Kelly Davis Endowed Alumni Scholarship Announcement 10-23-2021

New Scholarship Honors Retired ATU Alumni Director

Arkansas Tech University announced the establishment of the Kelly Davis Endowed Alumni Scholarship through the ATU Foundation during its 2021 Homecoming football game on Saturday, Oct. 23. The namesake of the scholarship earned a Bachelor...
Caraway Hall Girls Scholarship Presentation 2021

ATU Alumnae Present Surprise $3,050 Scholarship

Arkansas Tech University student Fabiola Ramirez Vasquez has a goal to pay forward the life-changing experiences she had as an elementary school student by becoming a teacher. That goal is within Ramirez's grasp after a...
Linda and Grover Hettel

Hettels Establish Engineering Scholarship at ATU

Arkansas Tech University alumni Linda and Grover Hettel have established an endowed engineering scholarship in the amount of $25,000 through the ATU Foundation. "My wife and I have raised three children that all have obtained...
ATU Homecoming Logo 2021

Homecoming 2021 Events for ATU Alumni and Friends

Arkansas Tech University has announced the schedule of alumni and community events for its 2021 Homecoming celebration on Friday, Oct. 22, and Saturday, Oct. 23. It will mark ATU’s first traditional, in-person Homecoming since 2019....
Wayne Young

ATU Foundation Chair Helps Provide “Extra Hand Up”

When Wayne Young needed a lift, Arkansas Tech University was there for him. He was a sophomore at ATU when his father unexpectedly passed away in September 1997. Almost immediately, a network of on-campus support...
Kat Robinson at Susie Q Malt Shop in Rogers

ATU Alumna Documents State’s Dairy Bars in New Film

After spending 10 months in COVID-19 pandemic isolation, Arkansas Tech University alumna Kat Robinson just had to get out of the house in late January 2021. Her path led to Mel's, a dairy bar just...
RPL Cupola

ATU Alumni, Friends Step Up to Aid Students

Fund-raising for the benefit of Arkansas Tech University yielded more than $10.5 million in gifts and pledges during the 2020-21 fiscal year. “The fact that Arkansas Tech University was able to enjoy such a successful...
Lloyd McDaniel Center Commemoration Event 7-15-2021

ATU Commemorates Lloyd D. McDaniel Center

A portion of Corley Hall at Arkansas Tech University was commemorated as the Lloyd D. McDaniel Center for Engineering and Computer Science during an event on Thursday, July 15. The naming is in recognition of...

From Golden Sun to Olympian: Aoife Cooke

Build. Achieve. Break. Repair. Rebuild. Come back stronger. Aoife Cooke was merely 17 years old when her natural talent for and commitment to running led her to leave her native Ireland and journey more than...
ATU 2021 Hall of Distinction Inductees

Beard, Ritchie, White Chosen for ATU Hall of Distinction

Travis Beard of Russellville, Howard Ritchie of Russellville and Adena Strickland White of Conway will be inducted into the Arkansas Tech University Hall of Distinction in 2021. Beard will be inducted under the...