 million gift from the Tyson Family Foundation and Tyson Foods Inc., the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas is establishing the Tyson Center for Faith and Spirituality in the Workplace.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Cleveland Burton graduated from the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences in 1941. Although he passed away in February, his commitment to the University of Arkansas will live on through gifts totaling $800,000 to benefit the college._rdax_200x133.jpg)
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Don and Ellen Edmondson of Forrest City, Ark. will touch lives across the state with their estate and charitable trust gift of $13 million to the following organizations:_rdax_104x145.jpg)
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - J. Stephen Lauck (B.S.B.A., 1967) of San Francisco gave $50,000 to the Sam M. Walton College of Business to fund an Access Arkansas scholarship at the University of Arkansas.