Author Archives: Kristen Coppola
Coming Home: A Gap Year Student Adjusts to UA Life
Don’t get her wrong — freshman Mallory Smith loves the UA. She loves her Chi Omega sisters and she loves Razorback football games. But her heart is 5,000 miles away, in Belgium. “I should be a sophomore, because I’m already …
UA Will Transition to Gmail
The University of Arkansas will switch to email provider Google Gmail in 2012, officials said. Students will be able to use all of the Google applications and the service is provided free for all educational institutions, said Susan Adkins, associate …
Sustainability Office Begins Anti-Junk Mail Campaign
The Office of Campus Sustainability recently unveiled Operation: Opt Out, a new campaign that aims to reduce postal junk mail, department officials said. “The whole point is to get people to opt out of postal junk mail,” said Carlos Ochoa, …
Union Fitness Center Opens After Delays
The University Recreation Fitness Center in the Arkansas Union opens Monday at 9 a.m., but the Student Technology Center will not open as scheduled, officials said. The UREC Fitness Center, the Student Technology Center and the Multicultural Center are part …
Global Campus to Trim Departments
Effective July 1, Global Campus, a UA department devoted to distance education, will no longer be responsible for media services or conference planning and support, officials said. Traditionally, Global Campus handled those responsibilities along with the primary focuses of distance …
Published Physics Student Makes Waves in Honors College
Each year, thousands of students graduate from the UA, but only a fraction graduate with honors. Even fewer students graduate with honors after being published. AJ Salois is one of those students. She graduates in May with honors, a double …
Here We Grow Again: UA Officials Brace for Next Freshman Class
After a record-breaking number of freshmen last semester, UA officials are preparing for another 4,400 freshmen next fall, officials said. “We’re planning on hitting about the same numbers [in the freshman class] as we did last year, give 100 up …
Cultural Opportunities Within Campus Borders
For students unable to study abroad, there are opportunities to experience other cultures at the UA, officials said. Holcombe Hall is the international dorm on campus, and though many of the activities are for residents “they also have a lot …
UA Greek Life Officials Begin Sorority Selection Process
Representatives from five national Panhellenic organizations are visiting campus during the first two weeks of February as part of a search for two new sororities on campus, officials said. After record numbers of girls went through sorority recruitment in 2011 …
Student Suffers Concussion from Gate Accident
A student suffered a concussion sometime between 12:10 p.m. and 12:20 p.m., Tuesday after a construction gate hit the student in the head, UAPD officers and the student said. Meredith Wilson, senior human development major, was walking to class when …
Temporary Sidewalk Added to Razorback Road
A temporary asphalt sidewalk is being paved across from Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium as a result of construction, a facilities management official said. “As we work on the football operations facility, which is in between the indoor practice facility …
Union Renovations to Finish in March
Changes abound at the Arkansas Union – some unexpected by students and others eagerly anticipated but delayed. The biggest changes are the new developments from the old bookstore, which has become the home for the Student Technology Center and the …
New Child Center Replaces Sorority Parking Lot
The Jean Tyson Child Development Center, now under construction on Douglas Avenue, is slated to replace the child development center and the infant development center in fall 2012, officials said. The new center will hold more students than the previous …
New Center to Expand Nursing School
The Epley Center for Health Professions, the newly renovated building for upper-level nursing and communication disorders students, opened last week, officials said. The center will allow the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing to admit more students. “Maybe a year or …
Chi Alpha Has Biggest Loser Contest
UA Chi Alpha members are working with chapters in Bentonville and Northwest Arkansas Community College to sponsor a Biggest Loser competition, officials said. The winner, who is judged by the percentage of weight lost rather than pounds, will receive $500. …
