UAFS Homecoming 2011:
The Fiercest Show on Campus
By Leslie Hassel
Photo: Homecoming court with Chancellor and First Lady
Photo credit: Leslie Hassel
A spark of school spirit eased the winter blues as Homecoming 2011 sprang to a start. The UA Fort Smith Student Activities Office and several participating student organizations saw weeks of work culminate with the Homecoming celebration.
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Unusual Weather Drives Attention to Disaster Response
By Leslie Hassel
This winter, Arkansans encountered an unusual amount of winter weather. UA Fort Smith closed several times this winter due to inclement weather. Last week Dr. Kyle Parker, the Vice Chancellor of Planning and Technology at UA Fort Smith, reported the use of over 10,000 pounds of ice-melt – twice the amount that the university uses in a typical winter. With the unusual amount of winter weather we have received this year, it is no surprise that we welcome spring with open arms.
Photo credit: Jean Powell Vosper
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Cyber Crime Affects UA Fort Smith, Too
By Jean Powell Vosper
“DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS EMAIL,” Kyle Parker, Vice Chancellor for Planning and Technology, warned in reference
to a fraudulent email sent to University email accounts on Friday, February 11.
The scam email, with the subject line “Verify Your Edu Email Account Now,” requests the recipient confirm their university email account by responding with their email username and password, date of birth, and country or territory, and bookmark (URL). The email also falsely states that account owners who do not respond within seven days will lose their account permanently.
Poster courtesy of IC3.
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Your Campus Organizations
By Pauline Kuhn Ortega
The University of Arkansas – Fort Smith is proud to have local chapters of six National Honor Societies on campus, one of them just beginning their chapter life in the fall of 2010.
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Local Hero Has Birthday
By Roy Fisher
Brigadier General William Oliver Darby, born February 8, 1911, was born in Fort Sith, Arkansas.
General Darby, a real hero, served during World War II.
Photo Courtesy Fort Smith Museum of History
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Local Pageant Provides Scholarship Opportunities
By Leslie Hassel
The University of Arkansas-Fort Smith will host the Miss UA Fort Smith Pageant on March 12 at 7:30 p.m. The annual pageant will be held at the Arkansas Best Corporation’s Performing Arts Center in downtown Fort Smith.
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It’s Presidents Day – Isn’t It?
By Jean Powell Vosper
Well, no, Presidents Day isn’t actually Presidents Day – officially, the federal holiday is still named Washington’s Birthday.
However, federal holidays are not always recognized by states, which may designate their own commemorative days. In Arkansas, we celebrate the third Monday in February as "Washington's Birthday and Daisy Gatson Bates Day."
George Washington (first photo)
Photo Courtesy the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Bequest of Mrs. Sarah Harrison (The Joseph Harrison, Jr. Collection)
Daisy Bates (second photo)
Photo Courtesy University of Arkansas Libraries Special Collection
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