C&D Drug Store Exterior PTTGG 2023

2023 Paint the Town Green and Gold Winners Named

C&D Drug Store of Russellville earned the top overall prize in the 2023 Paint the Town Green and Gold storefront decorating contest presented by the Russellville Area Chamber of Commerce and Arkansas Tech University. Now...
John Buerkle Circa 1958

Buerkle Berm Dedication Planned for September 9

Arkansas Tech University will dedicate the spectator area just beyond the north end zone of its home football stadium as Col. John G. Buerkle Berm during a ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 9. The dedication will...
Deena Burnett Bailey

9/11 Widow to Speak at ATU Author Series

Deena Burnett Bailey, author of "Fighting Back: Living Life Beyond Ourselves," will share her perspective as the widow of Flight 93 hero Tom Burnett and how she overcame her personal tragedy from Sept. 11,...
Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders at AGS Opening Ceremony 7-5-2023

Governor Sanders Welcomes AGS Class of 2023

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders called the attendees of the 44th Arkansas Governor’s School some of “our state’s very best and brightest” during an opening ceremony at Arkansas Tech University’s John E. Tucker Coliseum on...
ATU Summer Camps

ATU Schedules 2023 Summer Camps

Arkansas Tech University offers a variety of camps and experiences that are designed to enrich the summer of youth from the Arkansas River Valley and beyond. Below is a list of camps scheduled for summer...
Upward Bound Volcano Experiment Summer 2023

ATU Upward Bound Summer Program Underway

Approximately 100 high school students from the Arkansas River Valley are participating in the 2023 Arkansas Tech University Upward Bound residential summer program on the Russellville campus. Students reported to ATU early in the week...
Ronnie Williams and Dr. Tennille Lasker-Scott 4-13-2023

Williams Shares Lessons from “Markham Street”

Ronnie Williams experienced segregation. He encountered and broke through barriers as an African American in leadership roles. He lived through the death of his brother while in police custody. None of it could break his...
ATU Spring Plant Sale 2022

Update: Spring Plant Sale Moved Up to April 19

The Arkansas Tech University Department of Agriculture and Tourism will host its 39th annual spring plant sale on Wednesday, April 19, at the ATU Greenhouses on the north side of the Arkansas Tech campus...
Do Something Food Donation London Elementary School 10-31-2022

ATU Students Step Up to Aid Local Elementary School

Professional development days seldom move K-12 teachers and administrators to tears of joy. Monday, Oct. 31, was not an average professional development day at London Elementary School. After the faculty and staff were called to...
U.S. Army ROTC Cadets Veterans Day Event 2021

Veterans Day Observance November 11 at ATU

Arkansas Tech University will observe Veterans Day 2022 with a flag raising at 11:11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 11, on the lawn between Tucker Coliseum and the Doc Bryan Student Services Center. Attendance will be...