The Arkansas Tech University Office of Financial Aid and the ATU Office of Student Accounts captured the overall championship in the inaugural Paint the Campus Green and Gold spirit competition, which took place in conjunction with ATU Homecoming 2026.
Personnel from the two winning offices decorated the exterior of their spaces on the second floor of Dr. Robert Charles Brown and Jill Lestage Brown Hall and were judged to have the best display among the 32 entries in the contest.
Additional contest winners included:
- Best Indoor-ATU Office of Admissions
- Best Outdoor-ATU Office of Alumni Relations and Events
- Tech Pride (Russellville)-ATU Office of the Registrar, ATU Upward Bound, ATU Veterans Upward Bound and ATU Student Support Services
- Tech Pride (Ozark)-Cosmetology Students (Paige Warren, Evelyn Olquin, Ashlyn Childers, Zula Carson, Julissa Cruz-Balander and Angie Ramirez)
- Tech Pride (Arkansas Tech Career Center)-Health Science Technology Program
Additional entries on the ATU campus in Russellville included the ATU Center for Community Engagement and Academic Outreach, the ATU volleyball team, the ATU softball team, ATU First-Gen Organization, the ATU Department of Campus Life, the ATU Office of Human Resources, the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center regional office at ATU, the ATU LeMoyne Smith School of Business, the ATU Office of Academic Advising, Ross Pendergraft Library and Technology Center, the ATU Department of English and World Languages, the ATU Department of Nursing and ATU Student Nurses Association, the ATU women’s golf team, the ATU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, the ATU Department of Residence Life and the ATU Robotics Club.
On the ATU campus in Ozark, additional entries were made by ATU-Ozark Student Government Association, the ATU-Ozark health science programs, ATU-Ozark TRIO programs, the ATU-Ozark social media team and ATU-Ozark students Elana Stewart, Koree Keaster, Taytelan Kizziar, Raylee Salazar, Maci Freeman, Jacie Richardson, Hadlee Simpson, Kynlee Millard, Ryan Garner and Lucy Wagner.
Inspired by a group project in the Leadership Tech professional development program, Paint the Campus Green and Gold seeks to build upon the success of the Paint the Town Green and Gold community spirit competition by bringing the celebration of all things Arkansas Tech on campus.
Participation in the 2026 competition was open to all ATU departments, organizations and teams on all campuses (Russellville, Ozark and Arkansas Tech Career Center).
